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9-14-207. Office of Child Support Enforcement — Administrator — Child support officers.
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9-14-207. Office of Child Support Enforcement — Administrator — Child support officers.
(a) The Administrator of the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with county judges, court clerks, and prosecuting attorneys concerning the establishment, enforcement, collection, monitoring, and distribution of support obligations.
(b) The administrator is further authorized to appoint child support officers, in counties where the court grants at least two thousand five hundred (2,500) divorces each year, as law enforcement officers in the duties and obligations as set forth in § 9-14-206(c).
(c)(1) The administrator or his or her designee is authorized to issue an administrative subpoena for any financial or other information needed to establish, modify, or enforce a child support order to any individual or organization reasonably believed to have information on the financial resources of a parent or presumed or alleged father.
(2) A court may compel compliance with an administrative subpoena, impose penalties as authorized by § 9-14-208(c), and award attorney's fees and costs to the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration upon proof that an individual or organization failed to comply with the subpoena without cause.
(3) Subpoenas issued pursuant to the authority of the office shall be substantially in the following form:
“The State of Arkansas to the Sheriff of County: You are commanded to subpoena (name), regarding a proceeding before the Office of Child Support Enforcement to be held at (address) on the day of , 20 , and produce the following books, records, or other docu
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-14-207
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9-14-207. Office of Child Support Enforcement — Administrator — Child support officers.
(a) The Administrator of the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with county judges, court clerks, and prosecuting attorneys concerning the establishment, enforcement, collection, monitoring, and distribution of support obligations.
(b) The administrator is further authorized to appoint child support officers, in counties where the court grants at least two thousand five hundred (2,500) divorces each year, as law enforcement officers in the duties and obligations as set forth in § 9-14-206(c).
(c)(1) The administrator or his or her designee is authorized to issue an administrative subpoena for any financial or other information needed to establish, modify, or enforce a child support order to any individual or organization reasonably believed to have information on the financial resources of a parent or presumed or alleged father.
(2) A court may compel compliance with an administrative subpoena, impose penalties as authorized by § 9-14-208(c), and award attorney's fees and costs to the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration upon proof that an individual or organization failed to comply with the subpoena without cause.
(3) Subpoenas issued pursuant to the authority of the office shall be substantially in the following form:
“The State of Arkansas to the Sheriff of County: You are commanded to subpoena (name), regarding a proceeding before the Office of Child Support Enforcement to be held at (address) on the day of , 20 , and produce the following books, records, or other documents, to wit: , in the matter of (style of proceeding), being conducted under the authority of WITNESS, my hand and seal this day of , 20 . Administrator, Office of Child Support Enforcement”.
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(d)(1) Subpoenas provided for in this section shall be served in the manner as now provided by law and returned and a record made and kept by the office.
(2) The fees and mileage of officers serving the subpoenas and witnesses in answer to subpoenas shall be the same as now provided by law.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
9-14-206. Office of Child Support Enforcement — Establishment — Plan — Program — Child support officers.
(a) There is established an organizational unit to be called the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration that shall administer the state plan for child support enforcement required under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act.
(b) The office is designated as the single public entity for the administration of income withholding of support payments in accordance with federal law.
(c)(1) The office is hereby designated as a law enforcement agency and may employ a child support officer in counties where the court grants at least two thousand five hundred (2,500) divorces each year to assist in the service of civil and criminal process and to enforce child support orders in this state.
(2) The officers shall be duly certified law enforcement officers pursuant to § 12-9-101 et seq. and shall have the same power to execute, serve, and return all lawful warrants including warrants of arrest issued by the State of Arkansas or any political subdivision thereof.
(d)(1)(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, in all counties in cases in which the sheriff has returned the service papers “non est”, the office may employ a child support officer or contract with a process server to assist in the service of civil and criminal process and to enforce child support orders in this state.
(B) A child support officer so employed shall be a duly certified law enforcement officer pursuant to § 12-9-101 et seq.
(2) Process servers contracting with the office or its agent shall be appointed by the circuit court pursuant to Rule 4 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure or Rule 6.3 of
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-14-206
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 9-14-206. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
9-14-208. Office of Child Support Enforcement — Powers to obtain information on noncustodial parent — Penalty — Immunity — Definitions.
(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Business” means any corporation, partnership, cable television company, association, individual, utility company that is organized privately, as a cooperative, or as a quasi-public entity, and labor or other organization maintaining an office, doing business, or having a registered agent in the State of Arkansas;
(2) “Financial entity” means any bank, trust company, savings and loan association, credit union, insurance company, or any corporation, association, partnership, or individual receiving or accepting money or its equivalent on deposit as a business in the State of Arkansas;
(3) “Information” means, but is not necessarily limited to, the following:
(A) The full name of the noncustodial parent;
(B) The Social Security number of the noncustodial parent;
(C) The date of birth of the noncustodial parent;
(D) The last known mailing and residential address of the noncustodial parent;
(E) The amount of wages, salaries, earnings, or commissions earned by or paid to the noncustodial parent;
(F) The number of dependents declared by the noncustodial parent on state and federal tax information and reporting forms;
(G) The name of the company, policy numbers, and dependent coverage for any medical insurance carried by and on behalf of the noncustodial parent;
(H) The name of the company, policy numbers, and the cash values, if any, of any life insurance policies or annuity contracts that are carried by or on behalf of or owned by the noncustodial parent; and
(I) Any retirement benefits, pension plans, or stock purchase plans maintained on behalf of or owned by the noncustodial paren
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-14-208
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 9-14-208. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.