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LA Rev Stat § 46:236.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§236.1. Redesignated as R.S. 46:301 by Acts 2014, No. 533, §2(B) and Acts 2014, No. 622, §2(B), eff. Aug. 1, 2014.

RS 236.1 - Redesignated as R.S. 46:301 by Acts 2014, No. 533, §2(B) and Acts 2014, No. 622, §2(B), eff. Aug. 1, 2014.
LA Rev Stat § 46:236.1.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§236.1.3. Family and child support programs; authority of the secretary

RS 236.1.3 - Family and child support programs; authority of the secretary A. The secretary of the department shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations and take such action as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of R.S. 46:236.1.2(A), provided that such rules and regulations and action are consistent with and in conformity with the provisions of Title IV-D and Title IV-A of the Social Security Act, as amended. B. The secretary of the department may secure information from criminal records, including those of the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information, records of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, records of the Department of Revenue, and records under the Louisiana Employment Security Law, which may be necessary to carry out the provisions of R.S. 46:236.1.2(A), and shall have access to any system used by the state for purposes relating to motor vehicles or law enforcement, to carry out the provisions of R.S. 46:236.1.2(A). C. In addition, the secretary shall utilize other records, not otherwise confidential, and may secure information from other records or sources which may be specifically required to be utilized by the provisions of Title IV-D and Title IV-A of the Social Security Act, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder. D. Upon request of the secretary of the department or his designee, all departments, boards, bureaus, and agencies of the state shall provide to the department any information which may be necessary to carry out the provisions of R.S. 46:236.1.2(A), including but not limited to the address and social security number of the person designated by the department as an absent parent. In addition, upon the request of the secretary of the department or his designee, any private employer or payor of any income to a person designated by the department as an absent parent shall provide to the department verification of employment or payment and the address and social security number of the person so designated. All such records and information secured shall be confidential and shall not be used for any purposes other than those specified by this Subpart. Acts 2003, No. 1068, §2, eff. July 2, 2003.
LA Rev Stat § 46:236.1.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§236.1.6. Family and child support programs; records

RS 236.1.6 - Family and child support programs; records All proceedings brought to establish filiation against an alleged biological parent pursuant to R.S. 9:396(B) shall not be open to inspection except on written authorization by the court, and there shall be no publication thereof. Such written authorization shall be granted only upon a showing of compelling reasons. In satisfying the requirement that information shall be revealed only to the extent necessary to satisfy such compelling reasons shown, the court is authorized to use the services of a curator ad hoc appointed pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Article 5091.2. The court may punish for contempt anyone violating the provisions of this Subpart. All records obtained in connection herewith shall be retained in confidential files, and it shall be unlawful, except in purposes directly connected with the department's responsibilities established in this Subpart, to disclose any information concerning any individual case. Any person who violates the foregoing provision shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both. Acts 2003, No. 1068, §2, eff. July 2, 2003.
LA Rev Stat § 46:236.1.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§236.1.7. Family and child support programs; liability

RS 236.1.7 - Family and child support programs; liability A. The district attorney, department, and their respective staff acting pursuant to this Subpart and R.S. 9:396(B) shall be immune from civil liability that otherwise might be incurred or imposed. Such immunity shall extend to participation in any judicial proceeding resulting from any actions under this Subpart but shall not limit or otherwise affect the liability of any person for damages resulting from such person's gross negligence or from his reckless, wanton, or intentional misconduct. B. Any attorney initiating legal proceedings pursuant to this Subpart and Titles IV-D and IV-A of the Social Security Act shall represent the state of Louisiana, Department of Children and Family Services exclusively. An attorney-client relationship shall not exist between the attorney and any applicant or recipient of child support enforcement services for and on behalf of a child or children, without regard to the name in which legal proceedings are initiated. In those cases in which the Department of Children and Family Services is providing child support services, the attorney representing the department shall not represent any party in matters involving custody or visitation. The provisions of this Subsection shall apply to a staff attorney in the child support enforcement section of the Department of Children and Family Services, district attorney, or contract attorney providing support services pursuant to Title IV-D. C. In the course of carrying out the provisions of this Subpart, no employees of the state shall be exempt from civil liability. Acts 2003, No. 1068, §2, eff. July 2, 2003; Acts 2012, No. 255, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 46:236.1.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§236.1.8. Family and child support programs; additional authorized employee actions

RS 236.1.8 - Family and child support programs; additional authorized employee actions A. In cases in which the person responsible for the support of an individual agrees to support such individual, the department through the SES administrator may enter into a written agreement with that person to secure support for the individual. Such agreement shall designate the department as payee, may be enforced as an ordinary contract, and may provide for the legal rate of interest on any amounts due and not paid. B. For purposes of initiating prosecutions under R.S. 14:74 for criminal neglect of family, the support enforcement officer handling a given support case may execute an affidavit alleging that offense pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Article 385, provided that the individual or his caretaker refuses to initiate such prosecution. C. No department employee shall supervise or provide services to an individual as provided in R.S. 46:236.1.2(B) until the department has received an application for support services in that case and has received any application fee assessed. D. The support services authorized by this Subpart shall be provided by the office of children and family services, child support enforcement section. Field officers responsible for supplying these services shall be designated by the secretary. Such officers shall have the power and authority to make arrests, supervise the probation of offenders, serve notices, orders, subpoenas, summonses, citations, motions, and writs, and to execute all warrants and orders and to perform any other duties incident to their office. All such officers are hereby authorized to carry weapons and arms, concealed or openly, while in the actual performance of any duty or while under assignment to any duty, but under no circumstances shall officers be authorized to carry weapons unless they have been trained in the proper carrying and use of firearms by a recognized firearm training program. E. In addition, department support personnel shall possess full notarial powers in connection with any document required in the course of providing services authorized by this Subpart, including but not limited to documents required under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (1996), Children's Code Articles 1301 et seq., and any documents necessary to secure warrants for criminal neglect of family (R.S. 14:74 et seq., and Children's Code Articles 1351 et seq.). Any documents passed, acknowledged, or sworn to and subscribed before department support personnel pursuant to this Subsection shall have the same force and effect as if taken before a duly commissioned notary public. Support enforcement personnel employed by a district attorney's office providing support services pursuant to Title IV-D shall possess these same powers except the supervision of probationers. Acts 2003, No. 1068, §2, eff. July 2, 2003; Acts 2006, No. 516, §1, eff. June 22, 2006; Acts 2012, No. 66, §1; Acts 2012, No. 255, §7.
LA Rev Stat § 46:236.1.9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§236.1.9. Family and child support programs; duties; courts; agencies; party status

RS 236.1.9 - Family and child support programs; duties; courts; agencies; party status  A. The agencies, courts, and persons in Louisiana carrying out provisions of this Subpart and of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act and related portions of Title IV-A of such Act shall have the affirmative responsibility to act in the best interest of the individual on whose behalf action is taken.  B. Any court that collects child support pursuant to state laws and regulations shall forward that portion of the collections due to the Department of Children and Family Services within two days of receipt. NOTE: Subsection (C) eff. until Jan. 1, 2022. See Acts 2021, No. 11.  C. The department shall be an indispensable party to any proceeding involving a support obligation or arrearages owed under this Subpart. NOTE: Subsection (C) as amended by Acts 2021, No. 11, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.  C.(1) In any proceeding concerning paternity, a support obligation, or arrearages owed the department shall be an indispensable party when providing support enforcement services on behalf of a child involved in the proceeding.  (2) A party shall not commence an action, file a pleading, or submit a written stipulation to the court without complying with Paragraph (3) of this Subsection, if the purpose or effect of the action, pleading, or stipulation is to accomplish any of the following:  (a) Establish, disavow, or contest paternity.  (b) Establish, modify, or terminate a support obligation.  (c) Change the court-ordered manner of payment of support.  (d) Enforce support or arrears due or owing.  (3)(a)(i) When taking an action described in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, a party shall certify in the initial pleading whether support enforcement services are being provided on behalf of a child who is a subject of the action, pleading, or stipulation.  (ii) If support enforcement services are being provided, the party shall have a copy of the pleading or stipulation served on the department.  (b) Any party who knows, or with the exercise of due diligence should know, that a child is receiving support enforcement services during the pendency of an action pursuant to Paragraph (2) of this Subsection shall notify the court and the plaintiff shall provide the department with a copy of any hearing notice pertaining to a pending proceeding.  (c) If notice is not given in accordance with this Subsection, the department shall not be bound by any decision, judgment, or stipulation rendered in an action described in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.  (4) "Support enforcement services" shall have the same meaning as provided in R.S. 46:236.1.1.  Acts 2003, No. 1068, §2, eff. July 2, 2003; Acts 2008, No. 532, §4; Acts 2021, No. 11, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 46:236.1.10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§236.1.10. Family and child support programs; consumer reporting authority

RS 236.1.10 - Family and child support programs; consumer reporting authority  A. Any consumer reporting agency, as defined in R.S. 46:56(M)(2), shall provide a consumer report to the secretary or his designee, provided the department pays a fee to the consumer reporting agency and certifies all of the following:  (1) The consumer report is needed for the purpose of establishing an individual's capacity to make child support payments or for the determination of the appropriate level of such payments.  (2) The paternity of the individual for the child to which the obligation relates has been established or acknowledged by the individual in accordance with state law.  B. The consumer report shall be confidential and shall be used solely for the purpose described in Subsection A of this Section and shall not be used in connection with any other civil, administrative, or criminal proceeding, or for any other purpose.  Acts 2003, No. 1068, §2, eff. July 2, 2003; Acts 2016, No. 29, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 46:236.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§236.4. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 561, §1.

RS 236.4 - Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 561, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:236.11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§236.11. Louisiana disbursement unit for child support payments

RS 236.11 - Louisiana disbursement unit for child support payments A. The secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services shall create a state disbursement unit for collection and disbursement of child support. B.(1) This unit shall collect and disburse child support payments in cases being enforced by the state pursuant to this Subpart and 42 U.S.C. 654(4), and all child support orders as provided in R.S. 9:303. All applicable payments shall be sent directly to such unit by employers and payers. (2) The provisions of this Section shall apply to child support payments made through any court. Any such court may enter into a cooperative agreement with the secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services to authorize the department to collect those support payments and administrative costs collected and distributed by the court pursuant to R.S. 46:236.5(B). The department may retain an amount equal to the actual costs incurred in collecting and distributing the child support, including administrative costs. However, such amount shall not exceed one percent of the total amount collected for the court. The department shall distribute such amounts collected pursuant to this Subsection in accordance with federal regulations. (3) The unit shall use automated procedures to the extent feasible to ensure efficient collection and disbursement of support payments. (4) The unit shall distribute all collections within two business days after receipt from the employer or other source, if sufficient information identifying the payee is available except in cases where a timely appeal has been filed. C. The Department of Children and Family Services support enforcement program, office of children and family services, shall administer the state disbursement unit. The support enforcement program may contract for the provision of these services in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 17 of Subtitle III of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and the Louisiana Procurement Code. Acts 1997, No. 1121, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 562, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1999; Acts 2014, No. 864, §§4 and 5.
LA Rev Stat § 46:236.11.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§236.11.1. Notice of payment

RS 236.11.1 - Notice of payment  A. When a court orders income to be withheld in accordance with R.S. 9:303 or R.S. 46:236.3, it shall order the income to be paid to the state disbursement unit within the department.  B. To redirect payments in accordance with R.S. 46:236.10, the department shall issue a notice to the obligor, obligee, and employer that income withheld for child support shall be paid to the state disbursement unit. A copy of the notice shall be filed with the court of continuing jurisdiction and the clerk of court shall file it in the appropriate case file.  C. The notice shall include all of the following:  (1) The name of the child and the name of the obligee.  (2) The caption and docket number of the case in which support is ordered.  (3) Instructions for the payment of support to the state disbursement unit.  D. The notice may be used by the department to redirect child support payments from the state disbursement unit of this state to the state disbursement unit of another state in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 654b.  Acts 2009, No. 241, §1; Acts 2010, No. 238, §4; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 46:236.11.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§236.11.2. Deposit, distribution, and issuance of payments

RS 236.11.2 - Deposit, distribution, and issuance of payments A. No later than the second business day after the date the state disbursement unit receives a child support payment, it shall distribute the payment to the department or the obligee. B. The state disbursement unit shall deposit daily, in a trust fund with the state treasurer, all child support payments received. In agreement with the state treasurer, the unit may issue checks from the trust fund. Acts 2009, No. 241, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:236.11.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§236.11.3. Official child support payment record

RS 236.11.3 - Official child support payment record A. The record of child support payments previously maintained by an obligee is the official record of a payment received directly by the obligee. B. The record of child support payments maintained by the state disbursement unit is the official record of a payment received directly by the unit. C. Upon the redirection of child support payments from an obligee to the state disbursement unit, an obligee may combine his records and a record of payments furnished by the unit to present a complete payment record to the court. D. If the obligee does not add payments received by the state disbursement unit to the record maintained by the registry as provided by Subsection C of this Section, the official record of child support payments shall consist of the record previously maintained by the obligee for payments received directly by the obligee and the record maintained by the state disbursement unit for payments received directly by the unit. E. A certified child support payment record produced by the state disbursement unit shall be admissible as self-authenticating and shall be prima facie proof of such payments. Acts 2009, No. 241, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:236.11.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§236.11.4. Administrative review of child support payment record

RS 236.11.4 - Administrative review of child support payment record A. Upon request, the state disbursement unit shall provide to an obligor or obligee a copy of the record of child support payments maintained by the unit. The record shall include the amounts and dates of all payments received from or on behalf of the obligor and disbursed to the obligee. B. An obligor or obligee may request that the department investigate any alleged discrepancy between the child support payment record provided by the unit and the payment records maintained by the requestor. The obligor or obligee shall provide documentation of any alleged discrepancy, including a canceled check or other evidence of a payment or disbursement. C. The department shall respond to a request regarding a discrepancy no later than twenty days after receipt. If after an investigation the department determines that the child support payment record maintained by the unit is not accurate, the record shall immediately be amended and the requestor shall be notified. Acts 2009, No. 241, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 46:236.12 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 46 - Public Welfare and Assistance|§236.12. Plan for parental participation of support; required work activities

RS 236.12 - Plan for parental participation of support; required work activities A.(1) In addition to any provision of this Subpart, and particularly the provisions of R.S. 46:236.6 and 236.7, when an obligor owes past-due support with respect to a child receiving state assistance, the department or the district attorney may request that a court issue an order requiring the obligor to pay support in accordance with an approved plan for parental participation of support. (2) If the obligor is not incapacitated or disabled, the plan for parental participation of support shall include a requirement that the obligor engage in a work activity. B. For purposes of this Section: (1) "Department" means the child support enforcement section, office of children and family services, Department of Children and Family Services. (2) "Past-due support" means the amount of court-ordered support for the support and maintenance of a child which has not been paid in accordance with the terms and conditions of the support order. (3) "Plan for parental participation of support" means a plan approved by the court for the payment of support by the obligor. (4) "State assistance" means assistance under a state program funded under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act. (5) "Work activity" means such activities, as defined in 42 U.S.C. 607(d), as the court deems appropriate. Acts 1997, No. 464, §1; Acts 2012, No. 255, §7.