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"Child support services" mean any services provided with respect to parentage establishment, support establishment, medical support establishment, support modification, or support enforcement.

"Child support specialist" means a paralegal, attorney, or other staff member with specialized training in child support services.

"Current child support case" means a case that is pending in the IV-D Child Support Program for which any action is being taken by a Unified Child Support Services Program.

"Department" means the Illinois Department of Public Aid.

"IV-D Child Support Program" means the child support enforcement program established pursuant to Title IV, Part D of the federal Social Security Act and Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code.

"KIDS" means the Key Information Delivery System that includes a statewide database of all cases in the IV-D Child Support Program.

"Medicaid" means the medical assistance program under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code.

"Obligor" and "obligee" mean those terms as defined in the Income Withholding for Support Act.

"Plan" means a plan for a Unified Child Support Services Program.

"Program" means the Unified Child Support Services Program in a county or group of counties.

"State Disbursement Unit" means the State Disbursement Unit established under Section 10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.

"State's Attorney" means the duly elected State's Attorney of an Illinois county or 2 or more State's Attorneys who have formed a consortium for purposes of managing a Unified Child Support Services Program within a specific region of the State.

"Temporary Assistance for Needy Families" means the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program under Article IV of the Illinois Public Aid Code.

(Source: P.A. 92-876, eff. 6-1-03.)

Last modified: April 7, 2006

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Illinois Unified Child Support Services Act - 750 ILCS 24, Section 5

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