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NJ Rev Stat § 2A:17-56.13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:17-56.13 - Payments made through probation division.

2A:17-56.13 Payments made through probation division.  7. Until such time as a State disbursement unit is established pursuant to section 14 of P.L.1998, c.1 (C.2A:17-56.63), in every award for alimony, maintenance or child support payments the judgment or order shall provide that payments be made through the Probation Division of the county in which the obligor resides, unless the court, for good cause shown, otherwise orders. Upon entry of the judgment or order, the parties shall provide the court and the Probation Division with their Social Security numbers, residential and mailing addresses, telephone numbers, driver's license numbers, and the name, address and telephone number of their employers. Each judgment or order shall require that the obligor and obligee notify the Probation Division of any change of payor or change of address within 10 days of the change. Failure to provide this information shall be considered a violation of this order.  The order shall also inform the obligor that the address provided to the Probation Division shall be the address of record for subsequent support enforcement actions and that service of legal documents at that address shall be effective for the purpose of meeting due process requirements. For the purposes of enforcing a support provision, the court may deem procedural due process requirements for notice and service of process to be met with respect to a party thereto upon delivery of written notice to the most recent residential or employer address filed with the Probation Division for that party. If a party fails to respond to a notice and no proof is available that the party received the notice, the Probation Division shall document to the court that it has made a diligent effort to locate the party by making inquiries that may include, but are not limited to: the United States Postal Service, the Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Transportation, the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury and the Departments of Labor and Corrections. The Probation Division shall provide an affidavit to the court presenting such documentation of its diligent effort, which certifies its inability to locate the party, before any adverse action is taken based upon the party's failure to respond to the notice. When an obligor changes employment within the State while income withholding is in effect, the Probation Division shall notify the new payor that the withholding is binding on the new payor. When the Probation Division is unable to locate the obligor's current payor in order to effectuate an income withholding under P.L.1981, c.417 (C.2A:17-56.8 et seq.), the Probation Division is authorized to utilize any other procedure authorized by law to obtain this information.  L.1981,c.417,s.7; amended 1985, c.278, s.7; 1998, c.1, s.23.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:17-56.13a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:17-56.13a - Alimony, maintenance, child support payments; electronic funds transfer, credit card

2A:17-56.13a. Alimony, maintenance, child support payments; electronic funds transfer, credit card  a. Every probation department may establish a system to accept alimony, maintenance or child support payments through electronic funds transfer, credit card, or any other method deemed feasible by the department.  b. The Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey shall adopt Rules of Court appropriate or necessary to effectuate the purpose of this act.  L.1990,c.53,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:17-56.14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:17-56.14 - Filing of affidavit; application for payments

2A:17-56.14. Filing of affidavit; application for payments  An obligee who has not established a IV-D case through the probation department shall file an affidavit when applying for the income withholding, stating that the payments not made for support have accrued arrearages in an amount equal to the amount of support payable for 14 days. The probation department shall administer the withholding in accordance with procedures specified for keeping adequate records to document, track, and monitor support payments or establish or permit the establishment of alternative procedures for the collection and distribution of amounts withheld by an entity other than a designated public agency. Alimony, maintenance or child support payments not presently made through the probation department shall be so made upon application of either party unless the other party upon application to the court shows good cause to the contrary.  A monitoring fee of $25.00 annually shall be applied upon the request of either the obligor or obligee for the payment of support through the probation department, regardless of whether or not arrearages exist or withholding procedures have been instituted. The probation department shall monitor all amounts paid and the dates of payments and record them separately. The court and the probation department shall follow the procedures established in this act.  L.1981,c.417,s.8; amended 1985,c.278,s.8; 1990,c.92,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:17-56.16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:17-56.16 - Tax setoff for support, indebtedness cases

2A:17-56.16. Tax setoff for support, indebtedness cases  13. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall promulgate rules and regulations concerning procedures for determining which support cases, and which cases of indebtedness in accordance with section 1 of P.L.1995, c.290 (C.2A:17-56.11b), are appropriate for application of tax setoff, for verifying the accuracy of the amounts referred for setoff, notifying the State Department of the Treasury of any child support and other indebtedness subject to section 1 of P.L.1981, c.239 (C.54A:9-8.1) and changes thereto, and any other procedures necessary to comply with Pub.L. 98-378. L.1985,c.278,s.13; amended 1995,c.290,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:17-56.20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:17-56.20 - Late fees, interest.

2A:17-56.20 Late fees, interest.  17. a. In enforcing all existing and future orders for support, and notwithstanding other provisions to the contrary, the State IV-D agency, without a new order, shall have the authority to assess interest or late payment fees on any support order not paid within 30 days of the due date. b. The late payment fee or interest shall be determined by the State IV-D agency within amounts specified by the federal Department of Health and Human Services.  c. The fee or interest shall accrue as arrearages accumulate and shall not be reduced upon partial payment of arrears. The fee or interest may be collected only after the full amount of overdue support is paid and all State requirements for notice to the obligor have been met.  d. The collection of the fee or interest shall not directly or indirectly reduce the amount of current or overdue support paid to the obligee to whom it is owed.  e. The late payment fee or interest shall be uniformly applied in all cases administered under the State IV-D program, including public assistance, nonpublic assistance, and resource family cases.  L.1985,c.278,s.17; amended 2004, c.130, s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:17-56.21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:17-56.21 - Information provided to credit reporting agencies.

2A:17-56.21 Information provided to credit reporting agencies.  18. a. The State IV-D agency shall have the authority to make available the name of any delinquent obligor and the amount of overdue support owed by the obligor to credit reporting agencies, subject to the conditions set forth in this section and privacy safeguards established by the commissioner. This information shall be provided only to an entity that has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the State IV-D agency that the entity is a credit reporting agency. b. In all Title IV-D cases where the obligor is in arrears, the information shall be made available to credit reporting agencies. c. The State IV-D agency may establish a fee for all requests which will be uniformly applied in all Title IV-D cases. Any fee charged shall be limited to the actual cost of providing the information. d. Information with respect to a delinquent obligor shall be reported to credit reporting agencies only after the obligor has been afforded all procedural due process required under State law including notice and a reasonable opportunity to contest the accuracy of the information. e. The State IV-D agency shall comply with all applicable procedural due process requirements before releasing information and may request information on an obligor from a credit reporting agency only after noticing the obligor of the State IV-D agency's intent to request the information. L.1985,c.278,s.18; amended 1998, c.1, s.24.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:17-56.22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:17-56.22 - Fees for application, collection of child support.

2A:17-56.22 Fees for application, collection of child support.  19. a. The State IV-D agency shall have the authority to charge an application fee to individuals not receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families who apply for IV-D services.  (1) The application fee shall be uniformly applied on a Statewide basis and shall be a flat dollar amount not to exceed $25 or other amount as may be appropriate for any fiscal year to reflect administrative costs.  (2) The fee shall be collected directly from the individual who applied for IV-D services.  (3) The State IV-D agency shall determine by regulation the distribution of the fees collected.  b. In addition to the application fee, the State IV-D agency shall charge a $25 annual fee for the collection of child support for IV-D services in those cases in which the State has collected at least $500 on behalf of an individual receiving support for a child who has never received Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.  The State IV-D agency shall have the authority to pay the fee using federal incentive dollars as available, and when not available, the State IV-D agency shall exercise its option under the federal "Deficit Reduction Act of 2005," Pub.L.109-171 and its implementing regulations to collect the fee from the non-custodial parent. L.1985, c.278, s.19; amended 2008, c.101, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:17-56.23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:17-56.23 - Expedition of child support cases

2A:17-56.23. Expedition of child support cases  The Supreme Court shall adopt by court rule a system for expediting child support cases as required by Pub.L. 98-378 (42 U.S.C. s. 601 et seq.).  L. 1985, c. 278, s. 20, eff. Oct. 1, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:17-56.23a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:17-56.23a - Enforcement of child support orders as judgments; prospective modification of orders.

2A:17-56.23a Enforcement of child support orders as judgments; prospective modification of orders.  1. Any payment or installment of an order for child support, or those portions of an order which are allocated for child support, whether ordered in this State or in another state, shall be fully enforceable and entitled as a judgment to full faith and credit and shall be a judgment by operation of law on and after the date it is due. For obligors who reside or own property in this State, such judgments, once docketed with the Clerk of the Superior Court, shall have the same force and effect, be enforced in the same manner and be subject to the same priorities as a civil money judgment entered by the court. The State shall accord full faith and credit to child support judgments or liens of other states, whether arising by operation of law or having been entered by a court or administrative agency, when a Title IV-D agency, a party, or other entity seeking to enforce such a judgment or lien in this State files a Notice of Interstate Lien, in the form prescribed by the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement, and supporting documents with the Clerk of the Superior Court. An action to domesticate a foreign child support judgment or lien shall be consistent with the "Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act," P.L.1997, c.204 (C.2A:49A-25 et seq.). Liens against real and personal property shall be subject to the same enforcement procedures as other civil money judgments except that no judicial notice or hearing shall be required to enforce the lien. No payment or installment of an order for child support, or those portions of an order which are allocated for child support established prior to or subsequent to the effective date of P.L.1993, c.45 (C.2A:17-56.23a), shall be retroactively modified by the court except with respect to the period during which there is a pending application for modification, but only from the date the notice of motion was mailed either directly or through the appropriate agent. The written notice will state that a change of circumstances has occurred and a motion for modification of the order will be filed within 45 days. In the event a motion is not filed within the 45-day period, modification shall be permitted only from the date the motion is filed with the court.  The non-modification provision of this section is intended to be curative and shall apply to all orders entered before, on and after the effective date of P.L.1993, c.45 (C.2A:17-56.23a). L.1988,c.111,s.1; amended 1993, c.45; 1998, c.1, s.25.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:17-56.24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:17-56.24 - Monitoring program; report

2A:17-56.24. Monitoring program; report  a. The probation department in each county shall monitor the overall implementation of the State's child support enforcement program pursuant to Part D of subchapter IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. s. 651 et seq.), to ensure compliance with the provisions of this amendatory and supplementary act by collecting and maintaining individual and aggregate case statistics as required by the Administrative Office of the Courts.  b. The probation department in each county shall provide aggregate statistical reports of case statistics monthly to the State IV-D agency and the Administrative Office of the Courts.  c. The State IV-D agency shall compile the monthly statistical reports submitted by the probation departments and report to the Legislature on the agency's assessment of the effectiveness of this amendatory and supplementary act in enforcing support orders, 18 months after the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act.  L. 1985, c. 278, s. 21, eff. Oct. 1, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:17-56.25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:17-56.25 - Rules, regulations

2A:17-56.25. Rules, regulations  The Department of Human Services shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to its rule-making authority under the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) in order to effectuate the purposes of this act.  L. 1985, c. 278, s. 22, eff. Oct. 1, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:17-56.27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:17-56.27 - Short title

2A:17-56.27. Short title  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Child Support Collection Reform Act."  L.1993,c.110,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:17-56.28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:17-56.28 - Findings, declarations

2A:17-56.28. Findings, declarations  2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. There is a direct correlation between children receiving AFDC benefits and non-payment of child support obligations.  b. Based on the 1992 Kids Count Report for New Jersey evidencing the increased number of children on welfare and living in poverty, it is necessary to make child support collections a major priority and expedite these collections through more efficient means.  c. The number of AFDC cases and the number of those cases that can benefit from expedited and more efficient child support collection is about 31,500.  d. It is the intent of this legislation that the State establish a pilot project whereby private collection agencies would be responsible for collecting outstanding child support in order to study the possibility that this method of collection may be the more effective way for the State to deal with the problem of delinquent child support.  L.1993,c.110,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:17-56.29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:17-56.29 - Pilot project for collection of child support arrearages by private collection agency

2A:17-56.29. Pilot project for collection of child support arrearages by private collection agency  3. a. The Commissioner of Human Services shall establish a pilot project in three counties whereby the county probation department shall enter into a contract with a private collection agency for the purpose of collecting from an obligor, any arrearage of child support owed to a custodial parent that has not been paid for the past six months. Cases forwarded to the private collection agency shall include those whose arrearages have been outstanding for at least 18 months, but not more than 10% of the cases shall be delinquent for more than 18 months.  b. The obligor parent shall be responsible for payment of the private collection agency fee, which fee shall be a percentage of the amount collected in the contract.  c. Once an obligor parent becomes current on his child support payment and has established a regular payment schedule for at least four months, the case shall be referred back to the county probation department.  d. The county probation department shall be required to provide a listing of all outstanding cases of child support to the private collection agency under contract to collect the arrearage. Any arrearage collected by the private collection agency shall be forwarded to the county probation department for disbursement to the custodial parent. The disbursement shall not exceed 10 calendar days from the date of receipt by the probation department. The contract shall be made and awarded pursuant to the provisions of the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.).  L.1993,c.110,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:17-56.30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:17-56.30 - Establishment, monitoring, evaluation of pilot project

2A:17-56.30. Establishment, monitoring, evaluation of pilot project  4. The pilot project shall be established in Camden, Essex and Hudson counties. The commissioner shall monitor and evaluate the pilot project during the first year after its establishment and determine whether the use of private collection agencies should be used throughout the State. The commissioner shall also evaluate the feasibility of establishing a centralized data base which would coordinate the activities of the Department of Human Services and the Administrative Office of the Courts.  L.1993,c.110,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:17-56.31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:17-56.31 - Adoption of standards

2A:17-56.31. Adoption of standards  5. The Administrative Office of the Courts, in consultation with the Department of Human Services, shall adopt standards concerning the qualifications and responsibilities of private collection agencies that may enter into contracts with the probation departments and the contract provisions, including maximum fees that can be charged. The contracts shall comply with all applicable federal program requirements.  L.1993,c.110,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:17-56.32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:17-56.32 - Application for waivers

2A:17-56.32. Application for waivers  6. The Department of Human Services shall apply for any waivers from the federal government which are necessary for approval and implementation of this act.  L.1993,c.110,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:17-56.33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:17-56.33 - Annual report to Governor, Legislature

2A:17-56.33. Annual report to Governor, Legislature  7. The Department of Human Services, in conjunction with the Administrative Office of the Courts, shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature by December 31 of each year about the pilot project. This report shall contain, but not be limited to:  a. The number of cases referred by the probation departments to the collection agency;  b. The dollar amount of each outstanding case; c. The number of cases in which an arrearage was collected and the dollar amount collected;  d. The number of uncollected cases and the dollar amount represented by those cases; and  e. An assessment of the success of the pilot project and the feasibility of establishing the use of private collection agencies Statewide.  L.1993,c.110,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 2A:17-56.34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 2A - Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice|Section 2A:17-56.34 - Information about putative fathers, child support obligors.

2A:17-56.34 Information about putative fathers, child support obligors.  1. The Probation Division, the State IV-D agency and its designees, subject to privacy safeguards, shall be authorized to receive information concerning putative fathers and child support obligors from the following sources through electronic or other appropriate means: a. To the extent permitted by R.S.54:50-9, records of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury containing information concerning an obligor's income or assets; b. Direct, on-line access to the Division of Motor Vehicles' records, including, where possible, interface between automated systems; c. Any record, paper, document or entity deemed by the Probation Division, the State IV-D agency or its designee to be a potential source of information concerning an obligor's income or assets. In order to obtain information pursuant to this subsection, the Probation Division and the State IV-D agency shall have the authority, as designated by the Commissioner of the Department of Human Services, to compel the production of books, papers, accounts, records and documents by subpoena. The subpoena shall be served by certified and regular mail on the person or entity in possession of the information or record that is sought and such service shall be considered consistent with procedural due process requirements. In all other respects, a subpoena issued under this section shall be subject to the same procedures as a subpoena issued by other agencies of this State. Actions relating to a subpoena issued under this section shall be heard in the court; d. State lottery prize payments in excess of $600 made by the Department of the Treasury; e. Record of a judgment or settlement of any civil action where a party is entitled to receive a monetary award made by the court or an inheritance; and f. Record of an out-of-court settlement. L.1995,c.322,s.1; amended 1998, c.1, s.26.