518A.64 ADMINISTRATIVE SEEK EMPLOYMENT ORDERS. Subdivision 1. Court order. For any support order being enforced by the public authority, the public authority may seek a court order requiring the obligor to seek employment if: (1) employment of the obligor cannot be verified; (2) the obligor is in arrears in court-ordered child support or maintenance payments […]
518A.65 DRIVER’S LICENSE SUSPENSION. (a) Upon motion of an obligee, which has been properly served on the obligor and upon which there has been an opportunity for hearing, if a court finds that the obligor has been or may be issued a driver’s license by the commissioner of public safety and the obligor is in […]
518A.66 OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE SUSPENSION. (a) Upon motion of an obligee, if the court finds that the obligor is or may be licensed by a licensing board listed in section 214.01 or other state, county, or municipal agency or board that issues an occupational license and the obligor is in arrears in court-ordered child support or […]
518A.67 MOTOR VEHICLE LIEN. (a) Upon motion of an obligee, if a court finds that the obligor is a debtor for a judgment debt resulting from nonpayment of court-ordered child support or maintenance payments, or both, in an amount equal to or greater than three times the obligor’s total monthly support and maintenance payments, the […]
518A.68 RECREATIONAL LICENSE SUSPENSION. (a) Upon motion of an obligee or the public authority, and if the court finds that (1) the obligor is in arrears in court-ordered child support or maintenance payments, or both, in an amount equal to or greater than six times the obligor’s total monthly support and maintenance payments and is […]
518A.685 CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY; REPORTING ARREARS. (a) If a public authority determines that an obligor has not paid the current monthly support obligation plus any required arrearage payment for three months, the public authority may report this information to a consumer reporting agency. (b) Before reporting that an obligor is in arrears for court-ordered child […]
518A.69 PAYMENT AGREEMENTS. In proposing or approving proposed written payment agreements for purposes of this chapter, the court, a child support magistrate, or the public authority shall take into consideration the amount of the arrearages, the amount of the current support order, any pending request for modification, and the earnings of the obligor. The court, […]
518A.70 DATA ON SUSPENSIONS FOR SUPPORT ARREARS. Notwithstanding section 13.03, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), data on an occupational license suspension under section 518A.66 or a driver’s license suspension under section 518A.65 that are transferred by the Department of Human Services to respectively the Department of Public Safety or any state, county, or municipal occupational licensing […]
518A.71 SECURITY; SEQUESTRATION; CONTEMPT. In all cases when maintenance or support payments are ordered, the court may require sufficient security to be given for the payment of them according to the terms of the order. Upon neglect or refusal to give security, or upon failure to pay the maintenance or support, the court may sequester […]
518A.72 CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS FOR NONPAYMENT OF SUPPORT. Subdivision 1. Grounds. If a person against whom an order or decree for support has been entered under this chapter, chapter 256, chapter 518, or a comparable law from another jurisdiction, is in arrears in court-ordered child support or maintenance payments in an amount equal to or greater […]
518A.73 EMPLOYER CONTEMPT. Subdivision 1. Orders binding. Notices or orders for income withholding or medical support issued pursuant to sections 518A.41 and 518A.53 are binding on the employer, trustee, or other payor of funds after the order or notice for income withholding or enforcement of medical support has been transmitted pursuant to section 518A.53 to […]
518A.735 ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT. (a) A child support obligee is entitled to recover from the obligor reasonable attorney fees and other collection costs incurred to enforce a child support judgment, as provided in this section. In order to recover collection costs under this section, the arrearages must be at least $500 and must be […]
518A.74 PUBLICATION OF NAMES OF DELINQUENT CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGORS. Subdivision 1. Making names public. At least once each year, the commissioner of human services, in consultation with the attorney general, may publish a list of the names and other identifying information of no more than 25 persons who (1) are child support obligors, (2) are […]
518A.75 COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS IN MAINTENANCE OR CHILD SUPPORT ORDER. Subdivision 1. Requirement. (a) An order establishing, modifying, or enforcing maintenance or child support shall provide for a biennial adjustment in the amount to be paid based on a change in the cost of living. An order that provides for a cost-of-living adjustment shall specify the […]
