Alaska Administrative Code › Title 15 - Revenue › Chapter 125 - Child Support Enforcement › Article 11 - General Provisions › 15 AAC 125.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Unless the context indicates otherwise,
				when used in this chapter,
(1) "AFDC" means
				public assistance granted under the program of Aid to Families with Dependent
				Children;
(2) "agency" means the
				Alaska child support services agency;
(3) "application" means a signed request for
				child support enforcement services;
(4) "child support enforcement services"
				include, but are not limited to,
(A) location
				of absent parents;
(B)
				establishment of support obligations;
(C) enforcement of support
				obligations;
(D) collection and
				distribution of child support payments;
(E) establishing paternity;
(F) responding to and initiating actions
				under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (AS
				25.25.101-25.25.903);
(5) "periodic payments" means the amount to
				be paid in regularly scheduled installments in satisfaction of the support
				obligation; when applicable, it also refers to regularly scheduled payments to
				satisfy past-due obligations;
(6)
				"credit bureau" means any person who, for monetary fees, dues, or on a
				cooperative non-profit 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, and who uses any means or facility or interstate commerce for
				the purpose of preparing or furnishing consumer reports;
(7) "lending institution" means a person who,
				for monetary fees, dues, or on a cooperative non-profit basis, regularly
				engages in the business of lending money;
(8) "person" means an individual,
				partnership, corporation, trust, firm, estate, cooperative, association,
				organization, government, governmental subdivision, governmental agency, or
				other entity;
(9) "ATAP" means the
				Alaska Temporary Assistance Program, codified as
				AS
				47.27.005-47.27.900;
(10) "business day" means a day on which
				state offices are open for regular business;
(11) "income" means any periodic form of
				payment due to an individual, regardless of source; the term includes wages,
				salaries, commissions, bonuses, worker's compensation, disability, payments
				under a pension or retirement program, and interest;
(12) "parent" means the natural or adoptive
				parent, a person who has the legal status of the parent as a result of the
				person's marriage to the child's mother or the legitimation of the child under
				AS
				25.20.050, a legal guardian, or a caretaker
				relative having custody of or responsibility for the child or
				children;
(13) "support order"
				means a judgment, decree, or order, whether temporary, final, or subject to
				modification, issued by a court or administrative agency of competent
				jurisdiction for the support and maintenance of a child, including a child who
				has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state, or for the
				support and maintenance of a child and the parent with whom the child is
				living; a judgment, decree, or order is a "support order" if it provides for
				monetary support, health care, arrearages, or reimbursement, and a judgment,
				decree, or order that is a "support order" may include related costs and fees,
				interest and penalties, income withholding, attorneys' fees, and other
				relief;
(14) "tribunal" means a
				court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish,
				enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage;
(15) "administrative support order" means a
				support order that the agency establishes under
				AS
				25.27.160;
(16) "director" means the director of the
				agency;
(17) "direct payment" means
				a child support payment made by or on behalf of the obligor directly to the
				custodial parent in the form of cash, a money order, a check made payable to
				the custodial parent, or a deposit or electronic funds transfer to a bank or
				equivalent financial account held by the custodial parent;
(18) "domestic violence" has the meaning
				given in AS 18.66.990;
(19) "in-kind contribution"
(A) means a benefit that is
(i) provided by the obligor;
(ii) received by the custodial parent, the
				minor child, or a third party on behalf of the custodial parent or minor
				child;
(iii) intended for the
				benefit of the minor child; and
(iv) not a direct payment or a payment to the
				agency; and
(B) includes
				services, clothing, food, school supplies, other goods, and payments to third
				parties.
(20) "child
				support agency of another state" means a child support agency of another state
				within the meaning given in
				AS
				25.25.101 or a foreign country within the
				meaning given in
				AS
				25.25.101.