Federal Case Registry (FCR)

ACF implemented the Federal Case Registry (FCR) within the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) on October 1, 1998, pursuant to federal law. The FCR is a national database of information pertaining to child support cases processed by state child support agencies, referred to as “IV-D” cases, and non-IV-D support orders privately established or modified by courts or tribunals on or after October 1, 1998. FCR information comes from each State Case Registry (SCR), which is a central repository of child support case and abstracted support order information maintained by each state. Upon receipt of SCR information, the child support case or abstracted support order information is automatically compared to existing information in the FCR. If a match is found, the FPLS notifies all appropriate state child support enforcement agencies that another state has a child support case or support order with common individuals so that the state agency can take appropriate action. ACF is requesting the extension of this information collection without change.

The latest form for Federal Case Registry (FCR) expires 2023-11-30 and can be found here.