The
pressure and incentives are financial
bribes from the federal government
to the states for making increases
in child support. This is a noble
cause, if child support is fair and
reasonable and they are going after
people who do not pay it. The unintended
consequences is you have a system
that wants to drive child support
up with no end for its own benefits
and the self-interest of everyone
in the system
I do not know how long you have been
ensnared in the P & F system,
but what I will tell you is, the more
preposterous a story is, the more
likely it is true.
Much of what you will be dealing with
in the P & F court system is deeply
grounded in radical "lesbian"
feminism.
you might also want to look into
H.R.3130--
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Child
Support Performance and Incentive
Act of 1998'.
SEC. 101. ALTERNATIVE PENALTY PROCEDURE.
(a) IN GENERAL- Section 452(d)(3)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
652(d)(3))
SEC. 102. AUTHORITY TO WAIVE SINGLE
STATEWIDE AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING
AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM REQUIREMENT
(a) IN GENERAL- Section 455(a) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
655(a))
(b) PAYMENTS TO STATES- Section 455(a)(1)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 655(a)(1))
SEC. 201. INCENTIVE PAYMENTS TO STATES.
(a) IN GENERAL- Part D of title IV
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
651-669)
is amended by inserting after section
458 the following:
`SEC. 458A. INCENTIVE PAYMENTS TO
STATES.
`(a) IN GENERAL- In addition to any
other payment under this part, the
Secretary shall, subject to subsection
(f), make an incentive payment to
each State for each fiscal year in
an amount determined under subsection
(b).
`(b) AMOUNT OF INCENTIVE PAYMENT-
4) INCENTIVE BASE AMOUNT- In paragraph
(3), the term `incentive base amount'
means, with respect to a State and
a fiscal year, the sum of the applicable
percentages (determined in accordance
with paragraph (6)) multiplied by
the corresponding maximum incentive
base amounts for the State for the
fiscal year, with respect to each
of the following measures of State
performance for the fiscal year:
`(A) The paternity establishment performance
level.
`(B) The support order performance
level.
`(C) The current payment performance
level.
`(D) The arrearage payment performance
level.
`(E) The cost-effectiveness performance
level.
`(5) MAXIMUM INCENTIVE BASE AMOUNT-
`(6) DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE PERCENTAGES
BASED ON PERFORMANCE LEVELS-
`(A) PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT-
`(i) DETERMINATION OF PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT
PERFORMANCE LEVEL- The paternity establishment
performance level for a State for
a fiscal year is, at the option of
the State, the IV-D paternity establishment
percentage determined under section
452(g)(2)(A) or the statewide paternity
establishment percentage determined
under section 452(g)(2)(B).
`(ii) DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE
PERCENTAGE- The applicable percentage
with respect to a State's paternity
establishment performance level is
as follows:
If the paternity establishment performance
level is:
The applicable percentage is:
At least: But less than:
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80%
100
79% 80%
98
78% 79%
96
77% 78%
94
76% 77%
92
this is what brought about an ISA
interdepartmental service agreement
between DOR/CSED and the P & F,
Yes, a contract wherein each party
to this " ISA" has agreed
to assist each other in maximizing
the amount of child support.
This creates an unhealthy
pressure on state to raise child support
at any cost for HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
in funding from the federal government
each year.
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