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Show .change of information , ful in enforcing th " 7ery t Present law prohibits V? las Commission from provi;, he Ta, information even tT& $ ficial state agency nother mich a provision was en-,, ta'ghv the 1955 Utah Legisla-fCt6dit Legisla-fCt6dit was vetoed by the Gover-tm'rcZTe Gover-tm'rcZTe other controversial n0r because y mar- ltemS'.nnnselin? in divorce cases, fcoCn0tUained fn Uie biU enacted. 1 payment of alimony andor ,.f contributions be made support contnDi whgre through the court w & there ftnof payment. Such claimed efau" 0IonV would pro-a pro-a f TSd that colld be ch?ck-Ibv ch?ck-Ibv the Welfare Department n ed by tne b t also WOuld income tax recora fQJ. 2 Essrv Estrangements in Families Boosts Welfare Caseload assistance trends jus t "ed Utah Foundation, the Pliva'f' non profit, tax research agency. The foundation study shows that family estrangements are be coming increasingly more import ant in the aid to dependentM-dren dependentM-dren problem. In 1942 estrange ments accounted for only 28.6 per cent of the total aid to f Pf children cases, compared with ii net cent in March, 1956. Foundation analysts point out that no support contributions by fathers were made in nearly 70 of the aid to dependent childien cases involving family estrangements. estrange-ments. In more than half of the cases where support payments are being made, the whereabouts ot the father is unknown. Among the specific suggestions listed in the Utah Foundation report re-port for curbing this growing problem were the followmg: 1 More intensive investigations in cases where the whereabouts of the father is unknown or where fraud is suspected. During a five-month five-month period last year, 200 aid to dependent children cases were investigated for fraud by a special spec-ial investigator in Salt Lake County. Coun-ty. Of these 200 cases, 35 cases were closed and grants, were reduced re-duced in five others. Reduction in 'the grants affected by these closures clos-ures totaled $4,700 per month. 2. Investigation of finances by the Welfare Department or another an-other agency for the court in divorce div-orce cases where there is a possibility pos-sibility of minor children becoming becom-ing dependent upon public assistance. assist-ance. Although legislation con- |