Establishment of the Child Support Enforcement Program Created a Bureaucracy

question 41

Multiple Choice

Establishment of the Child Support Enforcement program created a bureaucracy to enforce private child-support obligations for all AFDC recipients. To this end, the 1984 legislation require the states:

• A) to adopt expedited procedures for obtaining child-support orders from the courts.
• B) to establish child-support guidelines for the courts.
• C) to initiate automatic paycheck withholding for child support beginning one month after failure to pay.
• D) Do all of the above.

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