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GLOSSARY
Abandonment
Abuse of Discretion
Accrual
Adjudication
Adultery
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
Alienation of Affections
Alimony
Allegations
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Answer
Appeal
Appellate Court
Appreciation
Arrearage
Assignment of Support Rights
Basis
Burden of Proof
Capital Gains
Case Initiation
Case Law
Case Member
Cash Concentration and Disbursement “Plus” (CCD+)
Central Registry
Centralized Collection Unit
Child Support
Child Support Enforcement (CSE) Agency
Child Support Enforcement Network (CSENet)
Child Support Guidelines
Child Support Pass-Through
Closely held corporation
Cohabitation
Common Law
Complainant
Complaint
Condonation
Connect: Direct (C:D)
Consent Agreement
Consumer Credit Agencies (CCA)
Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA)
Contempt of Court
Contested Divorce
Continuing Exclusive Jurisdiction (CEJ)
Court of Continuing Exclusive Jurisdiction (CCESJ)
Cooperation
Corporate Trade Exchange (CTX)
Court Order
Custodial Parent
Custody
Custody Order
Decree
De facto Custody
Default
Defendant
Defense
Deposition
Direct Income Withholding
Disbursement
Dischargeable
Disclosure Prohibited Notice
Discovery
Disposable Income
Disposition
Dissipation
Dissolution
Distribution
Divorce
Divorce Statues
Domicile
Domestic Violence
Duress
Elective Share
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
Emancipation
Enforcement
Enumeration and Verification System (EVS)
Equitable Distribution
Establishment
Expectancy
External Locate Source
Family Support Act
Family Violence (FV) Indicator
Federal Case Registry (FCR)
Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN)
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Code
Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS)
Federal Tax Refund Offset Program
Felony
Foster Care
Full Faith and Credit
Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act (FFCCSOA)
Fraudulent Transfers
Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act (FFCCSOA)
Garnishment
Genetic Testing
Good Cause
Gross Income
Grounds
Guidelines
HR Bills
Hold harmless clause
Impotency
Imputing Income
In Loco Parentis
Interrogatories
IV-A (“Four-A”)
IV-A Case
IV-D (“Four-D”)
IV-D Case
IV-E (“Four-E”)
IV-E Case
Immediate Wage Withholding
Imputed Income
Income
Income Withholding
Initiating Jurisdiction
Intercept
Interstate Cases
Joint Custody
Judgment
Judicial Remedies
Jurisdiction
Legal Custody
Legal Father
Lien
Liquid Assets
Litigation
Locate
Long Arm Jurisdiction
Maintenance
Majority
Marital Estate
Marital Home
Marital Property
Marital Tort
Mediation
Medical Assistance Only (MAO)
Medical Support
Misdemeanor
Motion
Monthly Support Obligation (MSO)
Multistate Employer
Multistate Financial Institution Data Match (MSFIDM)
National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA)
National Directory of New Hires (NDNH)
National Directory of New Hires (NDNH)
National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)
Net Income
New Hire (NH) Data
New Hire Reporting
Non-Custodial Parent (NCP)
Non IV-A Case
Non IV-D Orders
Non-Marital Property
Nullify
Obligated
Obligation
Obligee
Obligor
Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)
Office Personnel Management (OPM)
Offset
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (OBRA’93)
Order
Order/Notice to Withhold Child Support
Parental Alienation Syndrome
Passport Denial Program
Paternity
Payee
Payor
Personal Jurisdiction
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA)
Petition
Petitioner
Physical Custody
Plaintiff
Pleadings
Policy Interpretation Question (PIQ)
Precedent
Premarital Agreement
Prenuptial Agreement
Primary Caretaker
Probate
Proceeding
Private case
Proactive Matching
Public Assistance
Putative Father (PF)
QDRO
Qualified Medical Child Support Order (QMCSO)
Quarterly Wage (QW) Data
Quasi-Judicial
Recipient
Reciprocity
Reconciliation
Recrimination
Referral
Rehabilitative Alimony
Reimbursement Alimony
Respondent
Responding Jurisdiction
Restraining Order
Review and Adjustment
Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (RURESA)
Separate Property
Service of Process
Service by Publication
Settlement Conference
Show Cause
Single State Financial Institution Data Match
Sole Custody
Split Custody
Spousal Support
State Case Registry (SCR)
State Directory of New Hires
State Disbursement Unit (SDU)
State Employment Security Agency (SESA)
State Parent Locator Services (SPLS)
Standardized Data Elements
Stipulation
Support Order
Subpoena
Summons
Tax-Deductible
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
Third Party Liability
Title
Transmutation
Trail Court
Tribunal
Two-State Action
Uncontested Divorce
Unclaimed Funds
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claim Data
Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)
Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (URESA)
Unreimbursed Public Assistance (UPA)
Visitation
Wage Assignment
Wage Attachment
Wage Withholding
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