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Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 4 - GENERAL SERVICES › Section 4-5 - Enforcement of Child and Medical Support Orders

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) In Title
				IV-D cases requiring enforcement, CSE may take steps necessary to enforce child
				and medical support orders including any remedies provided by federal or state
				law.
(b) In Title IV-D cases where
				the noncustodial parent is required to provide health care coverage pursuant to
				a child support order and for whom the employer is known, CSE shall enforce the
				provision of health care coverage for children, where appropriate, through the
				National Medical Support Notice (NMSN) as provided by federal or state law
				unless alternative coverage is allowed for in any order of the court or
				tribunal issuing the child support order or unless CSE has determined that
				satisfactory alternative coverage is currently provided for the children.
(i) Where appropriate, CSE shall transfer the
				NMSN to the employer within two (2) business days after an employee who is an
				obligor in a Title IV-D case is entered in the State Directory of New Hires.
				This transfer may be by electronic means.
(ii) The obligor has 20 days from the date of
				receipt of the NMSN within which to request a hearing or the opportunity for a
				hearing may be deemed waived.
(A) The request
				for hearing shall be made in writing to the court or tribunal of appropriate
				jurisdiction, with notice to CSE; and
(B) The request for hearing shall state the
				basis upon which the hearing is requested.
(iii) The obligor may contest the withholding
				based on any lawful grounds, including mistake of fact, according to the
				provisions of paragraph (ii) above. If the obligor contests withholding based
				on any lawful grounds, the employer shall initiate withholding until such time
				as the employer receives notice from CSE that the contest is
				resolved.
(iv) The CP, in
				consultation with CSE, shall promptly select from available insurance plan
				options when the insurance plan administrator reports that there is more than
				one (1) option available under the plan and shall take into consideration the
				income withholding of, and cost to, the obligor.
(v) The CP shall, for purposes of enforcing
				medical support orders in which the NCP is ordered to pay a portion of
				non-covered medical expenses, provide CSE with a court judgment providing for a
				judgment amount of non-covered medical expenses.
(vi) CSE shall promptly notify the employer
				when there is no longer a current order for medical support in effect for which
				the Title IV-D agency is responsible.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 4 - GENERAL SERVICES › Section 4-6 - Legal Services

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) CSE shall
				have a cause of action with respect to and may initiate, join, intervene or
				prosecute in any action for the establishment of paternity or support,
				enforcement, or modification of support in any Title IV-D case. These actions
				may be brought and maintained in the Department's own name.
(b) Attorneys contracted with or employed by
				CSE represent the interest of the State of Wyoming's Title IV-D agency or
				another state's Title IV-D agency and not the interest of any other party. No
				attorney-client relationship exists or is created between child support
				attorneys and individuals involved in any Title IV-D actions.
(c) CSE shall determine, in consultation with
				the Office of the Attorney General, whether to appeal an adverse decision.
				Decisions to appeal shall be based on the best interest of the State of
				Wyoming.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 5 - PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION › Section 5-2 - Program Monitoring

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) CSE shall track
				and monitor program statistics and support payments using the
				federally-required computerized support enforcement system.
(b) The computerized support enforcement
				system shall maintain data necessary to meet federal reporting requirements on
				a timely basis as prescribed by OCSE.
(c) The computerized support enforcement
				system shall maintain information pertaining to:
(i) Delinquency and enforcement
				activities;
(ii) Intrastate and
				intergovernmental location of absent parents;
(iii) Establishment of paternity;
(iv) Establishment of support obligations;
				and
(v) Collections and
				distribution of intrastate and intergovernmental support payments.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 6 - INCOME WITHHOLDING › Section 6-1 - Uniform Forms

Current through July 13, 2024
CSE shall use the federally approved uniform notice to payer
				  and income withholding order and issue it to an employer within two (2)
				  business days of receipt of employment information. This issuance may be by
				  electronic means.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 6 - INCOME WITHHOLDING › Section 6-2 - Administrative Income Withholding

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) CSE may issue
				an administrative income withholding order or National Medical Support Notice
				if a court or tribunal has entered a support order, which may include health
				care coverage.
(b) CSE may issue an
				immediate administrative income withholding order if an arrearage occurs, in
				child support, which may include health care coverage.
(c) This administrative order shall be in a
				form approved by CSE and signed by the Title IV-D Director.
(d) The administrative order shall be sent to
				the obligor via first class mail to the obligor's last known address, with a
				Notice of Administrative Income Withholding advising the obligor that:
(i) Within 20 calendar days of the date
				printed on the notice, the obligor may request in writing an administrative
				records review;
(ii) CSE shall
				review the records and respond to the obligor within 30 calendar days with the
				results of the administrative records review; and
(iii) The obligor may appeal the order to the
				appropriate district court.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 6 - INCOME WITHHOLDING › Section 6-4 - Payment to the State Disbursement Unit

Current through July 13, 2024
All Title IV-D payments shall be made to the State
				  Disbursement Unit (SDU) and all non-Title IV-D income withholding payments on
				  orders entered after January 1, 1994, shall be made to the
				  SDU.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 7 - FEDERAL OFFSET PROGRAM › Section 7-1 - Federal Offset Program Notice and Due Process

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) CSE shall
				notify noncustodial parents via first class mail, at the noncustodial parent's
				last known address, of CSE's intention to certify the noncustodial parent to
				the federal offset program for purposes of offsetting his/her federal funds,
				including federal tax refund offset and administrative offset. CSE shall notify
				noncustodial parents via first class mail, at the noncustodial parent's last
				known address, of CSE's intention to certify the noncustodial parent for
				federal passport denial, revocation or restriction. Notices shall be sent at
				least 30 days prior to a case being certified for federal offset or federal
				passport denial, revocation or restriction. Lack of actual notice to the
				noncustodial parent shall not result in decertification from the offset or
				passport list.
(b) Noncustodial
				parents who wish to contest certification of themselves or the arrearage amount
				shall contact their local child support office for an administrative records
				review.
(c) If the administrative
				records review changes the amount certified, CSE shall notify the
				OCSE.
(d) Noncustodial parents may
				request an administrative review in the State of Wyoming or in a state where
				the order was entered.
(i) Procedures for
				contesting in intrastate cases:
(A) Upon
				receipt of a complaint from a noncustodial parent in response to the advance
				notice or concerning a tax refund which has already been offset, CSE shall
				conduct an administrative review of the complaint to determine the validity of
				the complaint.
(B) If the complaint
				concerns a joint tax refund that has not yet been offset, CSE shall inform the
				noncustodial parent that the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury will notify the
				noncustodial parent's spouse at the time of offset regarding the steps to take
				to secure his/her proper share of the refund. If the complaint concerns a joint
				tax refund which has already been offset, CSE shall refer the noncustodial
				parent to the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury.
(C) If the administrative review results in a
				deletion of, or decrease in, the amount referred for offset, the Title IV-D
				agency shall notify OCSE in writing within time frames established by the OCSE
				and include the information specified by OCSE.
(D) If, as a result of the administrative
				review, an amount which has already been offset is found to have exceeded the
				amount of past due support owed, CSE shall take steps to refund the excess
				amount to the noncustodial parent promptly, regardless of whether this amount
				has been disbursed to the custodial parent.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 7 - FEDERAL OFFSET PROGRAM › Section 7-2 - Federal Income Tax Refund Offset Program

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) CSE shall
				participate in the federal income tax refund offset program for the purpose of
				recovering child support debts pursuant to federal law.
(b) If the Secretary of the Treasury, through
				OCSE, notifies CSE an offset is being made to satisfy Non-PA past due support
				from a tax refund based on a joint tax return, CSE may delay distribution of
				the collected amount for a period not to exceed six (6) months.
(c) For eligible families, the CSE may
				request the Secretary to certify the amount of a child support obligation to
				the Secretary of the Treasury for collection under §6305 of the Internal
				Revenue Code of 1986.
(i) For a case to be
				eligible for certification to the Secretary of the Treasury, the following
				shall apply:
(A) Open IV-D Case;
(B) Past-due support greater than:
(1) $150.00 assigned arrears for public
				assistance cases or past public assistance cases; or
(2) $500.00 for non-assigned arrears in
				nonpublic assistance or past public assistance cases;
(C) Non-custodial parent's name and SSN;
				and
(D) Non-custodial parent's
				address (either current or historical address).
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 7 - FEDERAL OFFSET PROGRAM › Section 7-3 - Administrative Offset Program

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) All case types
				that are eligible for federal income tax refund offset are eligible for
				administrative offset.
(b) Federal
				payments to obligors that may be offset for purposes of the Act include vendor
				and miscellaneous payments such as expense reimbursement payments and travel
				payments, federal retirement payments and federal salary payments.
(c) Federal payments shall be offset at a
				rate set by federal law.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 7 - FEDERAL OFFSET PROGRAM › Section 7-4 - Federal Passport Denial, Revocation or Restriction Program

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) If the
				Secretary receives a certification from CSE that an obligor owes arrearages of
				at least $2,500.00, the Secretary shall transmit the certification to the
				Secretary of State who shall refuse to issue a passport to the
				obligor.
(b) The Secretary of State
				may take action to revoke, restrict or limit a passport previously issued to
				such an individual.
(c) Obligors
				are not automatically removed from the federal passport denial, revocation or
				restriction program when the debt drops below $2,500.00.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 8 - CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTS AND REPORTING › Section 8-1 - Obtaining Consumer Reports

Current through July 13, 2024
CSE may request a consumer report, in PA and Non-PA cases,
				  from a consumer reporting agency pursuant to § 604 of the Fair Credit
				  Reporting Act,
				  15 U.S.C. §
										1681 b, as amended. Requests for consumer
				  reports shall be made in compliance with federal and state
				  law.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 8 - CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTS AND REPORTING › Section 8-2 - Reporting to Consumer Reporting Agencies

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Information
				regarding an obligor who is delinquent in child support payments shall be
				provided monthly or upon request to consumer reporting agencies pursuant to
				federal and state law.
(b) Obligors
				shall be sent a notice of intent to report to consumer reporting agencies via
				first class mail at the obligor's last known address. Lack of actual notice
				shall not prevent reporting.
(c)
				Obligors may request an administrative records review within 20 calendar days
				of the date printed on the notice.
(d) The CSE shall notify obligors of the
				results of the administrative records review within 30 calendar days of receipt
				of the request.
(e) If the obligor
				disputes the findings of the administrative records review, the obligor may
				petition the district court for relief.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 9 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DATA MATCH › Section 9-2 - Data Matches

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) CSE performs
				quarterly data matches with financial institutions transacting business in
				Wyoming.
(b) OCSE performs
				quarterly data matches with financial institutions conducting business in more
				than one state on behalf of CSE.
(c) Names of obligors who have been submitted
				for federal income tax refund offset program are submitted for MSFIDM. OCSE
				conducts MSFIDMs and distributes match files to CSE.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 9 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DATA MATCH › Section 9-3 - Seizure of Assets

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) CSE's employees
				or contractors shall determine whether to proceed with seizure of the asset
				upon receiving notification of a match between an obligor and an account from
				an in-state or multistate financial institution.
(b) Notice of the action shall be sent to the
				financial institution by first class mail. The notice shall direct that payment
				be made to the SDU.
(c) Copies of
				the notice shall be sent via first class mail to the last known address of the
				obligor and all other parties, within five (5) business days.
(i) The notice shall advise the obligor of
				the right to request in writing an administrative records review within 20
				calendar days from the date printed on the notice.
(ii) Lack of actual notice shall not prevent
				seizure of the asset.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 9 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DATA MATCH › Section 9-4 - Confidentiality of Information

Current through July 13, 2024
Any information obtained from a financial institution is not
				  a public record. Information from a financial institution concerning an account
				  holder shall not be disclosed for purposes other than the establishment,
				  modification or enforcement of a support order. A financial institution and its
				  officers, directors and employees shall not be subject to criminal or civil
				  liability for disclosing or releasing information concerning an account holder
				  to a Title IV-D agency, or for any other action taken in good faith to comply
				  with requirements of these rules.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 10 - LICENSE REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION › Section 10-1 - Judicial Process

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) For purposes of
				this chapter, a child support obligor is referred to as "licensee."
(b) CSE may request the court to enter an
				order withholding or suspending a driver's license, commercial driver's
				license, any professional, occupational, recreational license, or any other
				license, certificate or permit of a licensee who is in arrears in child support
				payments.
(c) Upon obtaining a
				court order, CSE shall send a certified copy of the court order to any
				licensing agency identified in the court order.
(d) Upon determining the licensee is in
				compliance with the terms of the court order, CSE shall notify the appropriate
				licensing agency of the licensee's compliance. This notice shall be in writing
				and sent via regular mail within five (5) business days of the obligor's
				compliance.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 10 - LICENSE REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION › Section 10-2 - Administrative Process (Driver's License Only)

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) CSE may administratively suspend an
				obligor's driver's license if the obligor has an arrears balance of at least
				$2,500.00 and a full monthly payment has not been made within the last 90 days.
				For purposes of this section a full monthly payment is defined as a payment
				equal to or greater than the amount of current support that was originally
				ordered, even if the case is now an arrears only case.
(b) If CSE determines a driver's license
				suspension may be better achieved through an administrative process, CSE may
				initiate administrative suspension proceedings.
(c) CSE shall notify the licensee via
				certified mail, at the licensee's last known address, or by personal service
				that the child support obligation is in arrears the statutory amount and the
				licensee's driver's license may be suspended.
(d) The licensee may appeal to district court
				for any dispute involving the following reasons:
(i) The amount of current child support owed
				or arrearage;
(ii) The identity of
				the alleged obligor named in the notice of suspension; or
(iii) The willfulness of any action or
				inaction of the obligor that contributed to the nonpayment of child
				support.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 11 - ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT INTERGOVERNMENTAL › Section 11-1 - Administrative Enforcement Intergovernmental

Current through July 13, 2024
In response to an appropriate request from another state to
				  enforce a support order, CSE shall use administrative enforcement to the same
				  extent as used for intrastate cases.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 11 - ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT INTERGOVERNMENTAL › Section 11-2 - Administrative Income Withholding

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) CSE may issue
				an administrative income withholding order or National Medical Support Notice
				if a court or tribunal has entered a support order, which may include health
				care coverage.
(b) CSE may issue an
				immediate administrative income withholding order if an arrearage occurs in
				child support, which may include health care coverage.
(c) The administrative order shall be in a
				form approved by CSE and signed by the Title IV-D Director.
(d) The administrative order shall be sent to
				the obligor via first class mail to the obligor's last known address, with a
				Notice of Administrative Income Withholding advising the obligor that:
(i) Within 20 calendar days of the date
				printed on the notice, the obligor may request in writing an administrative
				records review;
(ii) CSE shall
				review the records and respond to the obligor within 30 calendar days with the
				results of the administrative records review; and
(iii) The obligor may appeal the order to the
				appropriate district court.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 11 - ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT INTERGOVERNMENTAL › Section 11-3 - Administrative Subpoenas

Current through July 13, 2024
CSE may issue administrative subpoenas for financial or other
				  information pertaining to the child support obligation. CSE may impose an
				  administrative penalty not to exceed $25.00 for failure to respond to the
				  administrative subpoenas.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 11 - ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT INTERGOVERNMENTAL › Section 11-4 - Notice and Due Process

Current through July 13, 2024
CSE shall notify the obligor of the intent to attach and
				  seize an asset owned by the obligor within five (5) business days of the time
				  the attachment proceeding is initiated. The notice shall be on a form approved
				  by CSE and shall advise the obligor of his rights and responsibilities,
				  including the right to contact CSE to resolve the matter, the right to request
				  an administrative hearing and the right to appeal to the district court. The
				  obligor shall have 20 days from the date printed on the notice to
				  respond.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 11 - ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT INTERGOVERNMENTAL › Section 11-5 - Seizure of the Asset

Current through July 13, 2024
CSE shall seize the asset in accordance with state law
				  applicable to the type of real or personal property subject to the
				  seizure.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 11 - ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT INTERGOVERNMENTAL › Section 11-6 - Automated Administrative Enforcement in Intergovernmental Cases

Current through July 13, 2024
Pursuant to § 466(a)(14) of the Act, CSE shall cooperate
				  with other states in the automated administrative enforcement intergovernmental
				  of child support orders.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 12 - STATE REGISTRIES › Section 12-1 - State Case Registry

Current through July 13, 2024
CSE shall submit all State Case Registry (Title IV-D and
				  non-Title IV-D child support case information) to the Federal Case Registry
				  unless the Family Violence Indicator is marked on a case.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 12 - STATE REGISTRIES › Section 12-3 - Intergovernmental Central Registry

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) CSE shall
				establish a central registry responsible for receiving, transmitting, and
				responding to inquiries on all incoming intergovernmental IV-D cases.
(b) CSE shall within 10 working days of
				receipt of an intergovernmental IV-D case:
(i) Ensure that the documentation submitted
				with the case has been reviewed to determine completeness;
(ii) Forward the case for necessary action
				either to the central State Parent Locator Service for location services or to
				the appropriate agency for processing;
(iii) Acknowledge receipt of the case and
				request any missing documentation; and
(iv) Inform the initiating agency where the
				case was sent for action.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 12 - STATE REGISTRIES › Section 12-4 - Interstate Central Registry

Current through July 13, 2024
CSED shall maintain an interstate central registry
				  responsible for receiving, distributing and responding to inquires on all
				  incoming interstate Title IV-D cases as required by
				  45 CFR §
										303.7.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 12 - STATE REGISTRIES › Section 12-5 - Intergovernmental Central Registry

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) CSED shall
				establish a central registry responsible for receiving, transmitting, and
				responding to inquiries on all incoming intergovernmental IV-D cases.
(b) CSED shall within ten (10) working days
				of receipt of an intergovernmental IV-D case:
(i) Ensure that the documentation submitted
				with the case has been reviewed to determine completeness;
(ii) Forward the case for necessary action
				either to the central State Parent Locator Service for location services or to
				the appropriate agency for processing;
(iii) Acknowledge receipt of the case and
				request any missing documentation; and
(iv) Inform the initiating agency where the
				case was sent for action.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 13 - SAFEGUARD INFORMATION › Section 13-1 - Safeguarding and Disclosure of Confidential Information

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Except as authorized by the Act and
				federal regulations, the IV-D agency, any other state or local agency or
				official to whom the IV-D agency delegates any of the functions of the IV-D
				program, any official with whom a cooperative agreement has been entered into,
				and any person or private agency from whom the IV-D agency has purchased
				services, may not disclose any confidential information, obtained in connection
				with the performance of IV-D functions, outside the administration of the IV-D
				program.
(b) Upon request, the IV-D
				agency may, to the extent that it does not interfere with the IV-D agency
				meeting its own obligations and subject to such requirements as the federal
				government may prescribe, disclose confidential information to state agencies
				as necessary to assist them to carry out their responsibilities under plans and
				programs funded under titles IV (including Tribal programs under title IV),
				XIX, or XXI of the Act, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
				(SNAP), including:
(i) Any investigation,
				prosecution or criminal or civil proceeding conducted in connection with the
				administration of any such plan or program; and
(ii) Information on known or suspected
				instances of physical or mental injury, sexual abuse or exploitation, or
				negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child under circumstances which
				indicate that the child's health or welfare is threatened.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 14 - DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPORT COLLECTIONS › Section 14-2 - Assignment of Child and Medical Support

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) By signing an
				application for, or being a recipient of public assistance under the Wyoming
				POWER Program, an obligee shall be deemed to have assigned to DFS all rights
				they and all other members of the household on the public assistance grant have
				to child and spousal support, whether accrued, present, or future, and their
				right to medical support. The assignment shall be governed by the standards set
				forth in federal and state laws and regulations.
(b) DFS is the assignee of support rights. No
				act or omission of the obligee shall prejudice the rights of DFS.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 14 - DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPORT COLLECTIONS › Section 14-3 - Statutory Power of Attorney

Current through July 13, 2024
DFS has the power of attorney to act in the name of any
				  recipient of public assistance in endorsing and negotiating all drafts, checks,
				  money orders or other negotiable instruments received by DFS representing
				  support payments for children on whose behalf public assistance is being paid
				  or has been previously paid.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 14 - DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPORT COLLECTIONS › Section 14-4 - Statutory Power of Attorney

Current through July 13, 2024
DFS has the power of attorney to act in the name of any
				  recipient of public assistance in endorsing and negotiating all drafts, checks,
				  money orders or other negotiable instruments received by DFS representing
				  support payments for children on whose behalf public assistance is being paid
				  or has been previously paid.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 15 - RECOVERY OF RETAINED SUPPORT › Section 15-1 - Recovery of Assigned Child Support

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) If a POWER
				recipient receives child or spousal support payments directly while a POWER
				case is active, such payment shall be remitted to the Title IV-A agency. The
				assignment of support rights covers all support due to any person in the POWER
				recipient's household who is on the POWER grant and applies to past due support
				owed at the time the POWER grant went into effect. Therefore, the recipient
				shall not retain any support payment made on behalf of any person who is on the
				POWER grant.
(b) If CSE discovers a
				POWER recipient has retained support assigned to the state, CSE shall verify
				the recipient has retained child support.
(i)
				If CSE determines a current POWER recipient has retained a support payment, the
				information shall be transmitted to the appropriate Division of DFS for
				determination of future action.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 15 - RECOVERY OF RETAINED SUPPORT › Section 15-2 - Recovery of Overpayment from Non-Public Assistance Obligee

Current through July 13, 2024
If CSE determines an obligee received child support
				  erroneously, the obligee is personally liable for the return of any of those
				  amounts received.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 16 - SERVICES IN INTERGOVERNMENTAL CASES › Section 16-1 - General Responsibilities

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) CSE shall
				establish and use procedures for managing its intergovernmental IV-D caseload
				that ensure provision of necessary services as required by federal law and
				regulation and shall include maintenance of necessary records in accordance
				with federal law and regulation.
(b) CSE shall periodically review program
				performance on intergovernmental IV-D cases to evaluate the effectiveness of
				the procedures established under federal law and regulation.
(c) CSE shall ensure that the organizational
				structure and staff of the IV-D agency are adequate to provide for the
				administration or supervision of the following functions specified in federal
				regulation for its intergovernmental IV-D caseload: intake; establishment of
				paternity and the legal obligation to support; location; financial assessment;
				establishment of the amount of child support; collection; monitoring;
				enforcement; review and adjustment; and investigation.
(d) CSE shall use federally-approved forms in
				intergovernmental IV-D cases, unless a country has provided federally approved
				alternative forms. When using a paper version, CSE shall provide the number of
				complete sets of required documents needed by the responding agency, if one is
				not sufficient under the responding agency's law.
(e) CSE shall transmit requests for
				information and provide requested information electronically to the greatest
				extent possible.
(f) CSE shall
				within 30 working days of receiving a request, provide any order and payment
				record information requested by a state IV-D agency for a controlling order
				determination and reconciliation of arrearages, or notify the state IV-D agency
				when the information will be provided.
(g) CSE shall notify the other agency within
				10 working days of receipt of new information on an intergovernmental
				case.
(h) CSE shall cooperate with
				requests for the following limited services: quick locate, service of process,
				assistance with discovery, assistance with genetic testing, teleconferenced
				hearings, administrative reviews, high-volume automated administrative
				enforcement in interstate cases under the Act, and copies of court orders and
				payment records. CSE may honor requests for other limited services.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 16 - SERVICES IN INTERGOVERNMENTAL CASES › Section 16-2 - Central Registry

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) CSE shall
				establish a central registry responsible for receiving, transmitting, and
				responding to inquiries on all incoming intergovernmental IV-D cases.
(b) CSE shall within 10 working days of
				receipt of an intergovernmental IV-D case:
(i) Ensure that the documentation submitted
				with the case has been reviewed to determine completeness;
(ii) Forward the case for necessary action
				either to the central State Parent Locator Service for location services or to
				the appropriate agency for processing;
(iii) Acknowledge receipt of the case and
				request any missing documentation; and
(iv) Inform the initiating agency where the
				case was sent for action.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 16 - SERVICES IN INTERGOVERNMENTAL CASES › Section 16-3 - Initiating Agency Responsibilities

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) When initiating
				a case to another IV-D agency, CSE shall:
(i)
				Determine whether or not there is a support order or orders in effect in a case
				using the federal and state case registries, state records, information
				provided by the recipient of services, and other relevant information available
				to the state;
(ii) Determine in
				which state a determination of the controlling order and reconciliation of
				arrearages may be made where multiple orders exist; and
(iii) Determine whether the noncustodial
				parent is in another jurisdiction and whether it is appropriate to use its
				one-state remedies to establish paternity and establish, modify, and enforce a
				support order, including medical support and income withholding.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 16 - SERVICES IN INTERGOVERNMENTAL CASES › Section 16-4 - Responding Agency Responsibilities

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Upon receipt of
				a request for services from an initiating agency, CSE shall accept and process
				an intergovernmental request for services, regardless of whether the initiating
				agency elected not to use remedies that may be available under the law of that
				jurisdiction.
(b) Within 75
				calendar days of receipt of an intergovernmental form and documentation from
				its central registry, CSE shall:
(i) Provide
				location services in accordance with federal regulation if the request is for
				location services or the form or documentation does not include adequate
				location information on the noncustodial parent;
(ii) If unable to proceed with the case
				because of inadequate documentation, notify the initiating agency of the
				necessary additions or corrections to the form or documentation; and
(iii) If the documentation received with a
				case is incomplete and cannot be remedied without the assistance of the
				initiating agency, process the case to the extent possible pending necessary
				action by the initiating agency.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 16 - SERVICES IN INTERGOVERNMENTAL CASES › Section 16-5 - Payment and Recovery of Costs in Intergovernmental IV-D Cases

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The responding IV-D agency shall pay the
				costs it incurs in processing intergovernmental IV-D cases, including the costs
				of genetic testing. If paternity is established, the responding agency, at its
				election, may seek a judgment for the costs of testing from the alleged father
				who denied paternity.
(b) Each
				State IV-D agency may recover its costs of providing services in
				intergovernmental non-IV-A cases in accordance with federal regulations, except
				that a IV-D agency may not recover costs from an Foreign Reciprocating Country
				(FRC) or from a foreign obligee in that FRC, when providing services in
				accordance with federal regulations
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 16 - SERVICES IN INTERGOVERNMENTAL CASES › Section 16-6 - Case Closure Criteria

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The IV-D child
				support case may be closed as long as it meets all of the requirements outlined
				in the federal regulations. The case closure criteria that may apply in
				intergovernmental cases are:
(i) The IV-D
				agency documents failure by the initiating agency to take an action which is
				essential for the next step in providing services;
(ii) The initiating agency has notified the
				responding State that the initiating State has closed its case in accordance
				with federal regulations; and
(iii)
				The initiating agency has notified the responding State that its
				intergovernmental services are no longer needed.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0009 - Child Support Enforcement › Chapter 17 - MEDICAID BIRTHING COSTS RECOVERY › Section 17-1 - Department of Health referrals for Title 19 reimbursement

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Upon a referral
				from the Department of Health (DOH) that says the mother has received Title 19
				Medicaid services and is required to cooperate in the establishment of a child
				support and medical support obligation, including the reimbursement of Title 19
				costs to the state pursuant to Wyoming statutes, the CSE shall contact the
				mother by sending an application for services packet. Before an application for
				services packet is mailed, the DOH shall provide, at a minimum:
(i) The full name, date of birth, Social
				Security Number (unless the mother is a non-U.S. Citizen) and mailing address
				of the mother;
(ii) The child's
				full name and date of birth;
(iii)
				The amount of Title 19 that has been expended on only birth-related costs;
				and
(iv) The average statewide
				birth cost.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0010 - Workforce Development Training Fund › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
These rules are promulgated pursuant to the following
				  authority:
Department of Family Services
W.S. 9-2-2101 through
							 9-2-2106 W.S. W.S.
							 W.S.
							 5-6-114, W.S. W.S.
							 W.S.
							 7-13-304 W.S. W.S.
							 W.S.
							 14-9-101 through
							 14-9-108
Department of Health
W.S. W.S.
							 W.S.
							 9-2-106(a)(vii) W.S.
							 W.S.
							 5-6-114, W.S. W.S.
							 W.S.
							 7-13-304 W.S. W.S.
							 W.S.
							 14-9-101 through
							 14-9-108
Department of Education
W.S. W.S.
							 W.S.
							 21-2-104 through
							 21-2-105 W.S. W.S.
							 W.S.
							 21-2-201 through
							 21-2-202 W.S. W.S.
							 W.S.
							 21-2-301 through
							 21-2-304 W.S. W.S.
							 W.S.
							 5-6-114, W.S. W.S.
							 W.S.
							 7-13-304 W.S. W.S.
							 W.S.
							 14-9-101 through
							 14-9-108
State Advisory Council on Juvenile Justice W.S. W.S.
				  W.S.
				  14-10-101(f)
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0010 - Workforce Development Training Fund › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1-2 - Purpose

Current through July 13, 2024
These rules are adopted jointly by the Departments of Family
				  Services, Health, and Education to effectuate the purpose of the Community
				  Juvenile Services Board statutes,
				  W.S.
				  14-9-101 through
				  14-9-108 which is to, "(i)
				  establish, maintain and promote the development of juvenile services in
				  communities of the state aimed at allowing early identification (ii) and
				  diversion of children at risk of entry into the juvenile court system and
				  preventing juvenile delinquency and to allow decisions regarding juvenile
				  services to be made at the local level."
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0010 - Workforce Development Training Fund › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1-3 - Severability

Current through July 13, 2024
If any provision of these rules or the application thereof is
				  held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications
				  of these rules. To the extent these rules can be given effect without the
				  invalid provision, the provisions of these rules are
				  severable.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0010 - Workforce Development Training Fund › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1-5 - Introduction

Current through July 13, 2024
The Departments of Family Services, Health and Education
				  shall assist in the administration of the Community Juvenile Services Boards by
				  promulgating reasonable rules to include development of grant application
				  procedures, determining grant eligibility, development of procedures for
				  distribution of block grants, identification of research based strategies,
				  identification of graduated sanctions and intervention levels for all
				  juveniles, funding services cooperatively, implementation, development of
				  reporting procedures and project evaluation.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0010 - Workforce Development Training Fund › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1-6 - Goal

Current through July 13, 2024
The Community Juvenile Services system is initiated to assist
				  communities in the development and enhancement of locally based services to
				  create a continuum of care for at-risk youth and families. The system will
				  allow service decisions to occur at a local level, and will require community
				  based planning and coordination to achieve an effective continuum of
				  care.
(a) The system shall focus on:
(i) Creating local, regional and statewide
				partnerships; and
(ii) Insuring
				coordinated delivery of services and transitions within the human service
				system, including education, health, substance abuse and mental health and
				other community service providers.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0010 - Workforce Development Training Fund › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1-8 - Data Collection and Evaluation

Current through July 13, 2024
An evaluation of the overall project shall be conducted by a
				  team with members from the Departments of Family Services, Health and Education
				  and the State Advisory Council on Juvenile Justice to assess effectiveness and
				  efficiency. Each community will establish outcome and output measures within
				  its strategic plans. Additionally, the Departments of Family Services, Health
				  and Education, in cooperation with the State Advisory Council on Juvenile
				  Justice shall conduct a systemic evaluation of the projects. Such a systemic
				  review will require sharing and evaluation of service data between the
				  Departments of Family Services, Health, Education and the State Advisory
				  Council on Juvenile Justice. The performance indicators (outcome measures) will
				  be a proxy measurements of the outcomes of the CJSB planning and implementation
				  efforts in the development of a system that responds to the needs of the youth
				  and families in the community. When youth are assessed through a single point
				  of entry and referred for services within the community based on need, we
				  anticipate the effectiveness and efficiency of the system will be reflected in
				  the performance indicators. Performance indicators for evaluating effectiveness
				  and efficiency shall include:
(a)
				Placement Rates (as established by the Department of Family Services) shall
				include:
(i) Number of youth in out-of-home
				placement;
(ii) Length of stay in
				placement;
(iii) Re-entry into
				placement; and
(iv) Number of days
				in placement for all youth.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0010 - Workforce Development Training Fund › Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1-9 - Community Juvenile Services Boards

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Community
				Juvenile Services Board shall include representation from the following
				entities within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Community Juvenile
				Services Board:
(i) A representative of local
				field offices of the Department of Family Services;
(ii) A representative of local public
				health;
(iii) A representative from
				the local school districts;
(iv) A
				representative from prosecuting attorneys' offices;
(v) A representative from local police
				departments and sheriff's offices;
(vi) Representatives from the boards of
				county commissioners;
(vii) A
				representative from a local or regional mental health or substance abuse
				provider;
(viii) A representative
				from the public defender's office; and
(ix) Any other professional the board of
				county commissioners or joint powers board may appoint, who has particular
				knowledge or expertise in children or young adult services.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0010 - Workforce Development Training Fund › Chapter 2 - PRE-HIRE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRAINING GRANTS › Section 2-1 - Funding Application Procedures

Current through July 13, 2024
A Community Juvenile Services Board, pursuant to a joint
				  powers agreement, seeking funding from the state to support its strategic plan,
				  shall submit its funding request to the task force with representation from the
				  Departments of Family Services, Health, Education and the State Advisory
				  Council on Juvenile Justice. The Community Juvenile Services Board shall
				  respond to the request for funding on an application, developed by the
				  Departments of Family Services, Health and Education.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0010 - Workforce Development Training Fund › Chapter 2 - PRE-HIRE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRAINING GRANTS › Section 2-2 - Funding Eligibility

Current through July 13, 2024
The Community Juvenile Services Board formed pursuant to a
				  joint powers agreement shall submit a strategic plan developed per Chapter 1,
				  Section
				  8
				  and its request for funding to the State Advisory Council on Juvenile Justice
				  and the Department of Family Services to be eligible for
				  funding.