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INDEXTITLE:SECTIONOKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OFHUMAN SERVICESOklahoma Laws Relating to Child SupportACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY . 10:7700-301 through 314General . 63:1-311.3Adoption Code . 10:7501-1.1 et seq.Affidavit acknowledging paternity. 10:7700-302; 10:7700-312; 63:1 311.3Release of .10:7700-313Birth certificateAmendment of . 10:7700-309; 10:7700-310; 63:1-321Naming father on .10:7700-204; 63:1-311Burden of proof on challenger . 10:7700-308; 56:238.6BChallenges to, grounds for .10:7700-302; 10:7700-308; 56:238.6BContents of . 10:7700-302; 63:1-311.3Denial of paternity .10:7700-303; 10:7700-307; 63:1-311Equivalency to adjudication . 10:7700-305Establishing paternity by .10:7700-204; 10:7700-301; 10:7700-302Execution of .10:7700-304Filing of . 10:7700-306; 10:7700-312; 63:1-311.3Fraud, duress or material mistake of fact, warranting dismissal . 10:7700-308Full faith and credit .10:7700-311No suspension of parental duties . 10:7700-309Notice of paternity & support obligation . 56:238.6BObjections to, grounds, defenses to . 56:238.6BPaternity registry . 10:7506-1.1Preparation of, duties of preparer . 63:1-311.3Rescission of . 10:7700-307; 56:238.6BBy minor . 10:7700-307Release of .10:7700-313Requirements for . 63:1-311.3Signatories .10:7700-309Submission to personal jurisdiction .10:7700-309Void and voidable acknowledgments .10:7700-302Voluntary acknowledgment by mother & father as legal finding of paternity . 56:238.6BADDRESS OF RECORDGeneral . 43:112AADJUSTMENT (See MODIFICATION)Revised October 2013IndexPage I-1

INDEXTITLE:SECTIONADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGSAppeals . 56:240.3Authority of OKDHS to utilize administrative procedures .56:238.6District CourtSame issues of fact pending in District Court and Administrative Court . 56:238.6ADocketing of administrative orders . 56:237.10Electronic transmittal and signatures of documents . 56:237.9aNotice of Paternity and Support Obligations . 56:238.6BNotice of Support Debt . 56:238.1 through 238.4Orders modified and enforced in same manner as District Court orders . 56:238.6Telephonic hearings . 56:237.9ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACTCosts, attorney fees recoverable if action broughtBy agency is deemed frivolous . 75:318Judicial review procedures .75:318Prerequisites for . 75:318Review of proceedings . 75:319Actions, relief available in reviewing agency order . 75:322Appeal to Supreme Court . 75:323Costs, taxing where party unreasonably refuses to stipulate to limit record . 75:320Furnishing of Information, attendance of witnesses, subpoenas . 75:315Oral argument, no jury, briefs .75:321Stay of proceedings . 75:319Supersedeas bond .75:319Transmittal of record to reviewing court . 75:320ADOPTIONOklahoma Adoption Code.10:7501-1.1 et seq.Consent of parents; exceptions . 10:7505-4.2Father’s obligation to support terminates upon adoption . 10:83Final decree, effect of . 10:7505-6.5Paternity registry . 10:7506-1.1Permanent relinquishment of custody, consent to adoption . 10:7503-2.3Termination of parental rights, when effective to terminate child support .10A:1-4-906ADULT DISABLED CHILDDefined . 43:112.1ASupport of . 43:112.1AAFDCMust request filing of criminal charges . 56:231AMNESTY PROGRAMOKDHS authorized to offer periodically . 56:234Revised October 2013IndexPage I-2

INDEXTITLE:SECTIONANNUAL NOTICEGeneral . 56:237AIncreasing monthly payment by 5% . 56:240.23Service . 56:237AAPPEALSAdministrative proceedings . 56:240.3Appeal to District Court . 75:318; 75:322Appeal to Supreme Court . 75:323License revocation . 47:6-201.1Notice of Support Debt . 56:238.4Order requiring obligor to participate in job-finding job-training . 56:240.10Paternity proceedings . 10:80ARREARAGEClaim against personal injury, wrongful death, orworkers’ compensation payments . 43:135Insurer reporting responsibility . 56:237BClaim against lottery prize monies . 3A:724; 3A:724.1Defined . 12:1170; 56:237.7Disclosure of Delinquent or Missing Parents.56:240.24Interest . 43:114Judgment, enforcement proceeding . 56:240.1Release of information to credit bureaus . 56:240.7Three year payment schedule, unless unjust . 43:137Waiver not permitted, exceptions . 43:112; 56:238.7By mutual agreement of parties . 43:112; 56:238.7By OKDHS agreement . 43:112; 56:238.7ASSIGNMENT OF CHILD SUPPORTBy applicant of OKDHS to right of child support . 43:118.4; 56:237To attorney for child support representation . 43:118.4ASSIGNMENT OF WAGES, SALARY . 62:304.2ATTACHMENT & GARNISHMENTDefinitions . 12:1170ATTORNEY/CLIENT RELATIONSHIPOKDHS attorneys represent state . 56:237.3Not created under UIFSA . 43:601-307ATTORNEY FEES (See COSTS, EXPENSES, ATTORNEY FEES)Assignment of child support . 43:118.4Recovery of . 10:7700-636Where administrative action by state deemed frivolous . 75:318Where state is plaintiff . 12:941Revised October 2013IndexPage I-3

INDEXTITLE:SECTIONATTORNEYSOKDHS attorneys represent the state, not either party . 56:237.3OKDHS attorneys not authorized to accept service for any party except OKDHS .56:237.2Employment of private counsel authorized under UIFSA . 43:601-309BIRTH CERTIFICATESAmendment of . 10:7700-309; 10:7700-636; 63:1-321Filing of . 63:1-311Naming father on certificate where mother unmarried, where authorized . 63:1-311Preparation of, duties of preparer . 63:1-311.3Social security numbers not required on . 63:1-311.1Verifications of certificates, duty of Registrar of Vital Statistics to provide . 63:1-311.2BONDSAppearance, right to enforce . 12:68Not required from the state . 12:66Security for payment of child support . 43:116CENTRAL CASE REGISTRY . 43:112ACENTRALIZED SUPPORT REGISTRYDisclosure of address to other parent or custodian . 43:413No disclosure of home addresses if Family Violence Indicator present . 43:413Parties to keep address current with Registry . 43:413CHILD ABUSEReporting, general .10A:1-2-101Immunity from liability for reporting . 10A:1-2-104CHILD CARE COSTSDetermination of . 43:118GExpenses, payment from income assignment . 12:1171.3Guidelines on calculation for OKDHS child care subsidy program . 43:118G(B)CHILD SUPPORTAdministrative hearings . 56:237AAdoption, father’s obligation to support terminates upon . 10:83Adult children, for . 43:112.1AAge 18, reaching of by child . 43:112(E)Amnesty program . 56:234Appeals . 10:80ArrearagesAmnesty program . 56:234Determination of by court . 43:112(G)Lien for arrearages . 43:135; 56:237BRelease to consumer reporting agencies .56:240.7Three year payment schedule, unless unjust . 43:137Revised October 2013IndexPage I-4

INDEXTITLE:SECTIONWaiver of not permitted, exceptions . 56:238.7Birth costs, recovery of . 56:238.6BBond, posting of . 43:116Child care expenses, payment from income assignment . 12:1171.3Child has income-producing property . 30:2-108Child support for adult disabled children . 43:112.1AClaim against personal injury, wrongful death orworkers’ compensation payments . 56:237BClaim against lottery prize monies . 3A:724; 3A:724.1Contempt (See COMTEMPT)Failure to pay child support .21:566.1; 12:Rule 8.3Prima facie evidence of indirect civil contempt . 21:566.1Punishment for . 21:566Purging contempt, fees .12:Rule 8.3; 12:Rule 29Custody (See CUSTODY)Change of without modification of custody . 43:109.5; 56:237Persons or Agencies receiving custody- rights and duties . 10A:1-7-101Failure to allow court-ordered visitation grounds for modification of . 43:112(D)Presumption of legal custody . 43:109.5Default judgments . 56:238.3aDefenses and objections, when and how presented . 12:2012Definitions . 56:237.7Enforcement proceedings .56:240.1; 56.240.2Failure to payIndirect contempt, purge fee .12:Rule 8.3Financial status of parties to be disclosed . 43:118.1Five year limitation to recover child support . 10:83; 56:238.6BFollows the child .43:109.5; 56:237Foreign orders . 43:601-308; 601-603; 43:601-609 et seq.Garnishment (See GARNISHMENT) .12:1171.2Attorney fees, costs . 12:1190Bond, not required when state is plaintiff . 12:1195Notice to defendant . 12:1174Summons . 12:1173.2Genetic test costs, liability for . 10:7700-506; 10:7700-621; 56:238.6BGuaranty for, posting of . 43:116Guidelines . 43:118Computation form, requirement of . 43:112; 43:120Legislative review every four years . 43:119.1Schedule . 43:119Health coverageAuthority of OKDHS to require obligor to provide health insurance . 56:237Duty of employer . 43:118.2Duty of obligor to notify OKDHS of change in medical coverage . 56:237High school, child attending to age 20 . 43:112(E)Income assignment (See INCOME ASSIGNMENT) . 43:115; 56:240.1Included in child support orders . 43:115Revised October 2013IndexPage I-5

INDEXTITLE:SECTIONModification of . 43:117Payment plan defined . 43:139.1; 56:237.7Payments pursuant to income assignment . 12:1171.3Proceedings . 12:1171.3Suspension of . 43:117Voluntary income assignment . 43:115Interest on . 43:114Waiver of by state, parent . 56:234JudgmentsArrearage payment schedule, 3 years unless unjust . 43:137By operation of law . 43:137Contempt for failure to pay . 43:137Contesting validity of under UIFSA, available defenses . 43:601-607Default, administrative court . 56:238.3aDormancy . 43:135; 43:137Juvenile court action . 10A:1-4-706Legal right to child support . 43:139Licenses, revocation of . 43:139; 43:139.1Lien for child support arrearages . 43:135Contract of insurance claim, lien upon . 56:237BInsurer reporting responsibility . 56:237BNotice of, by statement of judgment . 43:135Personal injury claim, lien upon . 43:135Workers claim, lien upon . 43:135Wrongful death claim, lien upon . 43:135Medical insurance (See MEDICAL INSURANCE)Modification . 43:112Notice of Paternity and Support Obligations . 56:238.6BRecovery of birth costs, child support limited to 5 years precedingissuance of the notice . 56:238.6AService of notice, contents . 56:238.6BNotice of Support Debt . 56:238.1Appeals . 56:238.4Default . 56:238.3aHearings . 56:238.4Notice to redirect payments . 56:237No credit if obligor fails to make payments as directed . 56:237Duty to notify OKDHS of any change of address, employer, health insurance . 56:237Obligor required to obtain, maintain gainful employment . 56:240.10OKDHS may seek order requiring unemployed or underemployed obligor toparticipate in job-finding or training programs . 56:240.10Definition of “underemployed” . 56:240.10Omission to provide . 21:852Contesting validity of under UIFSA, available defenses . 43:601-607Retroactive orders prohibited . 56:238.7Review of by OKDHS . 43:118.1Past due payments as judgments by operation of law . 43:137Revised October 2013IndexPage I-6

INDEXTITLE:SECTIONPaymentAssignment of earnings to be honored by employer, OKDHS Directorreleased from liability . 56:238.2No payments through Court Clerk, exception .12:Rule 8.1Payment through Centralized Support Registry . 43:413Payments through Court Clerk; fees . 43:136Payments to OKDHS . 56:235Three year provision for payment of arrearages . 43:137Waiver of arrearages not permitted, exceptions . 56:238.7Pregnancy, costs of, liability for . 10:7700-621Qualified domestic orders, municipal retirement funds subject to . 11:48-103Reimbursement from parent . 10A:2-2-703Retirement fundsFirefighter pension funds . 11:49-126Municipal retirement funds . 11:48-103Retroactive modification prohibited, exceptions . 56:238.7Security for, posting . 43:116Temporary order for .10:7700-624; 43:110Modification of . 43:110Termination of . 43:110Termination of child support, age of entitlement . 43:112(E)Termination of parental rights, no effect on duty to support. 10A:1-4-906UIFSA (See UIFSA) . 43:601-100 et seq.Defenses to support orders . 43:601-607V

Father's obligation to support terminates upon adoption 10:83 Final decree,effect of 10:7505-6.5 Paternity registry 10:7506-1.1 Permanent relinquishment of custody, consent to adoption 10:7503-2.3 Termination of parental rights, when effective to terminate child support 10A:1-4-906 ADULT DISABLED CHILD Defined 43:112.1A Support of 43:112.1A AFDC