Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity and Required Data Elements for the Paternity Establishment Affidavit

ICR 202311-0970-012

OMB: 0970-0171

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supplementary Document
2023-11-21
Supporting Statement A
2020-11-18
IC Document Collections
ICR Details
0970-0171 202311-0970-012
Received in OIRA 202011-0970-009
HHS/ACF OCSE
Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity and Required Data Elements for the Paternity Establishment Affidavit
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular 11/21/2023
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved 01/31/2024
4,353,508 4,262,038
613,808 593,947
0 0

This request is for an extension of an approved information collection: Voluntary Acknowledgement of Paternity and Required Data Elements for the Paternity Establishment Affidavit (OMB #0970-0171). The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is proposing minor changes to the burden estimate as last updated in 2020. Section 466(a)(5)(C) of the Social Security Act requires States to enact laws ensuring a simple civil process for voluntarily acknowledging paternity via an affidavit. The State must provide that, before a mother and putative father can sign a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, the mother and putative father must be given notice, orally and in writing of the alternatives to, the legal consequences of, and the rights (including any rights, if one parent is a minor, due to minority status) and responsibilities of acknowledging paternity. One affidavit needs to be filled out for each paternity established and the information cannot be provided any less frequently than once to each mother and putative father. The development and use of an affidavit for the voluntary acknowledgment of paternity would include the minimum requirements specified by the Secretary and to give full faith and credit to such an affidavit signed in any other State according to its procedures.

US Code: 42 USC 652 Name of Law: Social Security, Subchapter IV Part D: Child Support and Establishment of Paternity
   US Code: 42 USC 666 Name of Law: Social Security, Subchapter IV Part D: Child Support and Establishment of Paternity
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  88 FR 42075 06/29/2023
88 FR 81086 11/21/2023
No

4
IC Title Form No. Form Name
Brochures
Data Elements
Paternity Acknowledgment Process
Training

  Total Request Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 4,353,508 4,262,038 0 91,470 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 613,808 593,947 0 19,861 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
In the last review of this information collection in 2020, OCSS calculated the total annual burden to be 593,947 hours. In this information collection, we estimate the total annual burden to be 613,808 hours. This adjustment is due to several factors. • Since 2020, there has been a decrease in the estimated number of partners involved in the voluntary paternity acknowledgment program by about 89,000 entities. This decrease affects the overall burden downward in the rows for training and for ordering brochures on the burden table. • Since 2020, there has been an increase in the burden for paternity acknowledgment services. In 2020 we estimated the number of nonmarital births for which services would be appropriate was approximately 1.4 million, while in 2023, we estimate the number of nonmarital births to be approximately 1.6 million (based on 2021 data). These overall changes have resulted in an overall increase of approximately 16,000 annual burden hours.

$43,580,455
No
    Yes
    No
No
No
No
No
Molly Buck 202 205-4724 mary.buck@acf.hhs.gov

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
11/21/2023


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