Oklahoma § 43-112A - Central case registry on IV─D cases and child support

§ 43-112A. Central case registry on IV─D cases and child support

orders.

A. 1. The Child Support Enforcement Division of the Department

of Human Services shall maintain a central case registry on all

Title IV-D cases and all child support orders established or

modified in this state after October 1, 1998. Title IV-D cases are

cases in which child support services are being provided under the

state child support plan as provided under Section 237 of Title 56

of the Oklahoma Statutes.

2. In Title IV-D cases, the case registry shall include, but

not be limited to, information required to be transmitted to the

federal case registry pursuant to 42 U.S.C., Section 654A.

3. In cases in which child support services are not being

provided under the state child support plan as provided under

Section 237 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes and in which a

child support order is established or modified in this state after

October 1, 1998, the case registry shall include, but not be limited

to, information required to be transmitted to the federal case

registry pursuant to 42 U.S.C., Section 654A, and information from

the support order summary form provided for in Section 120 of Title

43 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

B. 1. All orders entered after October 31, 2001, which

establish paternity or establish, modify or enforce a child support

obligation shall state for all parties and custodians subject to the

order:

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a.

an address of record for service of process in

support, visitation and custody actions, and

b.

the address of record may be different from the

party’s or custodian’s physical address.

2. The address shall be maintained by the central case

registry. The order shall direct that any changes in the address of

record shall be provided in writing to the central case registry

within thirty (30) days of the change. The address of record is

subject to disclosure to a party or custodian upon request pursuant

to the provisions of this section and rules promulgated by the

Department of Human Services. The Department of Human Services may

refuse to disclose address and location information if the

Department has reasonable evidence of domestic violence or child

abuse and the disclosure of such information could be harmful to a

party, custodian or child.

C. 1. All parties and custodians ordered to provide an address

of record to the central case registry as specified in this section

may, in subsequent child support actions, be served with process by

regular mail to the last address of record provided to the central

case registry.

2. Proof of service shall be made by a certificate of mailing

from a United States Post Office, or in child support cases where

services are being provided under the state child support plan, by a

certificate of mailing from the child support representative.

D. The Department of Human Services shall promulgate rules as

necessary to implement the provisions of this section.

Added by Laws 1997, c. 402, § 11, eff. July 1, 1997. Amended by

Laws 2001, c. 407, § 4, eff. July 1, 2001.