Provision of Child Support
Services in IV-D cases under the Hague Child Support
Convention
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
01/29/2026
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
03/31/2026
15,768
17,334
10,882
11,978
0
0
International child support cases are
those where the parents and/or child live in different countries, a
support order was issued internationally, or assets are sought in
countries other than the country enforcing the support order, among
other scenarios. Because laws and procedures vary widely among
international jurisdictions, international cases can be complex and
difficult to process, resulting in less child support reaching the
families who need it. In the U.S., we estimate that about half of
one percent of the total child support caseload has an
international component. 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 41 foreign countries under the Hague
Convention, and that number is growing. Countries that are party to
the Hague Child Support Convention use 16 standardized Convention
case processing forms, which were designed to greatly reduce the
complexity of case processing in the international context. The
forms were developed by a special working group, in which the U.S.
played a leadership role. 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
The estimate of annual burden
hours has declined from 11,978 hours in the last approval to 10,882
hours in this request. Changes in burden are due to the decline in
the overall child support caseload over the last several years.
States use these forms to process cases between countries; these
international cases are a percentage of each state’s overall
caseload. Therefore, as the total number of cases declines, so does
the number of international cases.
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No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
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 F: Request for Specific Measures – Response - Article 7(1)
Attachment A - Public comments - Hague Forms_OMB_2025.xlsx
Supporting Statement - Hague Forms_DPT edit-cln-DCCamm_DPT comment_clean_mj_CLEAN.docx
Annex F: Request for Specific Measures – Response - Article 7(1)