Audit: Child Support Enforcement Needs Improvement

A new report says Arizona's program to enforce child support orders is generally adequate but that there's room for improvements.

The Auditor General's Office conducted a special review of the state Department of Economic Security's program to collect child support payments.

The money comes from parents who don't have custody of their children, and the state transfers it to parents who have custody.

The auditors say most payments are accurately processed but also suggest that the state track how long it takes to process court orders.

Other findings include that there's no efficient way to determine how many payments are being misdirected and that could be better explanation of collection methods.