FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR SERVICE

Federal Parent Locator Service.A federal program created to help enforce child-support

obligations. • In an effort to increase the collection of child support, Congress authorized the use

of all information contained in the various federal databases to help locate absent, delinquent

child-support obligors. Although initially information could be released only if the family was

receiving public assistance, any judgment obligee can now apply to receive the last known address

of a delinquent child-support obligor. 42 USCA § 653. — Abbr. FPLS.[Blacks Law 8th]