All support payments owed to an obligee who is an applicant for or recipient of the services of the Bureau for Child Support enforcement shall be paid to the Bureau for Child Support enforcement. Any other obligee owed a duty of support under the terms of a support order entered by a court of competent jurisdiction may request that the support payments be made to the Bureau for Child Support enforcement. In such case, the Bureau for Child Support enforcement shall proceed to receive and disburse such support payments to or on behalf of the obligee as provided by law.
