Chapter 576D — Chapter 576D

§576D-1 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter: "Absent parent" means a parent who is absent from the family, whether or not the parent is a debtor parent. "Agency" means the child support enforcement agency established under section 576D-2. "Child support" means payment fo…

§576D-10.5 Liens. (a) Whenever any obligor through judicial or administrative process in this State or any other state has been ordered to pay an allowance for the support, maintenance, or education of a child, or for the support and maintenance of a spouse or former spouse in co…

§576D-11 Staff. The attorney general shall appoint, without regard to chapter 76: In addition, the attorney general shall appoint, pursuant to chapter 76, other personnel as may be required to discharge the functions of the child support enforcement agency. The staff attorney sha…

§576D-12 Protection of records; divulging confidential information prohibited; penalties. (a) The agency and its agents shall keep records that may be necessary or proper in accordance with this chapter. All applications and records concerning any individual or case shall be conf…

§576D-13 Suspension or denial of licenses. (a) Upon a determination that an obligor is not in compliance with an order of support as defined in section 576D-1 or that an individual failed to comply with a subpoena or warrant relating to a paternity or child support proceeding, an…

§576D-14 Implementation of income withholding. (a) For cases being enforced under the Title IV-D state plan or for those parents applying to the agency for services, the income of an obligor who receives income on a periodic basis and who has a support obligation imposed by a sup…

§576D-15 Financial institution data match system. (a) The agency may enter into agreements with financial institutions doing business in the State to develop and operate a data match system for the purposes of support enforcement, using automated data exchanges to the maximum ext…

§576D-16 Duty of employers to report new hires to the agency; civil penalties for failure to comply with reporting; national new hire directory. (a) Beginning October 1, 1998, each employer in the State shall report to the agency within twenty days of hire, the name, address, soc…

§576D-17 Violations; penalties. (a) Unless otherwise provided, any person or entity in the State including for-profit, nonprofit, and labor organizations, and any agency, board, commission, authority, court, or committee of the State or its political subdivisions that knowingly, …

§576D-2 Designation of child support enforcement agency; duties. There is created the child support enforcement agency for the State as required under Title IV-D. The agency shall be within the department of the attorney general. The child support enforcement agency shall:

§576D-5 Fee for obtaining or enforcing nonpublic assistance order. (a) The agency shall require the payment of a reasonable fee on the application of a person under section 576D-3(b)(3) who is not receiving public assistance for support of the child for assistance in obtaining or…

§576D-6 Other duties of agency. (a) The agency shall: (b) The procedures required under subsection (a)(5), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10) shall be established by rule in accordance with chapter 91. [L 1986, c 332, pt of §2; am L 1991, c 182, §1; am L 1994, c 24, §2; am L 1995, c 13…

§576D-7 Guidelines in establishing amount of child support. (a) The family court, in consultation with the agency, shall establish guidelines to establish the amount of child support when an order for support is sought or being modified under this chapter. The guidelines shall be…

§576D-8 Transmittal of money collected to department of human services. The moneys collected by the agency on behalf of the department of human services shall be transmitted to the department of human services as required by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. [L 1986, c 332, …