[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 104 (Thursday, June 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25291-25292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11168]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Income Withholding Order/Notice for Support (IWO).
OMB No.: 0970-0154.
Description: The Income Withholding Order/Notice for Support (IWO)
is the standard form that must be used to order and notify employers
and income providers to withhold child support payments from an
obligor's income. It also indicates where employers and other income
providers must remit the payments and other information they need to
withhold correctly.
Child support agencies, courts, private attorneys, custodial
parties, and others must use the IWO form to initiate and amend an
income withholding order for support and give notice of income
withholding. Child support agencies are required to have automated
systems containing current order and case information. Child support
agencies providing services to custodial and/or noncustodial parties
enter the terms of a child support order established by a tribunal into
the state's automated system, which automatically populates the IWO
form.
Employers and income providers also use the form to respond to the
order/notice with termination or income status information. Employers
and other
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income providers may choose to receive the IWO form from child support
agencies on paper or electronically, and may respond on paper or
electronically to notify the sender of termination of employment or
change in the income status.
The information collection activities pertaining to the IWO form
are authorized by 42 U.S.C. 666(a)(1), (a)(8) and 666(b)(6), which
require the use of the Income Withholding for Support (IWO) form to
order income withholding for all child support orders. 45 CFR
303.100(e)(x) provides that the form require employers to notify state
child support agencies when employees are terminated.
Respondents: Courts, private attorneys, custodial parties or their
representatives, employers, and other parties that provide income to
noncustodial parents.
Annual Burden Estimates
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Number of
Instrument Number of responses per Average burden hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Income withholding order/notice 3,699,791 1.00 5 minutes................ 308,316
(Courts, private attorneys,
custodial parties or their
representatives).
Income withholding orders/termination 1,228,320 9.34 2 minutes................ 382,417
of employment/income status
(Employers and other income
providers).
Electronic income withholding orders/ 12,427 123.76 3 seconds................ 1,282
termination of employment/income
status (Employers and other income
providers).
Programming for electronic income 17 1 240...................... 4,080
withholding order/notice (Child
support agencies).
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 696,095.
Additional Information: Copies of the proposed collection may be
obtained by writing to The Administration for Children and Families,
Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 330 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20201, Attention: Reports Clearance Officer. All
inquiries should be identified by the information collection.
OMB Comment: OMB is required to make a decision concerning the
collection of information between 30 and 60 days after publication of
this document in the Federal Register. Therefore, a comment is best
assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent directly to the following: Office
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, Email:
[email protected], Attn: Desk Officer for the Administration
for Children and Families.
Bob Sargis,
Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-11168 Filed 5-31-17; 8:45 am]
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