Survey of Maintenance Enforcement Programs (SMEP)

Fiscal year quarter of maintenance enforcement case, category

Fiscal year quarter refers to one of the four three-month periods of a fiscal year.

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:

• Fiscal year quarter of enforcement action