child support
enforcement network (csenet)
CS 230P CSENet Processes - General
06/17/02 Revised 06/18/24 Training
Completed 07/02/24 Last Reviewed 04/07/25
Statutory
Authority
The
Child Support Enforcement Network (CSENet) is a
nationwide computerized link which allows state child support systems to
communicate with each other electronically. CSENet
allows the state child support offices to exchange all types of information and
enables them to expedite the procedures for establishing and enforcing a child
support order more quickly. Federal Regulations found at 45
“Transmit
requests for information and provide requested information electronically to
the greatest extent possible.”
Not
all states are fully CSENet active.
Create, Send
and Read CSENet Intergovernmental Narratives
CSENet
states may create, send, and receive free-form narratives.
Read CSENet Child Support Narratives (Comments)
When information is received from another state and it is not
automatically updated on ORSIS, it is written to the ORSIS comments. This
information is stored and separated into different blocks of specific case,
order, and participant information.
Procedures – Reading the CSENet Child
Support Narratives
Each Child Support Narrative is received and separated into blocks
of information according to the date the
information is received on ORSIS. ORSIS further separates some of the
information blocks into smaller blocks making it easier to read the
information. These blocks can be identified by three asterisk (***), the block
title, and three more asterisks; for example, ***AP INSURANCE