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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 29-81. CHILD SUPPORT ADMINISTRATIVE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DATA MATCH |
Section 29-8199. DEFINITIONS
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8199.1The following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed:
Account - a demand deposit account, checking or negotiable withdrawal order account, savings account, time deposit account, or money-market mutual fund account held in any financial institution.
Active Case - a case in which a current support order exists requiring the obligor to make periodic payments on behalf of his or her minor child.
Arrears - past due current child support payments.
Arrears Only Case - a case without a current support order in which arrears are owed.
Current support - amount of ongoing payments owed for a minor child under a support order.
Data match - the process of identifying assets held in financial institutions by obligors who owe child support.
DCCSES - the District of Columbia Child Support Enforcement System, the computer system used by CSSD to manage and enforce child support cases.
Federal Parent Locator Service or FPLS - the national system for locating custodial and non-custodial parents operated by the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement. The FPLS includes the database of Administrative Financial Institution Data Match.
Financial institution - a depository institution, institution-affiliated party, any Federal or State credit union, any benefit association, insurance company, safe deposit company, money-market mutual fund, or similar entity.
Freeze - to retain an obligor’s assets at the financial institution without allowing the obligor access to the assets.
Funds - monetary assets.
Judgment support - a court ordered amount that reflects a set period in the past during which child support should have been paid.
Obligee - the person or entity to whom child support is owed.
Obligor - a person who is required pursuant to a court or administrative order to pay child support.
Wage withholding - the direct retention of ongoing support payments from the wages or earnings of an obligor ordered to pay support.
Writ of Attachment - legal document that enforces a debt incurred by an obligor by freezing funds at a financial institution.