Sec. 25.27.010. Creation of child support services agency.
There is created in the Department of Revenue the child support services agency.
Sec. 25.27.020. Duties and responsibilities of the agency.
(a) The agency shall (1) seek enforcement of child support orders of the state in other jurisdictions and shall obtain, enforce, and administer the orders in this state; (2) adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter and AS 25.25, including regulations that establish (A) procedures for hearings conducted under AS 25.27.170 and […]
Sec. 25.27.022. Establishment and enforcement requests from other states.
(a) The agency may act, under the laws of this state, upon requests from similar state agencies in other states that operate child support enforcement programs under 42 U.S.C. 651 – 669 (Title IV-D Social Security Act) to establish or disestablish paternity and to establish and enforce against obligors within this state support obligations determined […]
Sec. 25.27.025. Rate of interest.
The rate of interest imposed under AS 25.27.020(a)(2)(B) shall be six percent a year or a lesser rate that is the maximum rate of interest permitted to be imposed under federal law.
Sec. 25.27.030. Establishment of fund.
There is established in the state general fund a continuing, revolving, reserve account to receive collections and make the authorized disbursements of the agency.
Sec. 25.27.040. Determination of paternity.
(a) The agency may appear on behalf of minor children or their mother or legal custodian or the state and initiate efforts to have the paternity of children born out of wedlock determined by the court. When the agency is a party to a court action in which paternity is contested, it shall request and […]
Sec. 25.27.045. Determination of support obligation.
The agency may appear in an action seeking an award of support on behalf of a child owed a duty of support, or to enforce a spousal support order if a spousal support obligation has been established and if a support obligation, established with respect to a child of that spouse, is also being administered, […]
Sec. 25.27.050. Legal assistance.
The agency shall contract with the Department of Law to provide needed legal services.
Sec. 25.27.060. Order of support.
(a) Unless otherwise provided under AS 25.24.910 or AS 25.27.061, an order of support establishes a relationship by which the custodian of the child is the administrator for the purposes of administering child support on behalf of the child. The court shall carefully consider the need for support, the ability of both parents to meet […]
Sec. 25.27.061. Payment of support to 18-year-olds.
A judgment, court order, or order of the agency under this chapter that provides for child support to be paid for the care of an unmarried 18-year-old child who is actively pursuing a high school diploma or an equivalent level of technical or vocational training while living as a dependent with a parent, guardian, or […]
Sec. 25.27.062. Income withholding order for support.
(a) Unless the court or agency is establishing only a medical support order, a judgment, court order, or order of the agency under this chapter providing for support must contain an income withholding order. Except as provided in (m) of this section, the income withholding order must provide for immediate income withholding if the support […]
Sec. 25.27.063. Medical support order.
(a) [Repealed, § 23 ch 106 SLA 2000.] (b) If a parent who is required to provide health care coverage under a medical support order is eligible for family health coverage through an employer, the court or agency issuing the medical support order shall send a copy of the medical support order to the employer. […]
Sec. 25.27.065. Waiver of child support.
(a) A custodian of a child, including a custodial parent, owes a duty to that child to ensure that child support is paid by a noncustodial parent who is obligated to pay it. An agreement to waive past or future child support, made between an obligor and a person who is entitled to receive support […]
Sec. 25.27.070. Order to assign wages for support.
(a) In a proceeding in which the court has ordered either or both parents to pay for the support of a child, the court may, on its own motion or motion of a party or the agency on behalf of a party, after notice and an opportunity for hearing, order either parent or both parents […]
Sec. 25.27.075. Employment information.
(a) An employer doing business in the state shall report to the agency the hiring, rehiring, or return to work of each employee. The report shall be made within the time limits set out in (b) of this section. The report must contain the name, address, and social security number of the newly hired employee, […]
Sec. 25.27.080. Enforcement of support orders.
(a) A court order requiring payment of child support shall be modified to order payments be made to the agency upon application. (b) The agency on behalf of the custodian or the state shall take all necessary action permitted by law to enforce child support orders, including petitioning the court for orders to aid in […]
Sec. 25.27.085. Subpoenas.
(a) The agency may subpoena persons, books, records, and documents to (1) obtain any financial or other information needed to establish, modify, or enforce a child support order; (2) determine the paternity of a child under AS 25.27.165; or (3) disestablish the paternity of a child under AS 25.27.166. (b) An administrative subpoena issued under […]
Sec. 25.27.086. Subpoenas issued by agency of another state.
(a) If the child support enforcement agency of another state issues a subpoena regarding persons, books, records, or documents in this state, the subpoena must be complied with as if it were issued by this state’s child support services agency if (1) the subpoena is for obtaining (A) financial or other information needed to establish, […]
Sec. 25.27.095. Agency exempt from execution.
Execution may not issue against money held in the fund established under AS 25.27.030.
Sec. 25.27.100. All persons may use agency.
(a) The agency shall provide aid to any person due child support under the laws of this state upon application. The agency may, by regulation, impose a fee for services provided under this chapter. (b) [Repealed, § 148 ch 87 SLA 1997.]