Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs (SMEP)

Active status of maintenance enforcement case, status

Active status refers to whether or not a case is active at a given point in time. An active cases registered in an institution or enrolled in a program where it is being monitored and actively enforced.

Maintenance enforcement case refers to a case that is registered involving one payer and one recipient and the financial obligations that are being monitored/enforced by the program (MEP). The program processes payments, monitors and enforces cases in order to ensure that recipients receive their payments of child and spousal support.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

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