Interstate Child Support: Wage Withholding Not Fulfilling Expectations

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the effectiveness of the legislative requirement for interstate wage withholding of child support payments, focusing on: (1) procedures used in interstate wage withholding; (2) the uniformity of such procedures among states; (3) the time taken to serve a wage withholding order on an employer; and (4) factors contributing to processing time.