Notice2026-01800
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Provision of Child Support Services in IV-D Cases Under the Hague Child Support Convention; Federally Approved Forms
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Published
January 29, 2026
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The Office of Child Support Enforcement is requesting a 3-year extension of the Provision of Child Support Services in IV-D Cases under the Hague Child Support Convention; Federally Approved Forms (Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #:0970-0488, expiration March 31, 2026). There are no changes requested to these forms.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 19 (Thursday, January 29, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3891-3892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-01800]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[Office of Management and Budget #: 0970-0488]
Submission for Office of Management and Budget Review; Provision
of Child Support Services in IV-D Cases Under the Hague Child Support
Convention; Federally Approved Forms
AGENCY: Office of Child Support Enforcement, Administration for
Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Request for Public Comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Child Support Enforcement is requesting a 3-year
extension of the Provision of Child Support Services in IV-D Cases
under the Hague Child Support Convention; Federally Approved Forms
(Office of Management and Budget (OMB) #:0970-0488, expiration March
31, 2026). There are no changes requested to these forms.
DATES: Comments due March 2, 2026.
ADDRESSES: The public may view and comment on this information
collection request at: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202601-0970-009">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202601-0970-009</a>. You can also obtain copies of the
proposed collection of information by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6900070f060a0605050c0a1d00060729080a0f4701011a470e061f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ce5e2eae3efe3e0e0e9eff8e5e3e2ccedefeaa2e4e4ffa2ebe3fa">[email protected]</span></a>. Identify all emailed requests by the title
of the information collection.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description: On January 1, 2017, the 2007 Hague Convention on the
International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family
Maintenance (the Convention) entered into force for the United States.
This multilateral Convention contains provisions that, on a worldwide
scale, establish uniform, simple, fast, and inexpensive procedures for
processing international child support cases. Under the Convention,
U.S. states process child support cases with other countries that have
ratified the Convention under the requirements of the Convention and
Article 7 of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA 2008). To
comply with the Convention, the United States implements the
Convention's case processing forms.
State and Federal law require states to use federally approved case
processing forms. Section 311(b) of 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.
45 CFR 303.7 also requires 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.
Respondents: State agencies administering a child support program
under title IV-D of the Social Security Act.
Annual Burden Estimates
Annual burden estimates have been updated to reflect a decrease in
the nationwide child support case load since the most recent full OMB
review and approval process in 2023. Therefore, the annual number of
responses per respondent has decreased, resulting in an overall
decrease in estimated annual burden. The number of respondents and
estimated time per response has not changed.
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Total annual
Total number number of Average Total burden
Instrument of respondents responses per burden hours hours
respondent per response
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Annex I: Transmittal form under Article 12(2)... 54 37 1 1,998
Annex II: Acknowledgment form under Article 54 74 0.5 1,998
12(3)..........................................
Annex A: Application for Recognition and 54 15 0.5 405
Enforcement, including restricted information
on the applicant...............................
Annex A: Abstract of Decision................... 54 4 1 216
Annex A: Statement of Enforceability of Decision 54 15 0.17 138
Annex A: Statement of Proper Notice............. 54 4 0.5 108
Annex A: Status of Application Report--Article 54 30 0.33 535
12.............................................
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Annex B: Application for Enforcement of a 54 15 0.5 405
Decision Made or Recognized in the Requested
State, including restricted information on the
applicant......................................
Annex B: Status of Application Report--Article 54 30 0.33 535
12.............................................
Annex C: Application for Establishment of a 54 4 0.5 108
Decision, including restricted information on
the Applicant..................................
Annex C: Status of Application Report--Article 54 7 0.33 125
12.............................................
Annex D: Application for Modification of a 54 4 0.5 108
Decision, including Restricted Information on
the Applicant..................................
Annex D: Status of Application Report--Article 54 7 0.33 125
12.............................................
Annex E: Financial Circumstances Form........... 54 37 2 3,996
Annex F: Request for Specific Measures--Article 54 2 0.17 18
7(1)...........................................
Annex F: Request for Specific Measures-- 54 7 0.17 64
Response--Article 7(1).........................
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours......... .............. .............. .............. 10,882
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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 654(20) and 666(f).
Mary C. Jones,
ACF/OPRE Certifying Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-01800 Filed 1-28-26; 8:45 am]
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