Alabama Administrative Code › Title 660 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES › Chapter 660-3-12 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DATA MATCH (FIDM) › Section 660-3-12-.01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) As used in this
			 Chapter, the following terms shall have the following meaning:
(a) "Account" - A demand deposit account,
			 checking or negotiable withdrawal order account, savings account, time deposit
			 account, or money-market mutual fund account.
(b) "Arrearage" - Past-due child support
			 which accrues under an order for support. The child support debt owed by the
			 noncustodial parent to the custodial parent or to the state; a delinquency.
			 Statutory interest that accrues on the debt is included in past-due child
			 support.
(c) "Data Match" - An
			 automated process of matching specified information from the financial records
			 of financial institutions with records of the Title IV-D agency.
(d) "Financial Institution" - A depository
			 institution as defined in Section 3(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act,
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			 U.S.C. Section 1813(c); an
			 institution-affiliated party, as defined in Section 3(u) of
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			 U.S.C. Section 1813(u); and
			 any federal credit union, as defined in Section 101 of the Federal Credit Union
			 Act, 12 U.S.C. Section
			 1752, including an institution-affiliated
			 party of a credit union, as defined in Section 206(r) of the Federal Credit
			 Union Act
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			 U.S.C. Section 1786(r); and
			 any benefit association, insurance company, safe deposit company, money market
			 mutual fund, or similar entity authorized to do business in the state.
(e) "Financial Record" - As
			 defined in Section 1101 of the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978,
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			 U.S.C. Section 3401.
(f) "Noncustodial Parent" - A parent who does
			 not have the child in his or her care and is responsible for paying support.
			 The term includes an obligor.
(g)
			 "Notice of Lien or Levy" - An official notice from the state Title IV-D agency
			 of a judicial or administrative lien or levy against a noncustodial parent and
			 requesting that funds of a noncustodial parent be surrendered or transferred to
			 the state Title IV-D agency.
(h)
			 "Obligor" - A person ordered by a court to make periodic payments for the
			 benefit and support of another person or the parent or alleged parent named in
			 a paternity action.
(i) "State
			 Title IV-D Agency" - The state agency designated to administer the statewide
			 child support program authorized under Title IV-D of the Social Security
			 Act.
(j) "Support or Support Order"
			 - Any order, decree or judgment for support of a child, or in the case of an
			 order being enforced pursuant to the requirements of Title IV-D of the Social
			 Security Act, a spouse or former spouse, issued by a court of this state or a
			 court or agency of another state or jurisdiction, whether interlocutory or
			 final, including orders issued for any of the following purposes:
1. Current support of a minor
			 child.
2. Current medical support,
			 which includes the cost of medical insurance of unreimbursed medical
			 expenses.
3. Arrearage that has
			 accrued due to unpaid child or medical support during the child's minority,
			 including enforcement, post-majority of arrearages accrued during minority and
			 interest that has accrued or continues to accrue on that arrearage.
4. Spousal Support when such spousal support
			 is collected by the Department of Human Resources or the department's designee
			 pursuant to the requirements of Title IV-D of the Social Security
			 Act.