The DCS Title IV-D Policy Manual provides guidance to program participants and local county prosecutor’s staff performing child support program services on Indiana’s policies and procedures for the state’s Title IV-D Child Support program.
Chapter 1: Establishment and Administration of the Program
- Section 1: Establishment of the Title IV-D Program
- Section 2: Role of the Title IV-D Prosecutor in Providing Child Support Services
- Section 3: Role of the Clerk of Courts in Providing Child Support Services
- Section 4: Indiana State Central Collection Unit (INSCCU)
Chapter 2: Funding
- Section 1: Funding Overview
- Section 2: Federal Financial Participation (FFP)
- Section 3: Incentive Funding
- Section 4: Program Income
- Section 5: Cost Allocation Plan
Chapter 3: Case Initiation
- Section 1: Enrollees and Case Types
- Section 2: Non-Public Assistance Cases
- Section 3: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Cases
- Section 4: Medicaid Cases
- Section 5: Department of Child Services (DCS) Child Welfare Cases
- Section 6: Non-IV-D Cases
- Section 7: Intergovernmental Cases
Chapter 4: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Cases
- Section 1: History of TANF and Title IV-D
- Section 2: Assignment of Rights
- Section 3: Cooperation-Good Cause Sanctions
- Section 4: Non-Parent Custodial Parties
- Section 5: Family Benefit Cap Cases
- Section 6: Child Support Paid Directly to the TANF Recipient
- Section 7: Calculating the Amount of Support Retained as a Result of the Assignment
- Section 8: Updating TANF Cases
- Section 9: When the Custodial Party Is No Longer Receiving TANF
Chapter 5: Department of Child Services (DCS) Child Welfare Cases
- Section 1: Definitions
- Section 2: Locate
- Section 3: Paternity Establishment
- Section 4: Child Support Establishment and Enforcement
- Section 5: Distribution of Child Support Collections
- Section 6: When the Child In Need of Services Case Is Dismissed
- Section 7: Reimbursement Orders
Chapter 6: Medicaid Cases
- Section 1: Case Referral
Chapter 7: Multi-County Case Processing
- Section 1: Inter-County Case Initiation and Processing
- Section 2: Special Prosecutor
- Section 3: Transfer of Jurisdiction Over Support Orders
Chapter 8: Parent Locate
Chapter 9: Paternity Establishment
- Section 1: Federal Time Frames for Paternity Establishment
- Section 2: Administrative Establishment of Paternity
- Section 3: Judicial Establishment of Paternity
- Section 4: Genetic Testing
Chapter 10: Child Support Order Establishment
- Section 1: Federal Time Frames for Establishment of Support Obligation
- Section 2: Elements of a Child Support Order
- Section 3: Indiana Child Support Rules and Guidelines
Chapter 11: Order Entry
- Section 1: Entry of Court Orders
- Section 2: Orders That Should Not Be Entered in the Statewide Child Support System
Chapter 12: Enforcement
- Section 1: Overview of Enforcement
- Section 2.1: Income Withholding Orders
- Section 2.2: Social Security Benefits Withholding
- Section 2.3: Financial Institution Data Match (FIDM)
- Section 2.4: Withholding of Unemployment Compensation Benefits
- Section 2.5: Workers Compensation and Insurance Settlements
- Section 2.6: Unclaimed Property
- Section 3.1: Federal Tax Offset
- Section 3.2: State Tax Offset
- Section 3.3: Administrative Offset
- Section 3.4: Gaming Facility Winnings
- Section 3.5: Hoosier Lottery Winnings
- Section 4.1: Driver’s License Suspension
- Section 4.2: Department of Natural Resources License Suspension
- Section 4.3: Professional, Occupational, and Gaming Licenses and Permits
- Section 5.1: Consumer Credit Reporting
- Section 5.2: Bureau of Motor Vehicle Liens
- Section 5.3: Passport Denial and Reinstatement
- Section 5.4: Real and Personal Property Liens
- Section 6: Administrative Hearings
- Section 7.1: Indirect Contempt
- Section 7.2: Surety Bond to Secure Payment of Child Support
- Section 8: Statute of Limitations
Chapter 13: Review and Adjustment-Modification of the Child Support Order
- Section 1: Time Frames for Review and Adjustment
- Section 2: Review and Adjustment Procedures
Chapter 14: Payment Processing
- Section 1: Definitions
- Section 2: Paying Through the Indiana State Central Collection Unit (INSCCU), Clerk of Courts, or Third Parties
- Section 3: Distribution and Disbursement of Support Payments Collected
- Section 4: Electronic Disbursement of Child Support Payments Via Direct Deposit or Debit Card
- Section 5: Prohibition of Redirection of Support Payments to a Private Collection Agency
- Section 6: Recoupments
- Section 7: Reporting Unclaimed Payments to the Attorney General
Chapter 15: Medical Support
- Section 1: Establishing Medical Support Orders
- Section 2: Enforcing Medical Support Orders
Chapter 16: Intergovernmental Case Processing
- Section 1: Definitions
- Section 2: Uniform Intergovernmental Case Processing Laws
- Section 3: Jurisdiction Over Non-Resident
- Section 4: Controlling Order
- Section 5: Initiating an Action Under UIFSA
- Section 6: Responding to an Action Under UIFSA
- Section 7: Establishing Paternity/Parentage or a Child Support Order
- Section 8: Enforcing a Child Support Order
- Section 9: Determining Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction (CEJ) and Modification of Support Orders
- Section 10: Translation
- Section 11: Currency Conversion
Chapter 17: Case Closure
- Section 1: Introduction
- Section 2: Non-Custodial Parent Deceased (CDIE)
- Section 3: Child Emancipated and Arrears Below $500.00 (CEMC)
- Section 4: Quick Locate Request from Other State Closed (CLOC)
- Section 5: Unable to Locate Non-Custodial Parent after Six (6) Months when Date of Birth and Social Security Number Are Unknown (CNIN)
- Section 6: No Longer an Order, Child Not Emancipated, and Arrears Below $500.00 (CNOA)
- Section 7: Unable to Locate Non-Custodial Parent after One (1) Year when Social Security Number Cannot Be Verified by Automated Sources (CNSS)
- Section 8: Paternity Cannot Be Established – Child Over 20 Years Old (CPAT)
- Section 9: Unable to Locate Non-Custodial Parent after Two (2) Years Where Sufficient Identifying Information Is Known (CULO)
- Section 10: Unable to Locate Custodial Party (CUNC)
- Section 11: Alleged Father Excluded and No Other Alleged Father Can Be Identified (CBIO)
- Section 12: Not in Best Interest of Child to Establish Paternity in Case of Incest, Forcible Rape, or Pending Adoption Proceedings (CGCA)
- Section 13: Non-Custodial Parent Incarcerated with No Evidence of Support Potential (CINC)
- Section 14: Non-Custodial Parent Institutionalized with No Evidence of Support Potential (CINS)
- Section 15: Initiating Jurisdiction Non-Cooperation (CINT)
- Section 16: Non-Custodial Parent in Long Term Care and All Children Are Emancipated (CLTC)
- Section 17: Non-Cooperation of Custodial Party (CNON)
- Section 18: No Longer a Support Order and All Arrears Owed to the State (CSAO)
- Section 19: Non-Custodial Parent Is Citizen of, and Residing in, and No Reciprocity with that Country (CNRE)
- Section 20: Non-Custodial Parent Sole Source of Income is Social Security Insurance (SSI) or a Combination of SSI and Social Security Disability (CSID)
- Section 21: Non-Custodial Parent has Medically Verified Total and Permanent Disability with No Evidence of Support Potential (CSSI)
- Section 22: Parental Rights Terminated, Arrears below $500, and Not Department of Child Services (DCS) Child Welfare Case (CTRM)
- Section 23: Identity of Biological Father Unknown (CUNK)
- Section 24: Case Re-Opened and Closed Within 30 Days to Process Payment or Update Data (CDTA)
- Section 25: Duplicate Case (CDUP)
- Section 26: Case Opened in Error (CERR)
- Section 27: IV-A Agency Determined Good Cause to not Pursue Case (CGCB)
- Section 28: Other Reason to Close Non-IV-D Case (COTH)
- Section 29: Custodial Party Requests Closure (CPRT)
- Section 30: Initiating State Closed Case (CRSP)
- Section 31: Initiating State Requests Indiana Close Case (CSNR)
- Section 32: Parental Rights Terminated in a Department of Child Services (DCS) Child Welfare Case and Arrears below $500 (CTRM)
Chapter 18: Confidentiality and Security
- Section 1: Introduction to Confidentiality and Security
- Section 2: Confidentiality as it Relates to the Title IV-D Program
- Section 3: Accessing and Protecting Federal Tax Information (FTI)
- Section 4: Security Awareness and Training
- Section 5: Background Investigation
- Section 6: Electronic Device and Digital Media Security
- Section 7: Remote Access for an Alternate Worksite
- Section 8: Disclosure of Confidential Information to Other Agencies
- Section 9: Confidentiality of Court Files
- Section 10: Reporting a Security Incident
- Section 11: Office Inspections
Chapter 19: Deceased Participants
- Section 1: Non-Custodial Parent
- Section 2: Custodial Party
- Section 3: Child
Chapter 20: Other Child Support Related Topics
- Section 1: Family Violence in Title IV-D Cases
- Section 2: Bankruptcy
- Section 3: Post-Secondary Educational Expenses
- Section 4: Spousal Support Only Cases
- Section 5: Self-Assessment
- Section 6: State Case Registry and Federal Case Registry
- Section 7: Annual Support Fees (ASFE)
- Section 8: Emancipation
Chapter 21: Glossary
- Section 1: Glossary of the IV-D Policy Manual
Child Support Enforcement Resources
Links to other child support enforcement websites at the national and state levels:
Indiana Child Support Rules and Guidelines
Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement