Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 25 - Child Support Services › Subchapter 5 - Operational Policies › Part 39 - ACCOUNTING AND DISTRIBUTION › Section 340:25-5-345.2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this Part,
					 shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
"Allocation"
is the process used to divide
					 receipts among the eligible obligations of an obligor. Eligible refers to
					 active and enforceable obligations that meet the criteria to be paid by the
					 collection being allocated.
"Case type"
means a payee, including, but not
					 limited to:
(A) custodial person (CP);
(B) support owed to another state; or
(C) reimbursement for:
(i) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program;
(ii) Foster Care program; or
(iii) Office of Juvenile Affairs program.
"Cashier's check"
means
a draft with
					 respect to which the drawer and drawee are the same bank or branches of the
					 same bank
per Section 3-104 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes (12A
					 O.S. § 3-104).
"Certified check"
means
a check
					 accepted by the bank on which it is drawn
per 12A O.S. §
					 3-409.
"Check"
means a draft payable on demand and
					 drawn on a bank. A negotiable instrument may be a check even though it is
					 described on its face by another term such as "money order" per 12A O.S. §
					 3-104.
"Disbursement"
means when funds have been
					 issued to the CP, another entity, or refunded to a noncustodial parent.
"Distributed payments"
means funds have been
					 logged to the case and the resulting issuance, if any, occurred.
"Distribution"
is the federally mandated
					 process for applying receipts after they are allocated.
"Forgery"
means a fraudulently endorsed and
					 subsequently cashed warrant.
"Monthly payment plan"
means the plan approved
					 by the court or a voluntary income assignment or acknowledgment executed by the
					 obligor to ensure compliance with a support order, including current child
					 support, cash medical, spousal support, and monthly payment on past-due
					 support.
"Negotiable instrument"
means
an
					 unconditional promise or order to pay a fixed amount of money, with or without
					 interest or other charges described in the promise or order,
if it
					 meets the criteria outlined in 12A O.S. § 3-104.
"Obligation"
means the monthly amount due for
					 current support, past-due support, or both, along with total arrears for an
					 obligor.
"Payee"
means the person or entity to whom the
					 check is written.
"Pended payments"
means funds that are
					 distributed to case balances but the payee has not yet received the money.
					 Pended payments include, but are not limited to, cancelled by statute and stop
					 pay issuances.
(A)
"Cancelled by statute"
means a warrant was
					 issued but was not cashed by the payee within 90 calendar days.
(B)
"Stop pay"
means an Oklahoma Child Support
					 Services (OCSS) warrant was issued but the payee requested the check not be
					 approved for payment. The payee must complete Form 10AD044E, Affidavit of Lost
					 or Destroyed Warrant, in order to initiate the stop payment process. Upon
					 receipt of Form 10AD044E, OCSS notifies the Oklahoma State Treasurer and issues
					 a replacement warrant.
"Unauthorized signature"
means
a
					 signature made without actual, implied or apparent authority. The term includes
					 a forgery
per 12A O.S. § 1-201.
"Undistributed payments"
means funds received
					 but not yet distributed to a case balance.
"Warrant"
means an unconditional written order
					 by which one person or entity authorizes another person or entity to pay a sum
					 certain of money to a third person or entity. A warrant is also known as a
					 check or bank draft.
Added at 26 Ok Reg 1245, eff 7-1-09 ; Amended at 29 Ok
						Reg 765, eff 7-1-12 ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 650, eff
						7-1-13