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22 J. Soc. & Soc. Welfare 115 (1995)
A Study of Reasons for Non-Payment of Child Support by Non-Custodial Parents

handle is hein.journals/jrlsasw22 and id is 653 raw text is: A Study of Reasons for Non-Payment of Child Support by Non-Custodial Parents SUMATI N. DUBEY University of Illinois at Chicago Jane Addams College of Social Work Historical Overview of Child Support Enforcement Program The federal government became involved with child support in 1935 when it established Aid to Families with Dependent Chil- dren (AFDC) under the Social Security Act, 1935 to allow com- munities to be financially responsible for children whose parents had died or had deserted them. (Lieberman, 1986). The Child Support and Establishment of Paternity Act (1975) created title IV-D of the Social Security Act (PL93-647), made the Department of Health and Human Services responsible for administering the Child Support Enforcement Program, and created the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement. Title IV-D required all states to: 1) Establish a parent locator service, 2) Establish paternity, 3) Obtain court orders of support and, 4) Enforce child support orders, and 5) Make services available to AFDC and non-AFDC families (Lieberman, 1986). Services to non-AFDC families were intended to be a preventative measure against welfare depen- dency. It was felt that assisting them to obtain child support would prevent them from later having to apply for AFDC. The Child Support Enforcement Act of 1984 (PL98-378) which amended title IV-D of the Social Security Act, (i) required income withholding for those non-custodial parents who were at least one month delinquent with their child support payments; (ii) pro- vided for an expedited process to enforce support obligations in cases which were brought before family courts; and (iii) for the first time developed the Comptroller Intercept Program to extend services to non-AFDC families whose child support was past due. A significant piece of legislation dealing with child support is Title I: Child Support and Establishment of Paternity of the Family Support Act of 1988 (PL100-485) and its three sub-titles: A, B and C. Title I (A), Child Support, requires states to provide immediate

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