On January 1, 2017, the multilateral
2007 Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child
Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance (the Hague Child
Support Convention) came into force for the U.S. The U.S. now has
reciprocal relationships with 36 other foreign countries under the
Hague Convention and that number is growing. Countries that are
party to the Hague Child Support Convention use 14 standardized
Convention case processing forms, which were designed to greatly
reduce the complexity of case processing in the international
context. Section 311(b) of the Uniform Interstate Family Support
Act (UIFSA) 2008, which has been enacted by all 50 states, the
District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands,
requires states to use forms mandated by federal law. (UIFSA
enactment was required by Public Law (P.L.) 113-183.) Regulations
under 45 CFR 303.7 also require child support programs to use
federally-approved forms in intergovernmental IV-D cases unless a
country has provided alternative forms as a part of its chapter in
a Caseworker's Guide to Processing Cases with Foreign Reciprocating
Countries.
PL:
Pub.L. 113 - 183 301 Name of Law: Preventing Sex Trafficking
and Strengthening Families Act
From the last information
collection, the number of burden hours decreased slightly due to a
decline in the national caseload: from 13,478 annual burden hours
to 13,001 burden hours in this information collection. However, in
this estimate, we included a higher hourly wage and fringe benefits
rate, so that this collection estimates a higher average hourly
wage, which accounts for a higher annual cost of $447,754, as
compared to $294,494 in the last information collection.
$0
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Molly Buck 202 205-4724
mary.buck@acf.hhs.gov
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form 1 Annex B: Application for Enforcement of a Decision Made or Recognized in the Requested State, including restricted information on the applicant
Supporting Statement Hague forms_12.20.19.doc
Annex B: Application for Enforcement of a Decision Made or Recognized in the Requested State, including restricted information on the applicant