Alabama Administrative Code › Title 660 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES › Chapter 660-3-17 - LIENS › Section 660-3-17-.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) "Arrearage" - Past-due support that
			 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
			 support.
(b) "Court" - Any juvenile
			 or family court division of the circuit or district court in the county where
			 the mother of the child resides or is found, in the county where the father
			 resides or is found, or in the county where the child resides or is found and,
			 in the case of a petition seeking a divorce, or legal separation, a petition
			 seeking a modification of support previously ordered under a divorce decree or
			 a petition seeking a contempt citation for failure to pay support previously
			 ordered under a divorce decree, the circuit court or the domestic relations
			 division of the circuit court. In cases involving the enforcement of another
			 state's order of support within this state, court may mean the courts of the
			 county where the employer is located or is found, and may also mean the court
			 or agency of another state or jurisdiction outside the State of Alabama whose
			 functions include the issuance and enforcement of support order.
(c) "Department" - The Department of Human
			 Resources of the State of Alabama, including the County Department of Human
			 Resources.
(d) "Lien" - A legal
			 claim on property which is a security for the payment of a debt, obligation, or
			 duty.
(e) "Noncustodial Parent
			 (NCP)" - A parent who does not have the child in his or her care and is
			 responsible for paying support. The term includes an obligor.
(f) "Notice of Lien" - An official notice
			 from the State Title IV-D agency of a judicial or administrative lien against a
			 noncustodial parent.
(g) "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 of 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.
(h) "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.