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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 29. PUBLIC WELFARE |
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Chapter 29-122. CHILD SUPPORT LIEN PROGRAM |
Section 29-12299. DEFINITIONS
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The following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed here:
Arrears – past due child support payments.
Child Support Lien Network (CSLN) – a national database that is matched daily with personal injury and workers’ compensation claims registered by insurers with the ISO ClaimSearch database to identify obligors with child support arrears who are awaiting settlement of personal injury and workers’ compensation claims.
Data match – the process of comparing customers with insurance claims in the Child Support Lien Network against CSSD’s caseload consisting of obligors who have a child support case and owe arrears.
District of Columbia Child Support Enforcement System (DCCSES) – the automated system used by CSSD to manage child support cases.
Levy – the seizure of a debtor's specific asset or property to satisfy a judgment, debt, or claim.
Lien – a qualified right to property which a creditor has in or over specific real or personal property of a debtor as security for the debt.
Notice of Lien -- a document that states the CSSD’s secured interest in the obligor’s settlement funds after the lien has been filed with the Recorder of Deeds.
Obligee – the person or entity that is entitled to receive child support pursuant to a court or administrative order.
Obligor – a person who is required pay child support pursuant to a court or administrative order.
Release of Lien – a document that relinquishes the encumbrance of the obligor’s property or settlement funds created by the Notice of Lien.
Settlement funds – an award of money damages paid by an insurer to a claimant to indemnify or make claimant whole after injury.
Workers’ Compensation – benefit paid to employee who is injured or killed as a result of or in the course of employment.