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Child Support: States' Implementation of the 1984 Child Support Enforcement Amendments

HRD-86-40BR Published: Dec 24, 1985. Publicly Released: Jan 07, 1986.
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In response to a congressional request, GAO conducted a telephone survey of the 50 states and the District of Columbia to determine the extent to which they had implemented 10 mandatory practices in the Child Support Enforcement Amendments of 1984. GAO also obtained information from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Child Support Enforcement on federal approval of states' requests for implementation delays and exemptions.

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