(a) As used in this section and in § 516(g) of this title, the term “license” means a commercial driver license or license to operate a motor vehicle issued or renewed under Chapter 26 or 27 of Title 21, a hunting, fishing or trapping license issued or renewed under Chapter 5 of Title 7, and a license, permit, certificate, approval, registration or other similar form of permission or authorization to practice or engage in any profession, occupation or business, issued or renewed by the Division of Revenue under Chapter 23, 25, 27 or 29 of Title 30, or by any commission, board or agency under the authority of the Division of Professional Regulation which is named in § 8735 of Title 29 (but not including any license issued on behalf of a nonprofit applicant by the Board of Charitable Gaming as set forth in Chapter 15 of Title 28).

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(b) In order to provide for the denial or suspension of licenses to delinquent child support obligors, the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, the Director of the Division of Revenue, the Director of the Division of Fish and Wildlife and the Director of the Division of Professional Regulation shall each enter into a cooperative agreement with the Director of the Division of Child Support Services to make available or otherwise provide to the Director of the Division of Child Support Services information regarding any person who applies for or holds a license issued or renewed by their respective divisions. The specific information and the manner and frequency with which it is made available or otherwise provided to the Division of Child Support Services shall be as determined by each cooperative agreement, but such information shall be made available or otherwise provided at least once each calendar year. Each cooperative agreement shall be revised as necessary to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this section. From such information provided by the Division of Motor Vehicles, the Division of Revenue, the Division of Fish and Wildlife and the Division of Professional Regulation, the Division of Child Support Services, at such intervals as it determines, may identify such applicants or licensees who are delinquent child support obligors as described in this section, and undertake enforcement action pursuant to this section.

(c) Subject to the notice and hearing provisions of this section, the Director of the Division of Child Support Services may give notice that a license shall not be issued or renewed by the Division of Motor Vehicles, the Division of Revenue, the Division of Fish and Wildlife or by any commission, board or agency under the authority of the Division of Professional Regulation which is named in § 8735 of Title 29 if:

(1) The applicant is the subject of an outstanding capias or bench warrant issued by the Family Court for failure to appear at any paternity or child support proceeding in a case enforced by the Division of Child Support Services pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.); or

(2) The applicant is under an order of the Family Court to pay child support in a case enforced by the Division of Child Support Services pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), owes $1,000 or more in arrears or retroactive support, and is 30 or more days delinquent in payment of the support order.

(d) Subject to the notice and hearing provisions of this section, the Director of the Division of Child Support Services may give notice that a license issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles, the Division of Revenue, the Division of Fish and Wildlife or by any commission, board or agency under the authority of the Division of Professional Regulation which is named in § 8735 of Title 29 shall be suspended if:

(1) The licensee is the subject of an outstanding capias or bench warrant issued by the Family Court for failure to appear at any paternity or child support proceeding in a case enforced by the Division of Child Support Services pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.); or

(2) The licensee is under an order of the Family Court to pay child support in a case enforced by the Division of Child Support Services pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), owes $1,000 or more in arrears or retroactive support, and is 30 or more days delinquent in payment of the support order.

(e) The Director of the Division of Child Support Services shall give written notice of the proposed denial or suspension of a license to the obligor, together with the amount of arrears or retroactive support and the date of the last payment on the child support order. The denial or suspension of the license becomes effective upon final written notice to the obligor from the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, the Director of the Division of Revenue, the Director of the Division of Fish and Wildlife and/or the Director of the Division of Professional Regulation unless, within 20 days of the date the notice of proposed denial or suspension is mailed by the Director of the Division of Child Support Services, the obligor:

(1) Requests in writing an administrative hearing before the Director of the Division of Child Support Services or the Director’s designee;

(2) Pays the arrears or retroactive support in full;

(3) Surrenders to the Family Court on any outstanding capias or bench warrant and pays any arrears or retroactive support in full; or

(4) Consents to a payment plan acceptable to the Director of the Division of Child Support Services or the Director’s designee, and fully complies therewith.

(f) The Director of the Division of Child Support Services or the Director’s designee shall convene a hearing within 30 days after receipt of the obligor’s timely written request, and shall issue a written decision within 5 working days after the hearing. The only issues to be addressed at the hearing are whether the applicant or licensee is the obligor named in the child support order; whether the obligor owes $1,000 or more in arrears or retroactive support; and whether the obligor is 30 or more days delinquent in payment of the child support order. No evidence of the appropriateness of the child support order or of the obligor’s ability to comply shall be received or considered at the hearing. The records of the Division of Child Support Services shall be presumptive of the amount of arrears or retroactive child support and of the obligor’s payment history.

(g) If the obligor fails to timely request a hearing or to otherwise timely comply with the requirements of subsection (e) of this section to avoid denial or suspension of the license, upon the issuance of a written decision adverse to the obligor after a hearing, or upon order of the Family Court pursuant to § 516(g) of this title, the Director of the Division of Child Support Services may notify the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, the Director of the Division of Revenue, the Director of the Division of Fish and Wildlife and/or the Director of the Division of Professional Regulation that the provisions of this section for denial or suspension of the obligor’s license have been met. Such notification may be made electronically, by computer or by such other means as the Director of the Division of Child Support Services and the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, the Director of the Division of Revenue, the Director of the Division of Fish and Wildlife and the Director of the Division of Professional Regulation may agree, and such notification shall constitute sufficient authority for the denial or suspension of any license. The Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, the Director of the Division of Revenue, the Director of the Division of Fish and Wildlife and/or the Director of the Division of Professional Regulation shall forthwith deny the issuance or renewal of any license, or suspend the same, and so notify the applicant or licensee in writing. The notice from the Director of the Division of Child Support Services shall be conclusive, and the action of the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, the Director of the Division of Revenue, the Director of the Division of Fish and Wildlife and/or the Director of the Division of Professional Regulation in compliance therewith shall be effective 4 days after the date notice of same is mailed to the obligor at the address on record at the Division of Motor Vehicles, the Division of Revenue, the Division of Fish and Wildlife or the Division of Professional Regulation. The obligor shall remain ineligible for the issuance, renewal or reinstatement of any license until the obligor obtains from the Director of the Division of Child Support Services or his or her designee written certification that the grounds for denial or suspension of a license under this section no longer exist or by order of the Family Court pursuant to § 516(h) of this title.

(h) Except as otherwise provided herein, all hearings and proceedings under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, Chapter 101 of Title 29.

(i) The obligor may appeal a decision entered after a hearing under this section to the Family Court. The appeal shall be filed within 30 days of the day the notice of decision is mailed by the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, the Director of the Division of Revenue, the Director of the Division of Fish and Wildlife or the Director of the Division of Professional Regulation. The appeal shall be on the record to the Family Court and shall be as provided in §§ 10102(4) and 10142 through 10145 of Title 29.

(j) The process described in this section shall constitute the sole remedy for contesting the denial or suspension of a license based on the grounds in this section.

(k) The remedies provided in this section shall be in addition to any other remedies for the enforcement of a support order.

(l) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the Family Court’s authority to order the denial or suspension of any license as provided in § 516(g) of this title. Failure of the Family Court to order denial or suspension of a license under § 516(g) of this title shall not in any way limit or affect the authority to deny or suspend a license as provided in this section except as provided in § 516(h) of this title.

(m) The Director of the Division of Child Support Services may enter into such agreements with the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, the Director of the Division of Revenue, the Director of the Division of Fish and Wildlife, the Director of the Division of Professional Regulation and such other agencies as may be appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this section.

70 Del. Laws, c. 452, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 71 Del. Laws, c. 216, §§ ?60-74; 75 Del. Laws, c. 207, §§ ?2, 3, 4; 78 Del. Laws, c. 102, § ?1; 80 Del. Laws, c. 234, § 17;