Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 3102 – Administrative enforcement of orders
Current as of: 2023 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
1. Documents to state information agency. A party residing in another state or a support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order shall send the documents required for registering the order to the department.
[PL 2009, c. 95, §59 (AMD); PL 2009, c. 95, §87 (AFF).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 3102
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services and its agents and authorized representatives. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 101
- Foreign support order: means a support order issued by a foreign tribunal. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 2802
- Income-withholding order: means an order or other legal process directed to an obligor's employer, as provided by chapter 65, subchapter IV, to withhold support from the income of the obligor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 2802
- Law: includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations having the force of law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 2802
- Obligor: means an individual or the estate of a decedent:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 2802Register: means to file in a tribunal of this State a support order or judgment determining parentage of a child issued in another state or foreign country. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 2802 state: includes an Indian nation or tribe. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 2802 Support enforcement agency: means a public official or agency authorized to:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 2802Support order: means a judgment, decree, order, decision or directive, whether temporary, final or subject to modification, issued in a state or foreign country for the benefit of a child, a spouse or a former spouse, that provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, retroactive support or reimbursement for financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 19-A Sec. 2802
2. Consider and enforce. Upon receipt of the documents, the department, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of this State to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to this chapter.
[PL 2009, c. 95, §59 (AMD); PL 2009, c. 95, §87 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 694, §B2 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 694, §E2 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 436, §34 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 95, §59 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 95, §87 (AFF).