As used in this Code: (1) (A) “Accrued arrearage” means a delinquency that is past due and unpaid and owed under a court order or an order of an administrative process established under state law for support of any child or children. (B) “Accrued arrearage” may include past due support that has been reduced to […]
The remedies provided in this subchapter shall not be exclusive of other remedies presently existing.
(a) (1) Hearings in all child support cases and paternity cases brought pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act shall be heard within a reasonable period of time following service of process in each county in the state as defined in this section. (2) In each of the seventy-five (75) counties of this […]
(a) In all cases in which the support and care of any child or children are involved, it shall be the duty of the plaintiff, defendant, custodial parent or physical custodian of the child, and the noncustodial parent to keep the clerk of the circuit court informed of his or her current address when a […]
(a) There is established an organizational unit to be called the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration that shall administer the state plan for child support enforcement required under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. (b) The office is designated as the single public […]
(a) The Administrator of the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with county judges, court clerks, and prosecuting attorneys concerning the establishment, enforcement, collection, monitoring, and distribution of support obligations. (b) The administrator is further authorized to appoint […]
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Business” means any corporation, partnership, cable television company, association, individual, utility company that is organized privately, as a cooperative, or as a quasi-public entity, and labor or other organization maintaining an office, doing business, or having a registered agent in the State of Arkansas; (2) “Financial entity” means […]
(a) (1) As used in this section, “consumer reporting agency” means any person who, for monetary fees, dues, or on a cooperative, nonprofit basis regularly engages, in whole or in part, in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to third […]
(a) The Department of Human Services or the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration, or both, shall employ attorneys to assist in the establishment and enforcement of support orders in the State of Arkansas. (b) An attorney employed by the Department of Human Services or […]
(a) Support rights assigned to the Department of Human Services under § 9-14-109 shall constitute an obligation owed to the State of Arkansas by the person responsible for providing the support, and the obligation shall be collectible under all legal processes. (b) The amount of obligation owed to the state shall be the amount specified […]
(a) The Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration may charge a nonrefundable application fee of up to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to any person who contracts with the office for any services under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act for whom an assignment under § […]
(a) (1) When a court has ordered support payments to a person who has made an assignment of support rights under § 9-14-109 or who has executed a contract with the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration for non-Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program assistance, […]
(a) In any action brought on behalf of a person to whom a support obligation is owed under an assignment pursuant to § 9-14-109 or pursuant to a contract for services under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and […]
(a) (1) There shall be no filing fee, service fee, or other costs collected from the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration or any attorney acting on its behalf for actions brought under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, § 9-17-101 et seq. (2) The […]
(a) (1) The Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration shall establish and maintain a system to promptly implement income withholding for support orders issued in other states. (2) The office shall also seek assistance from other states in implementing income withholding in other states for […]
The income withholding provisions of this subchapter shall supersede the provisions of § 9-14-102 when applicable.
(a) (1) In all decrees or orders that provide for the payment of money for the support and care of any children, the court shall include a provision directing a payor to deduct from: (A) Money, income, or periodic earnings due the noncustodial parent an amount that is sufficient to meet the periodic child support […]
Orders of income withholding for support shall have priority over all other legal processes under state law against the money, income, or periodic earnings of the noncustodial parent.
(a) All persons under court order to pay support on August 1, 1985, who become delinquent in an amount equal to the total court-ordered support payable for thirty (30) days shall be subject to the income withholding provisions of this subchapter. An order of income withholding shall become effective when the requirements set forth in […]
(a) Orders of income withholding that were not effective immediately by order of the court, upon the consent of the noncustodial parent, or at the request of the custodial parent, shall become effective when payment arrearages owed by the noncustodial parent equal the total court-ordered support payable for thirty (30) days. (b) (1) Prior to […]
