---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch7/schIV/ptD"
level: "part"
label: "Part D"
heading: "Child Support and Establishment of Paternity"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch7-schIV-ptD"
sections_count: 26
---

# Part D — Child Support and Establishment of Paternity

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 7 — Social Security › Subchapter IV — Grants to States for Aid and Services to Needy Families with Children and for Child-Welfare Services

## Sections

- [§651. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/42/651.md)
- [§652. Duties of Secretary](/usc/42/652.md)
- [§653. Federal Parent Locator Service](/usc/42/653.md)
- [§653a. State Directory of New Hires](/usc/42/653a.md)
- [§654. State plan for child and spousal support](/usc/42/654.md)
- [§654a. Automated data processing](/usc/42/654a.md)
- [§654b. Collection and disbursement of support payments](/usc/42/654b.md)
- [§655. Payments to States](/usc/42/655.md)
- [§655a. Provision for reimbursement of expenses](/usc/42/655a.md)
- [§656. Support obligation as obligation to State; amount; discharge in bankruptcy](/usc/42/656.md)
- [§657. Distribution of collected support](/usc/42/657.md)
- [§658. Repealed.](/usc/42/658.md)
- [§658a. Incentive payments to States](/usc/42/658a.md)
- [§659. Consent by United States to income withholding, garnishment, and similar proceedings for enforcement of child support and alimony obligations](/usc/42/659.md)
- [§659a. International support enforcement](/usc/42/659a.md)
- [§660. Civil action to enforce child support obligations; jurisdiction of district courts](/usc/42/660.md)
- [§662. Repealed.](/usc/42/662.md)
- [§663. Use of Federal Parent Locator Service in connection with enforcement or determination of child custody in cases of parental kidnaping of child](/usc/42/663.md)
- [§664. Collection of past-due support from Federal tax refunds](/usc/42/664.md)
- [§665. Allotments from pay for child and spousal support owed by members of uniformed services on active duty](/usc/42/665.md)
- [§666. Requirement of statutorily prescribed procedures to improve effectiveness of child support enforcement](/usc/42/666.md)
- [§667. State guidelines for child support awards](/usc/42/667.md)
- [§668. Encouragement of States to adopt civil procedure for establishing paternity in contested cases](/usc/42/668.md)
- [§669. Collection and reporting of child support enforcement data](/usc/42/669.md)
- [§669a. Nonliability for financial institutions providing financial records to State child support enforcement agencies in child support cases](/usc/42/669a.md)
- [§669b. Grants to States for access and visitation programs](/usc/42/669b.md)