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AR Code § 9-14-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 9-14-207. Office of Child Support Enforcement — Administrator — Child support officers

 (a) The Administrator of the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with county judges, court clerks, and prosecuting attorneys concerning the establishment, enforcement, collection, monitoring, and distribution of support obligations.  (b) The administrator is further authorized to appoint child support officers, in counties where the court grants at least two thousand five hundred (2,500) divorces each year, as law enforcement officers in the duties and obligations as set forth in § 9-14-206(c).  (c)  (1) The administrator or his or her designee is authorized to issue an administrative subpoena for any financial or other information needed to establish, modify, or enforce a child support order to any individual or organization reasonably believed to have information on the financial resources of a parent or presumed or alleged father.  (2) A court may compel compliance with an administrative subpoena, impose penalties as authorized by § 9-14-208(c), and award attorney's fees and costs to the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration upon proof that an individual or organization failed to comply with the subpoena without cause.  (3) Subpoenas issued pursuant to the authority of the office shall be substantially in the following form:    (d)  (1) Subpoenas provided for in this section shall be served in the manner as now provided by law and returned and a record made and kept by the office.  (2) The fees and mileage of officers serving the subpoenas and witnesses in answer to subpoenas shall be the same as now provided by law.      “The State of Arkansas to the Sheriff of County: You are commanded to subpoena (name), regarding a proceeding before the Office of Child Support Enforcement to be held at (address) on the day of , 20 , and produce the following books, records, or other documents, to wit: , in the matter of (style of proceeding), being conducted under the authority of WITNESS, my hand and seal this day of , 20 . Administrator, Office of Child Support Enforcement”.   Click to view form.
AR Code § 9-14-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 9-14-209. Office of Child Support Enforcement — Duty to provide information to consumer reporting agency — Definition

 (a)  (1) As used in this section, “consumer reporting agency” means any person who, for monetary fees, dues, or on a cooperative, nonprofit basis regularly engages, in whole or in part, in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to third parties.  (2) This term also includes any person who uses any means or facility of interstate commerce for the purpose of preparing or furnishing consumer reports.    (b) Upon written request by a consumer reporting agency, the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration shall provide information to the agency regarding an amount of overdue support owed by a noncustodial parent in a case involving the Title IV-D agency.  (c) The office shall report to a consumer reporting agency the name of any noncustodial parent who owes overdue support in a case involving the Title IV-D agency and the delinquent amount.  (d)  (1) Prior to disclosure of the information to a consumer reporting agency, the office shall send the noncustodial parent a notice by regular mail to his or her last known address.  (2) The notice shall inform the noncustodial parent of the name and address of the consumer reporting agency, the amount of overdue support to be released, the procedure available for the noncustodial parent to contest the accuracy of the information, and a statement that if the noncustodial parent fails to contest the disclosure within seven (7) days of the mailing date on the notice, the information will be released.    (e) The information shall not be made available to:  (1) A consumer reporting agency that the office determines does not have sufficient capability to systematically and timely make accurate use of such information; or  (2) An entity that has not furnished evidence satisfactory to the office that the entity is a consumer reporting agency.
AR Code § 9-14-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 9-14-211. Assigned support rights generally

 (a) Support rights assigned to the Department of Human Services under § 9-14-109 shall constitute an obligation owed to the State of Arkansas by the person responsible for providing the support, and the obligation shall be collectible under all legal processes.  (b) The amount of obligation owed to the state shall be the amount specified in a court order that covers the assigned rights or, when no court order exists, the amount of obligation owed to the state shall be the amount determined by a court based upon the noncustodial parent's income or ability to pay during the period of assignment as applied to the Arkansas child support guidelines and family support chart.
AR Code § 9-14-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 9-14-212. Assigned support rights — Non-Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program application fee

 (a) The Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration may charge a nonrefundable application fee of up to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to any person who contracts with the office for any services under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act for whom an assignment under § 9-14-109 is not in effect.  (b) The fee shall be known as a “non-Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program application fee” and shall be a flat fee in an amount to be determined by the manager that shall be paid by the applicant at the time the application for assistance is submitted.  (c)  (1) Non-Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program services shall be provided to an applicant on a cost recovery/fee-for-services basis as provided under Title IV-D program requirements.  (2)  (A) The Administrator of the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration shall establish and publish a schedule of such fees that shall be administratively incorporated into child support enforcement policy.  (B) Copies of the fee schedule shall be provided to all applicants for child support services.      (d) Any fee or cost for services generated because of either a breach by the noncustodial parent of an agreement or of an order of the court shall be incorporated into the request for relief and reduced to a judgment in favor of and payable to the office.
AR Code § 9-14-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 9-14-213. Assigned support rights — Notice — Termination of assignment

 (a)  (1) When a court has ordered support payments to a person who has made an assignment of support rights under § 9-14-109 or who has executed a contract with the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration for non-Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program assistance, the office shall notify the clerk of the court.  (2) Upon such notice, the clerk shall indicate in the registry of the court that the support is being collected under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, and the clerk shall redirect all payments received to the office at the Arkansas Child Support Clearinghouse.  (3) Notification to the clerk by the office shall be sufficient to authorize the clerk to redirect payments to the Arkansas Child Support Clearinghouse. The court need not hold a hearing on the matter, and child support shall be paid through the Arkansas Child Support Clearinghouse pursuant to § 9-14-801 et seq.    (b) Lump-sum payments toward arrearages received by the clerk subsequent to termination of the assignment that were collected by the office through debt setoff or legal process shall be redirected to the Arkansas Child Support Clearinghouse.
AR Code § 9-14-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 9-14-214. Assigned support rights — Award of fee in action — Definition

 (a) In any action brought on behalf of a person to whom a support obligation is owed under an assignment pursuant to § 9-14-109 or pursuant to a contract for services under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration shall be awarded a fee in an amount equal to not less than three percent (3%) and not more than six percent (6%) of the overdue support.  (b) For purposes of this section, “overdue support” means a delinquency pursuant to an obligation created under a court order or an order of an administrative process established under state law for the support and maintenance of a minor child.
AR Code § 9-14-215 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 9-14-215. Fees in actions under Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

 (a)  (1) There shall be no filing fee, service fee, or other costs collected from the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration or any attorney acting on its behalf for actions brought under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, § 9-17-101 et seq.  (2) The court may direct such fees and costs to be paid by the noncustodial parent to the clerk of the court and the sheriff upon adjudication of the case.    (b)  (1) The clerk and the sheriff may collect fees in all other cases from the office by submitting monthly or quarterly statements for their services.  (2) Each statement shall clearly note the full name of the noncustodial parent thereon.  (3) No clerk or sheriff may refuse service to the office or its attorney for its failure to pay the fees in advance.    (c)  (1) A circuit clerk may collect from the noncustodial parent a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) for completion of income withholding forms for a custodial parent pursuant to this subchapter.  (2) A notice of this fee shall be sent to the noncustodial parent along with the notice pursuant to § 9-14-221.  (3) After thirty (30) days, upon nonpayment of the fee by the noncustodial parent, the clerk may notify the payor who shall withhold the fee and remit the fee to the clerk.
AR Code § 9-14-216 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 9-14-216. Income withholding — Establishment and maintenance of system

 (a)  (1) The Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration shall establish and maintain a system to promptly implement income withholding for support orders issued in other states.  (2) The office shall also seek assistance from other states in implementing income withholding in other states for support orders issued in this state.    (b) The other state shall forward to the office three (3) certified copies of the support order issued by its court or administrative forum and a notice that contains the noncustodial parent's name, Social Security number, and current address, the name and address of the payor to the noncustodial parent, the amount to be withheld, and the name and address where payments are to be mailed by the office.  (c) Upon receipt of the notice and certified copies of the order, the office shall establish the case within its system and follow the procedures enumerated in §§ 9-14-221 — 9-14-223 and 9-14-229.  (d) Payors notified of income withholding orders arising from other states shall be bound by and under the same requirements as though the order were issued by a court of this state under this subchapter.  (e) The office shall forward all payments received under this subchapter to the address provided by the other state.  (f) The office shall notify the state where the support order was entered when the noncustodial parent terminates employment within this state and shall provide the new address and new employer to the state, if known.
AR Code § 9-14-217 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 9-14-217. Income withholding — Supersession of § 9-14-102

 The income withholding provisions of this subchapter shall supersede the provisions of § 9-14-102 when applicable.
AR Code § 9-14-218 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 9-14-218. Income withholding — Time of taking effect generally — Forms

 (a)  (1) In all decrees or orders that provide for the payment of money for the support and care of any children, the court shall include a provision directing a payor to deduct from:  (A) Money, income, or periodic earnings due the noncustodial parent an amount that is sufficient to meet the periodic child support payments imposed by the court plus an additional amount of not less than twenty percent (20%) of the periodic child support payment to be applied toward liquidation of any accrued arrearage due under the order; and  (B) Any lump-sum payment as defined in § 9-14-201, the full amount of past due support owed by the noncustodial parent not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the net lump-sum payment.    (2) The use of income withholding does not constitute an election of remedies and does not preclude the use of other enforcement remedies.    (b) Income withholding shall apply to current and subsequent periods of employment, if used in employment, or remuneration, once activated.  (c)  (1) Any forms necessary to provide notice, affidavits, or any other matter that is required by this subchapter to enforce the payment of child support shall be devised by the State Commission on Child Support [abolished] with advice from the Administrative Office of the Courts.  (2) Upon the approval of the forms by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the forms shall be used on a statewide basis in all cases requiring an order or notice of income withholding for child support.  (3) Any necessary changes in the forms shall be the responsibility of the Supreme Court.  (4) Distribution of the forms shall be the responsibility of the Administrative Office of the Courts.    (d) All judgments for past due support shall include, in the same paragraph denoting the judgment amount, a statement that the amount is subject to reduction through income withholding to put third parties on notice that the amount currently owed may differ from that reflected in the judgment.  (e) In cases brought pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, with support orders effective prior to October 1, 1989, income withholding shall take effect immediately in any child support case at the request or upon the consent of the noncustodial parent or on the date the court grants an approved request of the custodial parent brought in accordance with procedures and standards as established by the Title IV-D agency.  (f) In those cases in which a support order has been issued or modified after August 2, 1985, without the inclusion of an income withholding provision, income withholding may be initiated in accord with procedures set forth in § 9-14-221 whenever child support arrearages owed by the noncustodial parent equal the total amount of court-ordered support payable for thirty (30) days.
AR Code § 9-14-219 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 9-14-219. Income withholding — Priority of order

 Orders of income withholding for support shall have priority over all other legal processes under state law against the money, income, or periodic earnings of the noncustodial parent.
AR Code § 9-14-220 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 9-14-220. Income withholding — Persons subject to order — Ground to contest order

 (a) All persons under court order to pay support on August 1, 1985, who become delinquent in an amount equal to the total court-ordered support payable for thirty (30) days shall be subject to the income withholding provisions of this subchapter. An order of income withholding shall become effective when the requirements set forth in § 9-14-221 have been satisfied.  (b) The only ground to contest an order of income withholding effective under § 9-14-221 shall be mistake of fact.
AR Code § 9-14-221 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 9-14-221. Income withholding — When orders take effect — Notice — Costs

 (a) Orders of income withholding that were not effective immediately by order of the court, upon the consent of the noncustodial parent, or at the request of the custodial parent, shall become effective when payment arrearages owed by the noncustodial parent equal the total court-ordered support payable for thirty (30) days.  (b)  (1) Prior to notification to the payor, for orders to be effective under this section, the noncustodial parent shall be sent a notice by any form of mail addressed to the parent at his or her last known address as contained in the records of the court clerk.  (2) Actual costs of mailing the notice may be collected by the clerk from the custodial parent.  (3) The notice shall contain the following information:  (A) The amount to be withheld;  (B) The amount of arrearages alleged to have accrued under the support order and that an additional amount of not less than twenty percent (20%) of the support ordered will be withheld to liquidate the arrearages or such amount as set forth by an order if applicable;  (C) That the income withholding applies to current and subsequent periods of employment, if used in employment, or remuneration;  (D) The procedure available to contest the withholding on the ground that the withholding is not proper because of mistake of fact;  (E) That failure to contest the withholding within ten (10) days of the receipt or refusal of the notice will result in the payor's being notified to begin the withholding;  (F) That if the noncustodial parent contests the withholding, he or she will be afforded an opportunity to present his or her case to the court or its representative in that jurisdiction within thirty (30) days of receipt of the notice of contest; and  (G) That state law prohibits employers from retaliating against a noncustodial parent under an income withholding order and that the court or its representative should be contacted if the noncustodial parent has been retaliated against by his or her employer as a result of the income withholding order.      (c)  (1) Should the noncustodial parent contest the withholding because of mistake of fact, then after providing the noncustodial parent an opportunity to present his or her case the court or its representative shall determine whether the withholding shall occur and shall notify the noncustodial parent of the determination and, if appropriate, the time period in which withholding will commence.  (2) The notice shall include the information to be provided to the payor as required in § 9-14-222.
AR Code § 9-14-223 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 9-14-223. Income withholding — Objection of payor

 Upon receipt of an objection from a payor under an order of income withholding, the court or its representative shall expeditiously determine whether the payor shall be relieved under the order and shall so inform the payor within ten (10) days of receipt of the objection by a notice of its determination sent to the payor by regular mail.
AR Code § 9-14-224 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 9-14-224. Income withholding — Duties of payor

 (a) A payor who has been notified of an order of income withholding shall be bound by the order until further notice by the court or its representative.  (b)  (1) A payor who is an employer that withholds support payments from more than one (1) employee shall have the option to periodically remit to the clerk funds withheld from all such employees in a single check rather than remitting the funds withheld from each employee separately.  (2) If the payor elects to remit all such funds in a single check, each such remittance shall be accompanied by a list showing the portion of the funds withheld from each employee.    (c) A payor shall notify the court or its representative immediately when the noncustodial parent terminates employment or takes other adverse action terminating the income source and shall provide the noncustodial parent's last known address and the name and address of any new employer, if known.
AR Code § 9-14-225 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 9-14-225. Income withholding — Liability of payor — Distribution of moneys

 (a) A payor who has been notified of an order of income withholding shall be liable for any amount up to the accumulated amount that should have been withheld should he or she fail or refuse to withhold the income in accordance with the notice.  (b) Once money has been withheld, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, it shall be considered the property of the custodial parent. The custodial parent to whom the money is owed may seek any and all available redress against any employer who fails to transmit money pursuant to an order of income withholding.  (c) Moneys withheld in cases brought under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act shall become the property of the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration to be distributed in accordance with child support policy.
AR Code § 9-14-226 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support|Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally|§ 9-14-226. Income withholding — Prohibition of disciplinary action against employee — Penalty

 (a) A payor who is an employer is prohibited from discharging, refusing to employ, or taking other disciplinary action against a noncustodial parent under an income withholding order.  (b) Any employer violating this subchapter shall be subject to the contempt powers of the court issuing the order and may be fined up to fifty dollars ($50.00) per day.  (c) The noncustodial parent shall have the burden to prove that income withholding was the sole reason for the employer's action.