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Term Definition Intercept - a process by which Child Support Enforcement agencies take a certain percentage of a noncustodial parent’s unemployment insurance payments, disability insurance payments, income tax returns, and lottery winnings to pay child support arrearages owed by the noncustodial parent.
Application in Divorce In cases of child support arrearage, the use of intercepts is sometimes the only way compliance can be achieved.

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