Code of Maine Rules › 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › 144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL › Chapter 351 - Maine Child Support Enforcement Manual › Chapter 27 - PROVISION OF SERVICES IN INTERGOVERNMENTAL CASES › Section 144-351-27-2 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
When used in this Chapter, unless the context otherwise
					 indicates:
Central authority
means the agency designated
					 by a government to facilitate support enforcement with a foreign reciprocating
					 country (FRC) pursuant to section 459A of the
Social Security
					 Act
.
Controlling order State
means the State in
					 which the only order was issued or, where multiple orders exist, the State in
					 which the order determined by a tribunal to control prospective current support
					 pursuant to the UIFSA was issued.
Country
means a foreign country (or a
					 political subdivision thereof) declared to be a FRC under section 459A of the
Social Security Act
and any foreign country (or political
					 subdivision thereof) with which the State has entered into a reciprocal
					 arrangement for the establishment and enforcement of support obligations to the
					 extent consistent with Federal law pursuant to section 459 A(d) of the
Social Security Act
.
Foreign Reciprocating Country (FRC)
means a
					 country with which the U.S. government has negotiated federal-level reciprocity
					 arrangements to provide child support services on behalf of U.S.
					 jurisdictions.
Form
means a federally-approved document used
					 for the establishment and enforcement of support obligations whether compiled
					 or transmitted in written or electronic format, including but not limited to
					 the Income Withholding for Support form, and the National Medical Support
					 Notice. In interstate IV-D cases, such forms include those used for child
					 support enforcement proceedings under the UIFSA.
Form
also
					 includes any federally-mandated IV-D reporting form, where appropriate.
Initiating
agency
means a
					 State or Tribal IV-D agency or an agency in a country, as defined in this rule,
					 in which an individual has applied for or is receiving services.
Intergovernmental IV-D case
means a IV-D case
					 in which the noncustodial parent lives and/or works in a different jurisdiction
					 than the custodial parent and child(ren), that has been referred by an
					 initiating agency to a responding agency for services. An intergovernmental
					 IV-D case may include any combination of referrals between States, Tribes, and
					 countries. An intergovernmental IV-D case also may include cases in which a
					 State agency is seeking only to collect support arrearages, whether owed to the
					 family or assigned to the State.
Interstate IV-D case
means a IV-D case in
					 which the noncustodial parent lives and/or works in a different State than the
					 custodial parent and child(ren), that has been referred by an initiating State
					 to a responding State for services. An interstate IV-D case also may include
					 cases in which a State is seeking only to collect support arrearages, whether
					 owed to the family or assigned to the State.
One-state remedies
means the exercise of a
					 State's jurisdiction over a non-resident parent or direct establishment,
					 enforcement, or other action by a State against a non-resident parent in
					 accordance with the long-arm provision of UIFSA or other State law.
Register
means to file in a tribunal in this
					 State another state or foreign country's support order or judgment determining
					 parentage of a child.
Responding agency
means the agency that is
					 providing services in response to a referral from an initiating agency in an
					 intergovernmental IV-D case.
Tribunal
means a court, administrative
					 agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized under State law to establish,
					 enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage.
Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)
means the model act promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on
					 Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) and mandated by section 466(f) of the
Social Security Act
to be in effect in all States.