(1) The division of
child support (DCS) provides support enforcement services when:
(a) The department of social and health
services pays public assistance;
(b) A former recipient of public assistance
is eligible for services, as provided in WAC
388-14A-2000
(2)(c);
(c) The department of children, youth, and
families:
(i) Provides residential care
(foster care) for a dependent child; and
(ii) Refers a noncustodial parent (NCP) or
parents (NCPs) to DCS for DCS to provide support enforcement services for the
child in residential care;
(d) A custodial parent (CP) or NCP requests
nonassistance support enforcement services under
RCW
74.20.040 and WAC
388-14A-2000;
(e) A support order or wage assignment order
under chapter 26.18 RCW directs the NCP to make support payments through the
Washington state support registry (WSSR);
(f) A support order under which there is a
current support obligation for dependent children is submitted to the
WSSR;
(g) A former CP requests
services to collect a support debt accrued under a court or administrative
support order while the child or children resided with the CP;
(h) A child support enforcement agency in
another state or foreign country requests support enforcement services;
or
(i) A child support agency of an
Indian tribe requests support enforcement services.
(2) DCS takes action under chapters 26.09,
26.18, 26.19, 26.21A, 26.23, 26.26A, 26.26B, 74.20, and 74.20A RCW to
establish, enforce, and collect child support obligations.
(a) DCS refers cases to the county
prosecuting attorney or attorney general's office when judicial action is
required.
(b) If DCS has referred a
case to the county prosecuting attorney or attorney general's office and the CP
has been granted good cause level A, DCS does not share funding under Title
IV-D for any actions taken by the prosecutor or attorney general's office once
DCS advises them of the good cause finding.
(3) DCS does not take action on cases where
the community services office (CSO) has granted the CP good cause not to
cooperate under WAC
388-422-0020, when the CSO grants
"level A good cause." If the CSO grants "level B good cause," DCS proceeds to
establish and enforce support obligations but does not require the CP to
cooperate with DCS. WAC
388-14A-2065 and
388-14A-2070 describe the way DCS
handles cases with good cause issues.
(4) DCS establishes, maintains, retains, and
disposes of case records in accordance with the department's records management
and retention policies and procedures adopted under chapter 40.14
RCW.
(5) DCS establishes,
maintains, and monitors support payment records.
(6) DCS receives, accounts for, and
distributes child support payments required under court or administrative
orders for support.
(7) DCS charges
and collects fees as required by federal and state law regarding the Title IV-D
child support enforcement program.
(8) DCS files a satisfaction of judgment when
we determine that a support obligation is either paid in full or no longer
legally enforceable. WAC
388-14A-2099 describes the
procedures for filing a satisfaction of judgment. WAC
388-14A-2099(4)
describes how DCS determines a support obligation is satisfied or no longer
legally enforceable.
(9) Based on
changes in federal statutes and regulations, DCS establishes or changes the
rules regarding its responsibilities when acting as either the initiating
agency or responding agency in an intergovernmental child support
case.
