(a) Effective July 1, 1995, there is hereby established in the Department of Health and Human Resources the Bureau for Child Support enforcement. The bureau is under the immediate supervision of the commissioner, who is responsible for the exercise of the duties and powers assigned to the bureau under the provisions of this chapter. The […]
(a) There is hereby created the position of commissioner. The commissioner shall: (1) Be appointed by the secretary;
(a) The Commissioner shall organize the work of the Bureau in such offices or other organizational units as he or she may determine to be necessary for effective and efficient operation. (b) The Commissioner shall employ a sufficient number of employees in the position of Bureau for Child Support Enforcement attorney so as to provide […]
The commissioner shall have control and supervision of the Bureau for Child Support enforcement and shall be responsible for the work of each of its organizational units. Each organizational unit shall be headed by an employee of the bureau appointed by the commissioner who shall be responsible to the commissioner for the work of his […]
In carrying out the policies and procedures for enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the bureau shall have the following power and authority: (1) To establish policies and procedures for obtaining and enforcing support orders and establishing paternity according to this chapter;
Upon receipt of a report from an employer stating that a support obligor has been discharged or laid off or has resigned or voluntarily quit, the Bureau for Child Support enforcement shall send a notice to the obligor, informing the obligor of the availability of a modification of the support award and of the services […]
(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a separate special revenue account, which shall be an interest bearing account, to be known as the "child support enforcement fund." The special revenue account shall consist of all incentive payments paid by the federal government pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §658 as a percentage of the […]
(a) When the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement provides child support collection services either to a public assistance recipient or to a party who does not receive public assistance, the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement shall, upon written notice to the obligor, charge a monthly collection fee equivalent to the full monthly cost of the […]
(a) Attorneys employed by the Bureau for Child Support enforcement may represent this state or another state in an action brought under the authority of federal law of this chapter. (b) An attorney employed by the Bureau for Child Support enforcement or employed by a person or agency or entity pursuant to a contract with […]
(a) The Bureau for Child Support enforcement shall establish a parent locator service to locate individuals for the purposes of establishing parentage and of establishing, modifying or enforcing child support obligations utilizing all sources of information and available records and the parent locator service in the federal department of health and human services. For purposes […]
(a) The Bureau for Child Support Enforcement shall cooperate with any other state in the following: (1) In establishing paternity;
(a) Amounts collected as child or spousal support by the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement shall be distributed within two business days after receipt from the employer or other source of periodic income. The amounts collected as child support shall be distributed by the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement in accordance with the provisions for […]
(a) Where physical custody of the child has been transferred from the custodial parent to another person, the Bureau for Child Support enforcement may redirect disbursement of support payments to such other person, on behalf of the child, in the following circumstances: (1) Where the noncustodial parent has physical custody of the child, excluding visitation, […]
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 […]
In accordance with an initial and annually updated advance data processing planning document approved by the secretary of the federal department of health and human services, the Bureau for Child Support enforcement may establish an automatic data processing and retrieval system designed effectively and efficiently to assist the commissioner in carrying out the provisions of […]
The Commissioner shall, by legislative rule promulgated pursuant to chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, place in effect procedures necessary for the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement to obtain payment of past due support from federal tax refunds from overpayments made to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. The Bureau for Child Support […]
(a) The Tax Commissioner shall establish procedures necessary for the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement to obtain payment of past-due support from state income tax refunds from overpayment made to the Tax Commissioner pursuant to the provisions of article twenty-one, chapter eleven of this code. (b) The Commissioner for the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement […]
(a) Definitions. (1) "Obligee" means the same as that term is defined in section two hundred thirty-four, article one of this chapter.
(a) The Commissioner shall enter into a written agreement with the Bureau of Employment Programs for the purpose of withholding unemployment compensation from individuals with unmet support obligations being enforced by the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement. The Commissioner shall, through direct contact with the Bureau of Employment Programs, process cases through the Bureau of […]
The Bureau for Child Support enforcement shall provide monthly statements of their account to each obligor and obligee without charge. The commissioner shall establish procedures whereby an obligor or obligee can contest or correct a statement of account.
