New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Chapter 50 - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM › Part 100 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 8.50.100.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
Unless otherwise apparent from the context, the following
				  definitions shall apply throughout these regulations.
A.
"Account"
means a demand
				deposit account checking or negotiable withdrawal order account, savings
				account, time deposit account, or money-market mutual fund account.
B.
"Arrearage"
means the amount
				of support owed that was unpaid and has been consolidated into a judgment. Also
				referred to as arrears or past-due support.
C.
"AFDC"
means aid to families
				with dependent children. AFDC is now replaced by the TANF/ NM works program.
				Where TANF/ NM works is referenced in these regulations, the provisions apply
				to AFDC cases.
D.
"Authorized
				representative"
means a person acting under the authority of a valid
				power of attorney (with a general or specific designation regarding a child
				support case), a guardian ad litem, an attorney representing a person, or the
				parent of a minor having a child support case. The person will be required to
				produce documentation of his or her authorized status.
E.
"Business day"
means a day on
				which state offices are open for regular business.
F.
"CP"
means custodial party or
				custodial parent.
G.
"CSED"
means the child support enforcement division of the human
				services department that is the New Mexico Title IV-D agency, designated by
				Section
				27-2-27
				et seq., NMSA 1978, as the single state agency for the enforcement of child,
				medical, and spousal support obligations pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social
				Security Act.
H.
"CSES"
means the child support enforcement system (the computer
				system for CSED).
I.
"Delinquency"
means any payment under an order for support that
				has become due and is unpaid and has not been consolidated into a judgment.
				This may also be known as overdue support.
J.
"Department"
means the New
				Mexico human services department.
K.
"Department's records"
means
				all physical and automated records maintained by the department on any person,
				as well as access to automated and physical records maintained by other
				persons.
L.
"Dependent"
means a minor who has not emancipated by age or by
				court order. This is the same as a "minor child."
M.
"DMSH"
means data match
				specification handbook.
N.
"Distribution"
means the act of collecting child support payments
				and disbursing those payments to the proper individual or agency.
O.
"District court"
means the
				judicial district courts, family courts, and child support hearing officers
				having jurisdiction over child support matters in the state of New
				Mexico.
P.
"Employer"
means the same as the term in Section 3401(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of
				1986 and includes any governmental entity and any labor organization.
Q.
"FIDM"
means financial
				institution data match.
R.
"Financial institution"
is defined in Section
				27-1-13
				et seq., NMSA 1978.
S.
"Family violence"
means the family violence indicator or
				non-disclosure indicator on the child support computer system.
T.
"Genetic testing"
means any
				testing methodology used to determine parent and child relationship as
				described in Section
				40-11A-503
				et seq., NMSA 1978.
U.
"Hearings bureau"
means the Title IV-D hearings bureau.
V.
"Hearing officer"
means the
				Title IV-D administrative hearings officer or administrative law
				judge.
W.
"HSD"
means
				the human services department.
X.
"Location"
means information concerning the physical whereabouts
				of a person or the person's employer(s), other sources of income, or assets as
				appropriate, which is sufficient and necessary to take the next appropriate
				action in a case.
Y.
"NCP"
means non-custodial party or non-custodial parent.
Z.
"Obligee"
means any person
				who is entitled to receive support under an order for support or that person's
				legal representative or assignee pursuant to Subsection F of Section
				27-2-28
				NMSA 1978.
AA.
"Obligor"
means the person who owes a duty to make payments under
				an order for support.
BB.
"Order for support"
means any order that has been issued by any
				judicial, quasi-judicial or administrative entity of competent jurisdiction of
				any state, territory, or nation that has entered into a reciprocal agreement
				for the establishment and enforcement of orders for support with the United
				States and which order provides f
(1) periodic
				payment of funds for the support of a child or a spouse;
(2) modification or resumption of payment of
				support;
(3) payment of
				delinquency; or
(4) reimbursement
				of support.