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PA Child Support Program

Exemption Request

FIdM Exemption Request

PA Statute Reference

The following information is from the PA Statute governing the FIDM Program in Pennsylvania. If after reviewing the law you do not believe that your company meets the definition of a Financial "Institution" or does not hold "accounts" as defined in the statute please send a letter to the address below indicating the reason you should be exempt from the law.

Please include the following information in your letter:

  • Financial Institution Name and FEIN (Federal Employer Identification Number)
  • Contact Name and Phone Number
  • Reason for Claiming Exemption.

Address for Exemption Requests:

PA FIDM Program
Bureau of Child Support Enforcement

P.O.Box 8018
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105
Attn: PA FIDM Coordinator

If your Financial Institution is requesting an exemption due to a merger, please include the following information in your letter:

  • Current Financial Institution Name and FEIN (Federal Employer Identification Number)
  • Name and FEIN of the New Financial Institution
  • Address of the New Financial Institution

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Domestic Relations (Title 23)
Support Matters Legislation

Account - A demand deposit account, checking or negotiable withdrawal order account, savings account, time deposit account or money market mutual fund account. The term does not include trust accounts, custodian accounts or accounts under 20 Pa.C.S. Ch. 53 (relating to the Pennsylvania Uniform Transfers to Minors Act).

Financial Institution- A depository institution, as defined by section 3(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (64 Stat. 873, 12 U.S.C. ¤ 1813(c)); an institution-affiliated party, as defined by section 3(u) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; a Federal credit union or State credit union, as defined in section 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act (48 Stat. 1216, 12 U.S.C. ¤ 1752), including an institution-affiliated party of such a credit union, as defined in section 206(r) of the Federal Credit Union Act; and a benefit association, insurer, safe deposit company, money-market mutual fund or similar entity authorized to do business in this Commonwealth