Feds Launch Faster Electronic Child Support Payments System
Published Date: 9/22/2025
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Summary
The government wants to start a new system called the Central Authority Payment Service (CAP) to help state child support agencies and foreign partners send and receive child support payments electronically. This will make payments faster and easier for everyone involved. The new system needs approval soon, and it could save time and money by cutting down on paperwork.
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Electronic Child Support Payments (CAP)
If you send or receive child support through a state child support agency and you have a child under 18, the government proposes a new Central Authority Payment Service (CAP) to let state agencies and foreign authorities send and receive child support payments electronically. The agency says CAP will make payments faster and easier and could save time and money by reducing paperwork. The Office of Child Support Enforcement is requesting OMB approval to create this new system.
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