Title 25 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Upon receiving notice from the Department of Social Services that a person owes child support, the Department of Labor and Regulation shall immediately withhold funds from the person's state reemployment assistance benefits and forward the withheld amounts to the Department of So…

In any case in which any Title IV-D agency is providing child support enforcement or income withholding services, the Title IV-D agency may direct any obligor or other payor to change the payee to the Title IV-D agency, or other appropriate entity. The Department of Social Servic…

To facilitate the collection of child support and to facilitate locating child support obligors, the following information shall be recorded in the following manners: (1) The social security number of any applicant for a professional license, drivers license, occupational license…

In actions involving either the establishment of paternity, or the establishment, modification, or enforcement of a support order, any Title IV-D agency shall have the administrative authority to perform the following functions without the necessity of obtaining an order from any…

Any Title IV-D agency conducting child support enforcement activities shall have access to any motor vehicle or law enforcement system used within the state for purposes of locating a person. Source: SL 1997, ch 155 , § 23.

All entities within this state, including for - profit, nonprofit, and governmental employers shall promptly respond to a request from any Title IV-D agency for information regarding the employment status, rate of compensation, or benefits provided by the employer to any employee…

For purposes of child support enforcement activities, any Title IV-D agency is hereby granted access to information contained in the following records including, if applicable, automated access to case records maintained in automated data bases: (1) Records of other state and loc…

Upon entry of an order for support, each party to any paternity or child support proceeding shall file with the appropriate tribunals as defined in § 25-9C-102 a written statement specifying the party's name, social security number, residential and mailing address, telephone numb…

Any tribunal as defined in § 25-9C-102 authorized to determine child support and paternity cases within this state may exercise statewide jurisdiction over any of the parties involved in the proceedings and may transfer a case between local jurisdictions without the need for any …

The department shall enter into agreements with any financial institution conducting business within the state whereby the financial institution shall, on a quarterly basis, provide to the department the name, record address, social security number, or other taxpayer identificati…

In any hearing for modification of support, the referee may recommend the imposition of attorney fees and costs. If the referee determines that the filing is frivolous or vexatious, the referee may also recommend the imposition of any additional costs incurred by the innocent par…

If an order for support requires a parent of a dependent child to provide health insurance coverage for that child, any insurer subject to chapter 58-33 and who is engaged in the business of health insurance as well as any employer or union who provides family health insurance co…

In any case where there is in effect an order for support requiring an obligor to provide medical support for a dependent child, the employer of the obligor, upon receiving a national medical support notice from any Title IV-D agency is required to complete the applicable section…

If a parent served with a notice of support debt under § 25-7A-5 makes a timely request for a hearing, the secretary of social services must file the notice of support debt, proof of service thereof, and response thereto in the office of the clerk of the circuit court in the coun…

An order for support shall include a provision requiring each parent to notify the department of the parent's current address and the name and address of the parent's current employer. The order shall also require each parent to notify the department of a change in the parent's a…

The parties to a child support proceeding under §§ 25-7A-6 and 25-7A-22 shall provide all financial and legal documents required by the referee at least five days prior to the hearing date set by the referee. Failure to provide such information five days prior to the hearing may …

If a party agrees, the referee may send copies of any notice or report required to be served on the party under § 25-7A-6 or 25-7A-22 by electronic mail, using the email address provided by the party. Source: SL 2026, ch 121 , § 7. Effective July 1, 2026

If a party files an objection to the referee's report pursuant to § 25-7A-6 or 25-7A-22 , the referee must file with the court all exhibits entered into the record in the hearing before the referee and all financial and legal documents received by the referee. The referee shall f…

The Department of Social Services may garnish wages, salary, earnings, or other employment income of the obligor, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 21-18 or applicable provisions of this chapter, to reimburse the state for any expenditures made on behalf of a dependent child …

The Department of Social Services may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to establish procedures to notify insurers and employers of child support orders that include medical support, to establish procedures for the enrollment of children under private health insurance pol…

The department shall notify the obligor of its issuance of a national medical support notice and further advise the obligor of the procedures to contest the enrollment and withholding of premiums. An obligor may contest the enrollment and withholding of premiums by filing a writt…

If a parent is served with a notice of support debt under § 25-7A-5 and does not request a hearing within ten days, the secretary of social services shall file, in the office of the appropriate clerk of the circuit court, the notice of support debt, proof of service thereof, and …

If a person served with a notice of support debt under § 25-7A-5 contests paternity or custody of the child, and the person is presumed to be the parent of the child in accordance with the provisions of chapter 25-8 , the secretary shall inform the responding party that an action…