CSLN: Child Support Lien Network

Established in 1999 by the State of Rhode Island, the Child Support Lien Network (CSLN) combines data from delinquent child support obligor records into one accessible, easy-to-use database for the purpose of intercepting insurance settlements owed to delinquent child support obligors. Currently Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia participate in CSLN. Additional States may join CSLN through the execution of an interstate agreement with Rhode Island.

New law compelling Child Support data exchange for workers’ compensation, personal injury and wrongful death claims has a fast approaching deadline of November 1.

A new Oklahoma law that goes into effect November 1, 2007 contains a provision that directly affects workers’ compensation, wrongful death and personal injury awards. This new law changes insurers’ relationship with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services’ (OKDHS) Child Support Enforcement Division (CSED), division officials said. (more...)

CSLN Welcomes New State Members

The Child Support Lien Network expanded its state memberships by welcoming five additional child support agencies into the fold: Georgia, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma have all partnered with CSLN (more...)

CSLN Expands Partnerships with Insurers

The insurance industry continues to respond favorably to CSLN with more than 1,000 insurance companies now partnering with CSLN to help combat the national child support debt. (more...)

Serving Our Insurance Partners

To better serve our insurance partners, CSLN developed a secure insurer Web site. This secure Web site is currently in the testing phase and soon will be another resource tool available to participating insurers. (more...)

ISO is Insurers’ Bridge to CSEA’s

While government-sponsored child support agencies often provide state child support offices with a portion of the necessary data to track collections, privately operated agencies can successfully augment information exchanges to a more productive end. (more...)

CT Custodial Parent Received $37,000 Child Support Payment

The Connecticut Bureau of Child Support Enforcement (BCSE) featured a CSLN article in its monthly newsletter contributed by David Shonta, Child Support Lead Investigator with the BCSE Administrative Office. (more...)

Message from Sharon A. Santilli, CSLN Administrator

In February 2006, President George W. Bush signed the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 into law. One of the act’s provisions empowers the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement to exchange delinquent obligor information maintained in its Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) (more...)

MO Collected Double-Digit Payments

The Missouri Child Support Enforcement Agency attributes an increase of more than $600,000 in support payments resulting from CSLN matches. Double-digit collections on single matches alone translated into more than $170,000 in child support payments since MO joined in 2004. (more...)