Home Page   Services   About Us   Testimonials   Contact Us  Free Services   State Law   Support Info   Helpful Links   FAQ   The Law Office of Ronn Bisbee Child Support Laws By State District of Columbia State Profile A. General/State-At-A-Glance B. UIFSA C. Reciprocity D. Age of Majority E. Statute of Limitations F. Support Details G. Income Withholding H. Paternity I. Support Order Establishment J. Support Enforcement K. Modification and Review/Adjustment L. Lump Sum Payments M. Insurance Match A. General/State-At-A-Glance A1. What is your State's program administration/operation type (State administered/State operated, State administered/County operated, or a combination)? State /Administered/Operated. A2. How many local IV-D offices are in your State (excluding agencies with cooperative agreements)? None A3. With what types of agencies do you have cooperative agreements? Courts, Police Dept, Health Dept, Lottery Bd A4. Does your State have statutes that set forth the attorney-client relationship between the State's attorney and the agency only? No A4.1. If yes, what is the statutory citation? N/A For Additional Information - No Link Provided A4.2. Did your State have the State's Bar Counsel issue an opinion setting for the attorney-client relationship? No. A4.3. If yes, please explain. N/A B. UIFSA B1. What is the enactment date of your State's Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)? 07/24/1998 B2. What is the effective date of your State's UIFSA? 07/24/1998 B3. What is the statutory citation for your State's Act? DC Code Title 30 Sec 341.1-349.1 For Additional Information - No Link Provided B4. What version of UIFSA has your state implemented (i.e. the 1996 or 2001 version)? 2001 Version B4.1. If your state has implemented the 2001 version, when was it implemented? April 1, 2007 (DC Law 16-137) B5. Optional comments regarding your State's UIFSA. N/A C. Reciprocity C1. With what foreign countries does your State reciprocate? None C1.1. Does your State exercise its option to receive Federal Funding Participation (FFP) for enforcement of spousal only orders for foreign reciprocating countries? No C1.2. If yes, please explain. N/A C2. Has your State established reciprocity with any Tribal courts? No C2.1. If yes, list the Tribes and identify services provided, if less than full services. N/A D. Age of Majority D1. What is the age of majority in your State? Age 21, or at the point the minor is self supporting through marriage, employment or military service. D2. What is the statutory citation for the age of majority? Age 21, - Case Law For Additional Information - No Link Provided D3. If not addressed in the order, at what age is child support automatically terminated as a matter of State law? Qualify, if necessary. Age 21 D4. Does the date of the order impact what law is applied? No  D4.1. If yes, please explain. D5. Does child support end if the child leaves the household but does not emancipate? No D5.1. Optional comments regarding emancipation. If the child is married and supporting self then yes. If the child is away at school and still being supported by the custodial parent then no. D6. Does your State allow support to be paid beyond the age of majority under any circumstances (e.g. the child is handicapped or in college)? Yes D6.1. If yes, please explain. Support can be paid beyond the age of majority if the child is handicapped. D7. Does your state automatically reduce current support owed for remaining children after one of the children in an order reaches the age of majority or other wise emancipates? No D7.1. If yes, please describe the procedure. N/A E. Statute of Limitations E1. What is your State's statute of limitations for collection of past due support? 12 years E2. What is your State's statute of limitations for paternity establishment? Child's 21st birthday For Additional Information - No Link Provided E3. Is dormancy revival/renewal possible? No   E3.1. Please explain the circumstances when possible, and the length of time possible. N/A F. Support Details F1. What guideline type or method does your State use to calculate child support (e.g., Shared Income Model, Percentage of Income Model, and Melson Formula)? Shared income, (gross income) For Additional Information - No Link Provided F2. Does your State charge interest on missed arrears? No F2.1. If yes, please indicate the amount of interest charged and any related conditions. N/A  F3. Does your State charge interest on retroactive support? No F3.1. If yes, please indicate the amount of interest charged and any related conditions. N/A F4. Does your State charge interest on adjudicated arrears? No F4.1. If yes, please indicate the amount of interest charged and any related conditions. N/A For Additional Information - No Link Provided F5. Will your State enforce a medical debt for 50% of the uninsured portion of a medical bill? Yes  F5.1. If yes, under what circumstances? If ordered by court F6. Does your state elect to recover costs or charge fees in your IV-D State Plan? No   F6.1. If yes, what costs are recovered from/fees charged to the obligee? N/A F6.2. What costs are recovered from/fees charged to the obligor? Genetic testing fees may be ordered to be paid by obligor F7. Does your State recover costs on behalf of the initiating State? No   F7.1. Optional comments regarding recovering of initiating State's fees. Unless ordered by court F8. Please provide a citation for your State's long-arm statute to establish and/or enforce child support. DC Code 13-423 ; 30-342.1 For Additional Information - No Link Provided F9. Does your State establish, enforce, or modify spousal maintenance orders? No   F9.1. If yes, under what circumstances? Unless child support is included in order F10. Does your State require the initiating State to include information about the new spouse or partner upon a request for establishment or modification (See General Testimony, See AT 05-03)? No F10.1. Optional comments regarding required information on spouse or partner. N/A F11. How does your State impose and collect the mandatory annual fee applicable to IV-D cases for individuals who have never received IV-A assistance? The District of Columbia will absorb the mandatory fee. F11.1. Does your State collect the fee by retaining the support collected on behalf of the individual (but not the first $500 collected)? No. F11.2 Does your State collect the fee from the individual applying for IV-D s.ervices? No. F11.3. Does your State collect the fee from the absent parent? No. F11.4. Does your State pay the fee out of its own funds? Yes. F12. When will your State implement the required DRA limited-assignment provision? Yes, it will be implemented on October 1, 2009. F13. Will your State pass through (and disregard for TANF eligibility purposes) the Excepted Portion to Families in Current Assistance cases? No F13.1. If yes, provide the date. F14. Will your State participate in the pass through in Former Assistance cases? No F14.1. If yes, provide the date. F15. Will your State discontinue eligible assignments under the DRA of 2005? No F15.1. If yes, list the eligible assignments your State would discontinue. N/A F15.2. When will your State discontinue each type of assignment? DC will implement the "mandatory changes only" in October 2009 F16. Will your State follow PRWORA distribution ordering rules or DRA distribution ordering rules in Former Assistance cases? PRWORA F17. What are your States requirements to redirect payments from the court-order payee when a child on the order is receiving TANF with a different payee? F17.1. What are your States requirements to redirect payments from the court-order payee when a child on the order is receiving Medicaid-only with a different payee? F17.2. What are your State's requirements to redirect payments from the court-order payee when a child on the order is with a different payee and not receiving TANF or Medicaid only? F17.3. How does your State collect the $25.00 annual fee on never-TANF cases?   G. Income Withholding G1. What term(s) does your State use to refer to income withholding (e.g., wage withholding)? Wage Withholding G2. What specific source of income is not subject to withholding? Disability, SSI For Additional Information - No Link Provided G3. Does your State have any limits on income withholding in addition to the Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) limits? No G3.1. If yes, what are those limits? N/A G4. What is the allowable fee per pay period for processing income withholding payments? Up to $2.00 per pay period at option of employer. For Additional Information - No Link Provided G5. After receiving an income withholding order or notice, what is the date by which the employer is required to implement income withholding? Seven business days after the date of the order or the next regular pay period. G6. What is the date by which an employer must remit amounts withheld from an employee's pay? The same date of the Wage withholding. G7. What are your State's procedures for sanctioning employers for not implementing income withholding? Follow up by Court G8. What is the penalty to an employer for failure to remit payments withheld? Employer subject to contempt G9. Does your State allow direct income withholding of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits across State lines? No G9.1. If yes, list the name and address for the contact who will receive the direct income withholding order. G9.2. Optional comments regarding direct withholding of UI benefits across state lines. G10. Does your State allow direct income withholding of workers' compensation (WC) benefits across State lines? Yes G10.1. Optional comments regarding direct withholding of WC benefits across State lines. G11. How does an obligor contest income withholding in your State? File Petition in court G12. When the obligor has more than one claim for child support against his/her income, indicate your State's priority scheme for income withholding orders (e.g., employer should allocate available amount for withholding equally among all orders or prorate available amount across orders). All orders receive same priority G12.1. If an employer in your State receives more than one income withholding order for child support from other States; can the employer request your assistance? Yes G12.2. If assistance is not available, explain how employers should proceed. Please provide a citation for the State law that governs how they should proceed. For Additional Information - No Link Provided G13. Does your State require any mandatory deductions, such as union dues, medical insurance premiums, etc., to arrive at net pay from gross pay when calculating disposable income for child support purposes? Yes G14. When does your state require the employer to send notice of an employee's termination? Immediately For Additional Information - No Link Provided G15. How long should an employer retain the income-withholding order (IWO) after termination of an employee, in anticipation of reinstating the withholding should the employee be rehired? 10 days after the termination G16. Does the State charge any fee to the obligor that the employer is required to withhold and remit to the State? No. G17. Does your State offer an alternate web-based payment mechanism in addition to paper and EFT/EDI? No G18. Can a direct income withholding be sent to any of the following in your State: employer, financial institution (explain what institutions), Bureau of Workers Compensation, or other income payer? Workers Compensation, Financial Institutions, and Unemployment Office For Additional Information - No Link Provided G19. If there is insufficient income for an employer to withhold for both the total amount of child support and medical support, describe your State's prioritization between child support and medical support. The employer should allocate current child support and spousal support as the first priority then medical support For Additional Information - No Link Provided H. Paternity H1. When your State enters an order establishing paternity, are issues of custody and visitation also addressed? No H1.1. If yes, please explain. H2. What is the percentage of probability for genetic testing that creates a rebuttable or conclusive presumption of paternity? 99% For Additional Information - No Link Provided H3. Optional comments regarding paternity acknowledgment conclusive legislation. H4. What is the effective date of the State law that makes paternity acknowledgments conclusive? 3/1995 H4.1. Were acknowledgments prior to that effective date rebuttable? Yes H4.2. Optional comments regarding paternity acknowledgments prior to that date. H5. Does marriage constitute a rebuttable presumption of paternity? Yes H5.1. If yes, how is the presumption rebutted? Genetic test results H6. If the father's name is on the birth certificate and paternity has not been established by any other means does this mean that paternity is conclusively determined? No H6.1. If no, briefly explain. Could reflect an adjudication , rebuttable or conclusive presumption For Additional Information - No Link Provided H7. Does your State have any other paternity-related presumptions? Yes   H7.1. If yes, briefly explain. Attempted marriage before child's birth, marriage or attempted marriage after child's birth if respondent acknowledged child to be his with written acknowledgment For Additional Information - No Link Provided H8. Does your State have a putative fathers' registry? No   H8.1. If yes, what is the name of that entity? H9. Are there any fees for requesting searches, paternity documents, and data from your State Bureau of Vital Statistics? Yes H9.1. If yes, please describe any circumstances under which these fees may be waived. None H10. Is common law marriage recognized in your State? Yes H10.1. If yes, briefly describe the standard that defines common law marriage. Parties must be free to marry, have held themselves out as husband and wife, For Additional Information - No Link Provided H10.2. When did your current common law standard go into effect? 06/01/1931   H10.3. If there was a common law standard in effect prior to your current standard, what was that standard and when did it go into effect? No  H11. When the custodial party and/or other witnesses are not able to appear in person for paternity hearings, what methods of testimony are acceptable (e.g., written, videotape, teleconferencing) Interrogatories, telephonic depositions H12. Please give the statutory citation for your State's long arm statute and list any special provisions. DC Code title 30, section 342.1 For Additional Information - No Link Provided H13. Does your State recover genetic testing costs for other States? Yes   H13.1. If so, please explain. If ordered by court H14. List any documents required to get the father's name on the birth certificate (e.g. is an acknowledgement of paternity needed)? No H15. What is the effective date of the State law that makes a father's name on the birth certificate a conclusive determination of paternity? 08/16/1991    H16. If there is more than one child with the same custodial party, and the same alleged father, should one set of documents be sent to your state (with a paternity affidavit for each child) or should a separate packet be sent for each child? One set of documents I. Support Order Establishment I1. Does your State use an administrative, a judicial or a combined process to establish a support obligation? Both-Judicial with administrative consent process I1.1. If your State can establish under both, under what circumstances would the administrative process be used? Administrative used when both parties can reach agreement, order must be ratified by court I1.2. Under what circumstances would the judicial process be used? Administrative orders require judicial approval. I1.3. If your State uses an administrative process, provide the statutory citations for your State's administrative procedures. N/A For Additional Information - No Link Provided I2. In setting support under your State's guidelines, whose income is considered in addition to the NCP (e.g., new spouse's or child's) None. For Additional Information - No Link Provided I3. What criteria for rebutting your presumptive guidelines have been established in your State? Needs of child are exceptional, NCP needs period of reduced payments to permit repayment of financial debt or rearrangement of financial obligation, For Additional Information - No Link Provided I4. Will your State establish support orders for prior periods? Yes I4.1. If yes, for what prior periods (e.g., birth of the child, date of separation, prenatal expenses, 5 years retroactive)? Birth of Child I4.2. What information or documentation does your State require to proceed? Written proof of income from both parties, proof of child care, medical insurance, etc. For Additional Information - No Link Provided I4.3. Will your State allow a petition for support when the only issue is retroactive support? No I4.4. If there are limitations upon your State's ability to establish support for prior periods, please specify. Support will not be awarded retroactively if the NCP was incarcerated or had no income I5. What actions can your State perform using the administrative process? Does your State use an administrative process for paternity, establishment, modification and the enforcement of child support? Ordered genetic testing, issuing administrative subpoenas to parties or private entities. Yes For Additional Information - No Link Provided I6. What is your State's statutory authority for the administrative process? DC Code Title 46; Sec. 226.03 and Title 46; Sec. 226.07 For Additional Information - No Link Provided I7. Is there a local State law that allows an interstate administrative subpoena? Yes For Additional Information - No Link Provided I8. Does your State require that a custodial party (who is not one of the biological parents) to have legal custody of a child before establishing an order for support for that child when public assistance is being expended? Yes For Additional Information - No Link Provided I9. Does your State require that a custodial person (who is not one of the biological parents) to have legal custody of a child before establishing an order for support for that child when public assistance is/or is not being expended? Yes I10. Does your State require that a custodial party (who is not one of the biological parents) to have legal custody of a child before enforcing an order for support that was issued as the biological parents as the parties for non public assistance cases? Yes I11. When your State has issued an order that reserves support, and now child support should be ordered, should the other State request an establishment or a modification action? Establishment J. Support Enforcement J1. Indicate whether your state has the following enforcement remedies available. Also indicate what procedures are available (i.e., judicial, administrative, or both? J1.1. Are your State income tax refund procedures judicial, administrative, or both? Yes- Administrative J2. Is the lien process in your State judicial, administrative or both? Both J2.1. What are the trigger criteria for filing a lien? Any arrearage For Additional Information - No Link Provided J2.2. Where are your State liens filed? State, Recorder of Deeds J2.3. Does your State charge a fee for filing a lien? No J2.4. If yes, please indicate the amount. J.3. Does your State enforce property seizure and sale? Yes J3.1. Are the property seizure and sale procedures judicial, administrative, or both? Pending J4. Are the MSFIDM Freeze and Seize procedures in your State judicial, administrative, or both? Judicial J4.1. When must a NCP receive notice that a MSFIDM Freeze and Seize action is an enforcement remedy and may be used by the State to collect delinquent child support? When case becomes delinquent J4.2. Does your State's income withholding definition includes amounts in financial institutions? No For Additional Information - No Link Provided J4.3. Does a new notice have to be sent when intent to Freeze and Seize is sent? Yes J4.3.1 If yes, who notifies the NCP, the State or financial institution? Legal Service Section J5. What are the time frames if a new notice of intent to Freeze and Seize must be sent? More than thirty days after arrears are past due J5.1. What are the criteria that must be met to deem an obligor eligible for Freeze and Seize action in your state? Arrears must be $500.00 or more J5.2. What is the minimum dollar amount that the obligor must be delinquent prior to becoming eligible for asset seizure? $500.00 For Additional Information - No Link Provided J5.3. Is there a specified amount of time for the obligor to be delinquent prior to proceeding with Freeze and Seize? Yes J5.3. 1. If yes, please provide the time frame. Thirty days if arrears have accrued J5.4. Are only a certain percentage of the obligor's financial assets eligible for Freeze and Seize? No  J5.4.1. If yes, please provide the percentage. N/A J5.4.2. Is the percentage different for joint accounts? Yes J5.4.3. If yes, please define. Prorated and based on the amount that the non-custodial parent has deposited J5.5. Does your State require that a minimum amount of money must be in a financial account for the funds to be eligible for Freeze and Seize action? If so, please provide the amount. Yes, there has to be at least $250.00 in the financial account J5.6. Who is responsible for applying the minimum amount, your State or the Financial Institution? State - District of Columbia Child Support Clearinghouse J5.7. How long does the obligor and/or account holders have to contact your State child support enforcement and/or court to challenge the Freeze and Seize action? There is no specific timeframe For Additional Information - No Link Provided J5.8. If State law and/or policy allows for a second contest to Freeze and Seize action, how long does the obligor and/or joint account holder have to contact your State child support agency or court to challenge the Freeze and Seize action? Thirty days J5.9. On what basis can an obligor and/or other account holders challenge/contest a freeze and seize action? The arrears are inaccurate, the custodial parent has been paid directly, or a seizure has not been applied to the child support account For Additional Information - No Link Provided J5.10. Is your State's complaint review process judicial, administrative or both? Both J5.11. What are your State's penalties for incorrect seizures? None J5.12. Is the second challenge administrative, judicial or both? Judicial J5.13. What are your State's appeal time frame, unique appeal requirements and recourse for non-debtor accounts? 10 days from date of service. No unique requirements. Recourse for non-debtor to be determined J5.14. Is the Freeze and Seize operation in your state centralized or automated? Centralized. Not automated J5.15. Are there additional Freeze and Seize requirements or limitations not otherwise noted in this profile? No J5.16. Has your State established a minimum benefit amount that must be met for a financial institution to proceed with the Freeze and Seize action? Yes   J5.16.1. If yes, what is the amount? $300.00 J5.17. Does your state have procedures in place to liquidate non-liquid assets (e.g., stocks, bonds, etc)? Yes J5.17.1 If yes, please provide the State statutory citation and the procedures financial institutions should follow to liquidate non-liquid assets. DC Code Title 46;Sec. 46-224 For Additional Information - No Link Provided J5.18. Does your State law/policy instruct the financial institution or State to hold the frozen assets during the challenge/appeal time frame and/or freeze period? Yes For Additional Information - No Link Provided J5.19. How long does the Financial Institution have to send the obligor's assets to your State child support enforcement agency? Within ten days after the court order has been signed For Additional Information - No Link Provided J6. Does your State withhold State funds or benefits? Yes   J6.1. If yes, is the method of withholding State benefits judicial, administrative, or both? Unemployment Compensation Benefits. (Administrative). J7. Please describe any other administrative enforcement procedures your State may have. Lottery winnings, passport denial, administrative offset, credit bureau, license revocation, Federal and State taxes J8. Please describe any other judicial enforcement procedures your State may have. Modifications, civil and criminal contempt J9. If your State has established specific procedures for registering administrative liens, what are the procedures that another State must follow? N/A For Additional Information - No Link Provided J10. Which of our State's enforcement remedies are available without registration? Wage Withholding J11. Describe your State's registration and enforcement procedures. Submission of case information on UIFSA form J12. After registration, describe additional judicial procedures required, if any, to enforce a support order. Will apply all local enforcement remedies J13. Has your state adopted the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (UEFJA)? No J13.1. If yes, please provide the statutory citation. For Additional Information - No Link Provided J14. Does your State's law require financial institutions doing business in your State to accept Freeze and Seize actions directly from other States? No J14.1. If no, describe the process for a Freeze and Seize action from another State's IV-D agency (e.g., Transmittal #3, Transmittal #1, and list additional documentation required). Child Support Transmittal #1, no additional documentation required J15. Does your State use credit bureau reporting as an enforcement method? Yes   J15. Does your State use credit bureau reporting as an enforcement method? J16. Provide which credit bureaus your State report an obligor's child support information? Transunion and Equifax J16. Provide which credit bureaus your State report an obligor's child support information? J17. Is the method for credit bureau reporting judicial, administrative or both? Administrative J17. Is the method for credit bureau reporting judicial, administrative or both? J18. In an interstate case, does your State report an obligor's child support information to credit bureaus when it is the initiating State, the responding State, or both? Responding state J18. In an interstate case, does your State report an obligor's child support information to credit bureaus when it is the initiating State, the responding State, or both? J19. What are your State's criteria for reporting an obligor's child support information to credit bureaus? J19. What are your State's criteria for reporting an obligor's child support information to credit bureaus? $1,000 K. Modification and Review/Adjustment K1. With what frequency are reviews conducted in IV-D cases (e.g., every year, every three years)? Every three years K2. On what basis are the reviews conducted (e.g., on request of the CP, NCP in non-TANF cases, automatically in TANF cases)? Request of parties, automatically in TANF cases K3. Briefly describe your State's modification procedure. Notification of parties, review of financial information, negotiation, petition K4. What are your criteria for modification (e.g., $50 or 20% from present order)? 15% deviation K5. Which of the following criteria for demonstrating a change in circumstances apply, if any? K5.1. The earnings of the obligor have substantially increased or decreased. Yes K5.2. The earnings of the obligee have substantially increased or decreased. Yes K5.3. The needs of a party or the child(ren) have substantially increased or decreased. No K5.4. The cost of living as measured by the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics has changed. No K5.5. The child(ren) have extraordinary medical expenses not covered by insurance. Yes K5.6. There has been a substantial change in child care expenses. Yes K5.7. What other criteria does your State use for demonstrating a change in circumstances or comments regarding change of circumstances? None K6. Does your State have cost of living adjustments (COLAs)? No K6.1. If so, what index does your State use? K7. How does your State credit SSA disability to current and past due support? Through wage withholding K8. Does your State abate support? For example, when the child is not living with the custodial parent for more than 30 days and there has not been a change in custody, or when the non-custodial parent is in prison, etc. Yes   K8.1. If yes, please explain the situation? For custody matters - the non-custodial parent must file a motion with the court Incarceration - the child support can be suspended once motion has been filed with the court K8.2. What is the statutory citation for your abatement law? For Additional Information - No Link Provided K8.3. What documents are required for each type of referral other than UIFSA referrals? For example, pay records and certifications for TANF, etc. Paystubs, W-2, proof of daycare expenses, proof of private schools K8.4. Please provide information to obtain copies of paternity acknowledgements/affidavits and birth records, including where to make requests and the cost of processing the requests. Department Vital Records. The cost ranges from $15.00 - $20.00 K9. What information is required to register an out-of-State order for enforcement/modification? Child Support Enforcement Transmittal #1, Uniform Support Petition, General Testimony, and current financial information L. Lump Sum Payments L1. Does your State define a lump sum payment? No     L1.1 If yes, please provide your State's definition. (Be specific, i.e., severance pay, incentives, relocation lump sum payments, ect)? N/A L1.2 Provide the statutory citation. N/A For Additional Information - No Link Provided L2. Does your State law require employers to report lump sum payments? No   L2.1 If yes, please provide the statutory citation or rule requiring employers to report this information. N/A For Additional Information - No Link Provided L3. Are employers required to report lump sums for all income withholding orders (including cases with no arrears)? No L3.1 If yes, what is the threshold amount at which a lump sum payment must be reported? N/A L4. How are employers instructed to report a pending lump sum? Employers usually send a letter or transmittal, but there are no specific instructions on how to report a pending lump sum. L5. Provide the timeframe within which the child support enforcement agency must respond to the employer with instructions for attaching the lump sum. Five (5) business days from the date the notification is received by CSSD. L6. How long must the employer hold the lump sum before releasing the payment to the custodial parent? N/A L7. Does your State use the income withholding order to attach the lump sum payment? Yes   L7.1 If yes, is it noted on the original order or is it sent specifically to cover the lump sum? IWO is sent specifically for the lump sum payment. L8. Does your State use the lien/levy process to attach the lump sum payment? No L8.1 If yes, what is the name of the document your State uses to attach lump sum payment? N/A L9. What other documents does your State use to attach lump sum payments? N/A L10. Does your State require the consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) limits to be applied to lump sum payments? Yes   L10.1 If yes, what are those limits? 65% of obligors disposable income For Additional Information - No Link Provided L10.2 If no, what percentage is the employer required to withhold? N/A L11 If an employer pays the lump sum in addition to regular wages, in a single payment, would the CCPA limits apply? Yes   L11.1 If yes, would the employer only withhold for that period's obligation? NO. The employer must withhold income per the terms of the regular IWO, and then withhold per the lump sum IWO, but all withholdings are subject to the limits of the CCPA. M. Insurance Match M1. The CCPA limits may apply to any insurance payments issued as an income loss replacement. Additional information on the legislative authority is provided. For Additional Information - http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs30.pdf M1.1. Additional information on the CCPA. For Additional Information - http://www.dol.gov/dol/allcfr/Title_29/Chapter_V.htm M2. Does your State have legislation that requires/mandates insurance companies doing business in your State to provide, exchange, or look-up information with your State IV-D agency to determine if a claimant owes past due child support? No   M2.1. If yes, provide the statutory citation pending For Additional Information - No Link Provided M2.1.2. Provide a list of information that the insurer is required to provide, exchange, or look-up with your State IV-D agency. pending M2.2. Provide the required timeframe that an insurer must provide, exchange, or look-up information prior to making payments to the claimant. No M2.3. List the criteria that must be met for an obligor to be eligible for your State's insurance match, exchange, look-up, or intercept program. Is the law limited to specific claimants (e.g., policyholder, beneficiary, joint policy holder), types of claims (e.g., life, property & casualty, or workers' compensation), or specific policies (e.g., annuities, short term/long term disabilities)? pending M2.4. Is there a monetary threshold that must be met for the obligor to be eligible for your State's insurance match program? Please provide the dollar amount and/or percentage of the threshold. pending M2.5. Provide a description of the steps the law requires an insurer to take to determine whether a claimant owes past due child support (e.g., insurers are required to log into a secure web application and enter identifying information about the claimant). pending M2.6. Please provide the wording of any other provision in your State law that specifies an alternative method or measure that an insurer may take to comply with the terms of the State law requiring the insurer to either provide, exchange, or look-up information with your State IV-D agency to determine if the claimant owes past due child support (e.g., if the insurer participates in the OCSE Insurance Match Program, the requirement is satisfied). pending M2.6. Please provide the wording of any other provision in your State law that specifies an alternative method or measure that an insurer may take to comply with the terms of the State law requiring the insurer to either provide, exchange, or look-up information with your State IV-D agency to determine if the claimant owes past due child support (e.g., if the insurer participates in the OCSE Insurance Match Program, the requirement is satisfied). pending M2.7. Does your State law establish a penalty for an insurer who fails to comply with a requirement to provide, exchange, or look-up information with the State IV-D agency to determine whether a claimant owes past-due child support? If so, provide a summary of that law. pending For Additional Information - No Link Provided M2.8. Does your State law protect an insurer from liability for acting in accordance with the insurance match law? pending M2.9. If there is no law in place, has your State proposed or introduced legislation to require/mandate insurance companies doing business in your State to provide, exchange, or look-up information with your State IV-D agency to determine if a claimant owes past due child support? pending For Additional Information - No Link Provided M3. If there is no law in place, are the insurers required to respond to subpoenas/ requests for information and liens/levies or IWOs? pending M3.1. Please provide the statutory citation. pending For Additional Information - No Link Provided M4. List the form(s) your State uses to intercept insurance payments, settlements, or awards. (e.g., IWO, Notice of Lien/Levy). pending M5. Who is required to notify the NCP of the insurance intercept activity; the child support enforcement agency and/or the insurance agency? pending M5.1. Please provide your statutory citation for notifying an NCP of insurance intercept. pending For Additional Information - No Link Provided M5.2. Once notified, is there an appeal period allocated and if so, indicate the number of days the NCP has to appeal. Please provide the statutory citation. pending For Additional Information - No Link Provided M6. Are there attorney fees associated with the insurance intercept activity? pending M7. How does another State initiate and intercept collections from your State Workers Compensation agency? pending M7.1. What is the process, the points of contact, and what forms must be completed? pending Dedicated To Enforcing Your Support Order.
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