The Family Support Act

question 16

Multiple Choice

The Family Support Act:

• A)may include withholding child support from fathers' wages, requiring states to adopt uniform standards for setting child support awards, implementing
• Computerized systems for locating delinquent parents, or intercepting tax
• Returns.
• B)was implemented in 2001.
• C)has been highly successful and compliance has improved considerably.
• D)enforces child support from noncustodial fathers but not noncustodial mothers.
• E)has resulted in only 1 million children who now fail to receive regular child support and the full amount that is owed them.

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