CNMI Support Disbursement Unit

CNMI Support Disbursement Unit. There is hereby established a CNMI Support Disbursement Unit (Unit) within the Office of the CNMI Treasury. This Unit is authorized to receive and disburse child support payments pursuant to income withholding orders and other court ordered support payments. The child support payments received shall be deposited into an account separate from the general fund and all other funds of the Commonwealth government. This Unit shall disburse any payments received to the obligee within five business days. The Secretary of the Department of Finance shall promulgate reasonable regulations and procedures, not inconsistent with the provisions, purposes and intent of this Article, for the receipt and disbursement of support payments received under this section. Source: PL 14-34, § 3; redesignated by PL 20-22 § 5 (Oct. 6, 2017). In codifying PL 20-22, the Commission renumbered 8 CMC § 1572 pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(a). The Commission changed “this Act” to “this chapter” pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(d). To accommodate the codification of PL 20-47 (Mar. 16, 2018), the Commission created Article 1 (§§ 19101–19122) pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(b) and changed “chapter” to “Article” pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(d).