2023 Oklahoma Statutes › Title 40. Labor › §40-2-801. Child support obligations.

CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS.
A. The Commission may enter into an agreement with the Department of Human Services for information required pursuant to Section 240.12 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes to identify persons that owe child support obligations.
B. The Commission shall deduct and withhold from any unemployment compensation payable to an individual that owes child support obligations the amount, if any, determined by the Department of Human Services pursuant to an agreement submitted to the Commission under 42 U.S.C., Section 654(19)(B)(i) by the state child support enforcement agency.
C. Any amount deducted and withheld under subsection B of this section shall be paid by the Commission to the Centralized Support Registry pursuant to Section 413 of Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
D. Any amount deducted and withheld under subsection B of this section shall for all purposes be treated as if it were paid to the individual as unemployment compensation and paid by such individual to the state child support enforcement agency in satisfaction of the individual's child support obligations.
E. For purposes of subsections A through D of this section, the term "unemployment compensation" means any compensation payable under the Employment Security Act of 1980, Section 1-101 of this title, including amounts payable by the Commission pursuant to an agreement under any federal law providing for compensation, assistance or allowances with respect to unemployment.
F. This section applies only if appropriate arrangements have been made for reimbursement by the state child support enforcement agency for the administrative costs, as determined by the Commission, incurred by the Commission under this section which are attributable to child support obligations being enforced by the state child support enforcement agency.
G. For purposes of this section:
(1) "Child support obligations" means only obligations which are being enforced pursuant to a plan described in 42 U.S.C., Section 654, which has been approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under 42 U.S.C., Section 651 et seq.
(2) "State child support enforcement agency" means the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, which pursuant to Section 237 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes is the single state agency in Oklahoma operating pursuant to a plan described in 42 U.S.C., Section 654, which has been approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under 42 U.S.C., Section 651 et seq.
(3) Deductions from unemployment insurance authorized by subsection B of this section in satisfaction of child support obligations are only those obligations defined in paragraph (1) of this subsection, and the recipient of the deductions shall be defined as only a state child support enforcement agency operating pursuant to an approved plan described in 42 U.S.C., Section 654 and referenced in paragraph (2) of this subsection.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 304, § 18, operative Oct. 1, 1982. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 235, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Laws 2018, c. 14, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2018; Laws 2021, c. 424, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.