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MN Stat § 518A.44 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.44 — Notice To Public Authority.

518A.44 NOTICE TO PUBLIC AUTHORITY. The petitioner shall notify the public authority of all proceedings for dissolution, legal separation, determination of parentage, or for the custody of a child, if either party is receiving public assistance or applies for it subsequent to the commencement of the proceeding. The notice must contain the full names of the parties to the proceeding, their Social Security account numbers, and their birth dates. After receipt of the notice, the court shall set child support as provided in section 518A.35. The court may order either or both parents owing a duty of support to a child of the marriage to pay an amount reasonable or necessary for the child's support, without regard to marital misconduct. The court shall approve a child support stipulation of the parties if each party is represented by independent counsel, unless the stipulation does not meet the conditions of section 518A.35. In other cases the court shall determine and order child support in a specific dollar amount in accordance with the guidelines and the other factors set forth in section 518A.43 and any departure therefrom. The court may also order the obligor to pay child support in the form of a percentage share of the obligor's net bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation, in addition to, or if the obligor receives no base pay, in lieu of, an order for a specific dollar amount. History:   1971 c 961 s 21; 1974 c 107 s 20; 1977 c 282 s 29; 1978 c 772 s 50; 1979 c 259 s 25; 1981 c 349 s 6; 1981 c 360 art 2 s 46; 3Sp1981 c 3 s 19; 1982 c 488 s 4,5; 1983 c 308 s 16-20; 1984 c 547 s 18,19; 1985 c 131 s 7; 1986 c 406 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1987 c 403 art 3 s 79,80; 1988 c 593 s 8; 1988 c 668 s 17,18; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 190,191; 1990 c 568 art 2 s 70-72; 1990 c 574 s 18; 1991 c 266 s 2; 1991 c 292 art 5 s 75-78; 1992 c 513 art 8 s 53,54; 1993 c 34 s 1; 1993 c 322 s 12; 1993 c 340 s 32-38; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 6 s 44; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 488 s 8; 1994 c 630 art 11 s 9,10; 1995 c 186 s 94; 1995 c 257 art 1 s 23-26; 1997 c 66 s 79; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 42,43; 1997 c 245 art 1 s 13-17; art 3 s 10; 1998 c 382 art 1 s 7-11; 1999 c 107 s 66; 1999 c 159 s 136; 1999 c 196 art 1 s 6; art 2 s 9-11; 1999 c 245 art 7 s 8; 2000 c 343 s 4; 2000 c 444 art 2 s 37; 2001 c 51 s 13,14; 2001 c 134 s 1; 2001 c 158 s 1; 2002 c 344 s 13-16; 2003 c 130 s 12; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 58; art 10 s 5,6; 2005 c 116 s 4; 2005 c 164 s 7,8,29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28; 2006 c 280 s 15,16,22; 2006 c 282 art 18 s 3
MN Stat § 518A.45 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.45 — Failure Of Notice.

518A.45 FAILURE OF NOTICE. If the court in a dissolution, legal separation, or determination of parentage proceeding finds before issuing the order for judgment and decree, that notification has not been given to the public authority, the court shall set child support as provided in section 518A.35. In those proceedings in which no notification has been made pursuant to section 518A.44 and in which the public authority determines that the judgment is lower than the child support required by the guidelines in section 518A.35, it shall move the court for a redetermination of the support payments ordered so that the support payments comply with the guidelines. History:   1971 c 961 s 21; 1974 c 107 s 20; 1977 c 282 s 29; 1978 c 772 s 50; 1979 c 259 s 25; 1981 c 349 s 6; 1981 c 360 art 2 s 46; 3Sp1981 c 3 s 19; 1982 c 488 s 4,5; 1983 c 308 s 16-20; 1984 c 547 s 18,19; 1985 c 131 s 7; 1986 c 406 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1987 c 403 art 3 s 79,80; 1988 c 593 s 8; 1988 c 668 s 17,18; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 190,191; 1990 c 568 art 2 s 70-72; 1990 c 574 s 18; 1991 c 266 s 2; 1991 c 292 art 5 s 75-78; 1992 c 513 art 8 s 53,54; 1993 c 34 s 1; 1993 c 322 s 12; 1993 c 340 s 32-38; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 6 s 44; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 488 s 8; 1994 c 630 art 11 s 9,10; 1995 c 186 s 94; 1995 c 257 art 1 s 23-26; 1997 c 66 s 79; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 42,43; 1997 c 245 art 1 s 13-17; art 3 s 10; 1998 c 382 art 1 s 7-11; 1999 c 107 s 66; 1999 c 159 s 136; 1999 c 196 art 1 s 6; art 2 s 9-11; 1999 c 245 art 7 s 8; 2000 c 343 s 4; 2000 c 444 art 2 s 37; 2001 c 51 s 13,14; 2001 c 134 s 1; 2001 c 158 s 1; 2002 c 344 s 13-16; 2003 c 130 s 12; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 58; art 10 s 5,6; 2005 c 116 s 4; 2005 c 164 s 7,8,29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28; 2006 c 280 s 15,16,22; 2006 c 282 art 18 s 3
MN Stat § 518A.48 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.48 — Sufficiency Of Notice.

518A.48 SUFFICIENCY OF NOTICE. Automated child support notices sent by the public authority which do not require service are sufficient notice when issued and mailed by first class mail to the person's last known address. History:  1997 c 245 art 1 s 12; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
MN Stat § 518A.49 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.49 — Assignment Of Rights; Judgment.

518A.49 ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS; JUDGMENT. (a) The public agency responsible for child support enforcement is joined as a party in each case in which rights are assigned under section 256.741, subdivision 2. The court administrator shall enter and docket a judgment obtained by operation of law under section 548.091, subdivision 1, in the name of the public agency to the extent that the obligation has been assigned. When arrearages are reduced to judgment under circumstances in which section 548.091 is not applicable, the court shall grant judgment in favor of, and in the name of, the public agency to the extent that the arrearages are assigned. After filing notice of an assignment with the court administrator, who shall enter the notice in the docket, the public agency may enforce a judgment entered before the assignment of rights as if the judgment were granted to it, and in its name, to the extent that the arrearages in that judgment are assigned. (b) The public authority is a real party in interest in any IV-D case where there has been an assignment of support. In all other IV-D cases, the public authority has a pecuniary interest, as well as an interest in the welfare of the children involved in those cases. The public authority may intervene as a matter of right in those cases to ensure that child support orders are obtained and enforced which provide for an appropriate and accurate level of child, medical, and child care support. If the public authority participates in an IV-D case where the action taken by the public authority requires the use of an attorney's services, the public authority shall be represented by an attorney consistent with the provisions in section 518A.47. History:   1971 c 961 s 21; 1974 c 107 s 20; 1977 c 282 s 29; 1978 c 772 s 50; 1979 c 259 s 25; 1981 c 349 s 6; 1981 c 360 art 2 s 46; 3Sp1981 c 3 s 19; 1982 c 488 s 4,5; 1983 c 308 s 16-20; 1984 c 547 s 18,19; 1985 c 131 s 7; 1986 c 406 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1987 c 403 art 3 s 79,80; 1988 c 593 s 8; 1988 c 668 s 17,18; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 190,191; 1990 c 568 art 2 s 70-72; 1990 c 574 s 18; 1991 c 266 s 2; 1991 c 292 art 5 s 75-78; 1992 c 513 art 8 s 53,54; 1993 c 34 s 1; 1993 c 322 s 12; 1993 c 340 s 32-38; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 6 s 44; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 488 s 8; 1994 c 630 art 11 s 9,10; 1995 c 186 s 94; 1995 c 257 art 1 s 23-26; 1997 c 66 s 79; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 42,43; 1997 c 245 art 1 s 13-17; art 3 s 10; 1998 c 382 art 1 s 7-11; 1999 c 107 s 66; 1999 c 159 s 136; 1999 c 196 art 1 s 6; art 2 s 9-11; 1999 c 245 art 7 s 8; 2000 c 343 s 4; 2000 c 444 art 2 s 37; 2001 c 51 s 13,14; 2001 c 134 s 1; 2001 c 158 s 1; 2002 c 344 s 13-16; 2003 c 130 s 12; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 58; art 10 s 5,6; 2005 c 116 s 4; 2005 c 164 s 7,8,29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28; 2006 c 280 s 15,16,22; 2006 c 282 art 18 s 3
MN Stat § 518A.50 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.50 — Payment To Public Agency.

518A.50 PAYMENT TO PUBLIC AGENCY. (a) This section applies to all proceedings involving a support order, including, but not limited to, a support order establishing an order for past support or reimbursement of public assistance. (b) The court shall direct that all payments ordered for maintenance or support be made to the public authority responsible for child support enforcement so long as the obligee is receiving or has applied for public assistance, or has applied for child support or maintenance collection services. Public authorities responsible for child support enforcement may act on behalf of other public authorities responsible for child support enforcement, including the authority to represent the legal interests of or execute documents on behalf of the other public authority in connection with the establishment, enforcement, and collection of child support, maintenance, or medical support, and collection on judgments. (c) Payments made to the public authority must be credited as of the date the payment is received by the central collections unit, except that payments made under section 518A.53 may be considered to have been paid as of the date the obligor received the remainder of the income. (d) Monthly amounts received by the public agency responsible for child support enforcement from the obligor that are greater than the monthly amount of public assistance granted to the obligee must be remitted to the obligee. History:   1971 c 961 s 21; 1974 c 107 s 20; 1977 c 282 s 29; 1978 c 772 s 50; 1979 c 259 s 25; 1981 c 349 s 6; 1981 c 360 art 2 s 46; 3Sp1981 c 3 s 19; 1982 c 488 s 4,5; 1983 c 308 s 16-20; 1984 c 547 s 18,19; 1985 c 131 s 7; 1986 c 406 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1987 c 403 art 3 s 79,80; 1988 c 593 s 8; 1988 c 668 s 17,18; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 190,191; 1990 c 568 art 2 s 70-72; 1990 c 574 s 18; 1991 c 266 s 2; 1991 c 292 art 5 s 75-78; 1992 c 513 art 8 s 53,54; 1993 c 34 s 1; 1993 c 322 s 12; 1993 c 340 s 32-38; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 6 s 44; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 488 s 8; 1994 c 630 art 11 s 9,10; 1995 c 186 s 94; 1995 c 257 art 1 s 23-26; 1997 c 66 s 79; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 42,43; 1997 c 245 art 1 s 13-17; art 3 s 10; 1998 c 382 art 1 s 7-11; 1999 c 107 s 66; 1999 c 159 s 136; 1999 c 196 art 1 s 6; art 2 s 9-11; 1999 c 245 art 7 s 8; 2000 c 343 s 4; 2000 c 444 art 2 s 37; 2001 c 51 s 13,14; 2001 c 134 s 1; 2001 c 158 s 1; 2002 c 344 s 13-16; 2003 c 130 s 12; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 58; art 10 s 5,6; 2005 c 116 s 4; 2005 c 164 s 7,8,29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28; 2006 c 280 s 15,16,22; 2006 c 282 art 18 s 3; 2008 c 363 art 16 s 6
MN Stat § 518A.52 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.52 — Overpayments.

518A.52 OVERPAYMENTS. If child support or maintenance is not assigned under section 256.741, and an obligor has overpaid a child support or maintenance obligation because of a modification or error in the amount owed, the public authority shall: (1) apply the amount of the overpayment to reduce the amount of any child support or maintenance-related arrearages or debts owed to the obligee; and (2) if an overpayment exists after the reduction of any arrearage or debt, reduce the amount of the child support remitted to the obligee by an amount no greater than 20 percent of the current monthly support or maintenance obligation and remit this amount to the obligor until the overpayment is reduced to zero. History:  1998 c 382 art 1 s 21; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
MN Stat § 518A.54 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.54 — Child Support Payment Center; Definitions.

518A.54 CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENT CENTER; DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of the child support center established under sections 518A.54 to 518A.56, the following terms have the meanings given. Subd. 2. Central collections unit. "Central collections unit" means the unit created under section 518A.55. Subd. 3. Local child support agency. "Local child support agency" means the entity at the county level that is responsible for providing child support enforcement services. Subd. 4. Payment. "Payment" means the payment of child support, medical support, maintenance, and related payments required by order of a tribunal, voluntary support, or statutory fees. Subd. 5. Tribunal. "Tribunal" has the meaning given in section 518C.101. Subd. 6. Creditor collections. The central collections unit under this section is not a third party under chapters 550, 552, and 571 for purposes of creditor collection efforts against child support and maintenance order obligors or obligees, and shall not be subject to creditor levy, attachment, or garnishment. Subd. 7. Unclaimed support funds. "Unclaimed support funds" means any support payments collected by the public authority from the obligor, which have not been disbursed to the obligee or public authority. History:  1995 c 257 art 2 s 1; 1999 c 245 art 7 s 9; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 12 s 10; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
MN Stat § 518A.55 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.55 — Central Collections Unit.

518A.55 CENTRAL COLLECTIONS UNIT. The commissioner of human services shall create and maintain a central collections unit for the purpose of receiving, processing, and disbursing payments, and for maintaining a record of payments, in all cases in which: (1) the state or county is a party; (2) the state or county provides child support enforcement services to a party; or (3) payment is collected through income withholding. The commissioner may contract for services to carry out these provisions, provided that the commissioner first meets and negotiates with the affected exclusive representatives. History:  1995 c 257 art 2 s 2; 1997 c 245 art 1 s 26; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
MN Stat § 518A.57 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.57 — Notice Of Order.

518A.57 NOTICE OF ORDER. Whenever these laws require service of a court's order on an employer, union, or payor of funds, service of a verified notice of order may be made in lieu thereof. The verified notice shall contain the title of the action, the name of the court, the court file number, the date of the court order, and shall recite the operative provisions of the order. History:  1986 c 404 s 18; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
MN Stat § 518A.59 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.59 — Notice Of Interest On Late Child Support.

518A.59 NOTICE OF INTEREST ON LATE CHILD SUPPORT. Any judgment or decree of dissolution or legal separation containing a requirement of child support and any determination of parentage, order under chapter 518C, order under section 256.87, or order under section 260B.331 or 260C.331 must include a notice to the parties that section 548.091, subdivision 1a, provides for interest to begin accruing on a payment or installment of child support whenever the unpaid amount due is greater than the current support due. History:  1993 c 340 s 49; 1999 c 139 art 4 s 2; 2005 c 164 s 28; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 29
MN Stat § 518A.61 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.61 — Collection; Revenue Recapture.

518A.61 COLLECTION; REVENUE RECAPTURE. The public authority may submit debt under chapter 270A only if the obligor is in arrears in court-ordered child support or maintenance payments, or both, in an amount greater than the obligor's total monthly support and maintenance payments or if the debt has been entered and docketed as a judgment. History:  2001 c 134 s 3; 2001 c 158 s 3; 2002 c 344 s 22; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
MN Stat § 518A.62 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.62 — Child Support Debt And Arrearage Management.

518A.62 CHILD SUPPORT DEBT AND ARREARAGE MANAGEMENT. In order to reduce and otherwise manage support debts and arrearages, the parties, including the public authority where arrearages have been assigned to the public authority, may compromise unpaid support debts or arrearages owed by one party to another, whether or not docketed as a judgment. A party may agree or disagree to compromise only those debts or arrearages owed to that party. History:  2005 c 164 s 9,29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
MN Stat § 518A.63 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.63 — Trustee.

518A.63 TRUSTEE. (a) Upon its own motion or upon motion of either party, the court may appoint a trustee, when it is deemed expedient, to receive any money ordered to be paid as maintenance or support money for remittance to the person entitled to receive the payments. The trustee may also receive property which is part of an award under section 518.58, upon trust to invest the same, and pay over the income in the manner the court directs, or to pay over the principal sum in the proportions and at the times the court orders. The court shall have regard in all cases to the situation and circumstances of the recipient, and the children, if there are any. The trustee shall give a bond, as the court requires, for the faithful performance of the trust. If it appears that the recipient of money ordered to be paid as support will receive public assistance, the court shall appoint as trustee the public authority responsible for support enforcement. (b) The trustee shall maintain records listing the amount of payments, the date when payments are required to be made, and the names and addresses of the parties affected by the order. (c) The parties affected by the order shall inform the trustee of a change of address or of other conditions that may affect the administration of the order. (d) If a required payment of support or of maintenance and support combined is not made within ten days after the due date, the trustee shall send by first class mail notice of the arrearage to the obligor. If payment of the sum due is not received by the trustee within ten days after sending notice, the trustee shall certify the amount due to the public authority responsible for support enforcement, whenever that authority is not the trustee. If the public authority responsible for support enforcement refers the arrearage to the county attorney, the county attorney may initiate enforcement proceedings against the obligor for support or for maintenance and support combined. (e) The public authority responsible for support enforcement may represent a person entitled to receive support or maintenance or both in court proceedings initiated under this section to enforce compliance with a support order or combined maintenance and support orders. (f) If the person obligated to pay support or maintenance is beyond the jurisdiction of the court, the county attorney may institute any proceeding available under state or federal law for the enforcement of duties of support or maintenance. History:  1951 c 551 s 8; 1969 c 1028 s 6; 1978 c 772 s 54; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
MN Stat § 518A.64 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.64 — Administrative Seek Employment Orders.

518A.64 ADMINISTRATIVE SEEK EMPLOYMENT ORDERS. Subdivision 1. Court order. For any support order being enforced by the public authority, the public authority may seek a court order requiring the obligor to seek employment if: (1) employment of the obligor cannot be verified; (2) the obligor is in arrears in court-ordered child support or maintenance payments or both in an amount equal to or greater than three times the obligor's total monthly support and maintenance payments; and (3) the obligor is not in compliance with a written payment plan. Upon proper notice being given to the obligor, the court may enter a seek employment order if it finds that the obligor has not provided proof of gainful employment and has not consented to an order for income withholding under section 518A.53 or entered into a written payment plan approved by the court, a child support magistrate, or the public authority. Subd. 2. Contents of order. The order to seek employment shall: (1) order that the obligor seek employment within a determinate amount of time; (2) order that the obligor file with the public authority on a weekly basis a report of at least five new attempts to find employment or of having found employment, which report must include the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of any employers or businesses with whom the obligor attempted to seek employment and the name of the individual contact to whom the obligor made application for employment or to whom an inquiry was directed; (3) notify the obligor that failure to comply with the order is evidence of a willful failure to pay support under section 518A.72; (4) order that the obligor provide the public authority with verification of any reason for noncompliance with the order; and (5) specify the duration of the order, not to exceed three months. History:  1995 c 257 art 1 s 29; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 92; 1999 c 196 art 2 s 19; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
MN Stat § 518A.685 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518A — Child Support|Section 518A.685 — Consumer Reporting Agency; Reporting Arrears.

518A.685 CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY; REPORTING ARREARS. (a) If a public authority determines that an obligor has not paid the current monthly support obligation plus any required arrearage payment for three months, the public authority may report this information to a consumer reporting agency. (b) Before reporting that an obligor is in arrears for court-ordered child support, the public authority must: (1) provide written notice to the obligor that the public authority intends to report the arrears to a consumer reporting agency; and (2) mail the written notice to the obligor's last known mailing address at least 30 days before the public authority reports the arrears to a consumer reporting agency. (c) The obligor may, within 21 days of receipt of the notice, do the following to prevent the public authority from reporting the arrears to a consumer reporting agency: (1) pay the arrears in full; (2) request an administrative review. An administrative review is limited to issues of mistaken identity, a pending legal action involving the arrears, or an incorrect arrears balance; or (3) enter into a written payment agreement pursuant to section 518A.69 that is approved by a court, a child support magistrate, or the public authority responsible for child support enforcement. (d) A public authority that reports arrearage information under this section must make monthly reports to a consumer reporting agency. The monthly report must be consistent with credit reporting industry standards for child support. (e) For purposes of this section, "consumer reporting agency" has the meaning given in section 13C.001, subdivision 4, and United States Code, title 15, section 1681a(f). History: 2015 c 71 art 1 s 86; 1Sp2020 c 2 art 5 s 95; 2021 c 30 art 10 s 71 NOTE: The amendment to this section by Laws 2021, chapter 30, article 10, section 71, is effective January 1, 2023. Laws 2021, chapter 30, article 10, section 71, the effective date.