Why is charging a fee to parents under consideration?
Federal law requires all states to impose a $25 annual service fee on cases that involve custodial parents who have never received public assistance. The fee is imposed for each year that a parent receives more than $500 in child support. Currently, the State of Texas pays the fee for parents. More than $25 million has been paid to the federal government to cover the annual fees. Due to the state budget deficit, the Legislature has authorized the Office of the Attorney General to collect the fee from custodial parents. In addition, the Legislature has authorized a $3 monthly SDU fee to offset costs to taxpayers to operate the child support disbursement unit.
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