PERMANENT RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)
(Division of Child Support)
Date of Adoption: November 29, 2001.
Purpose: Currently the noncustodial parent must owe at least $10,000 in support debt to qualify for posting. The Division of Child Support (DCS) is lowering that amount to $5,000 at the request of custodial parents.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-14A-4605 Whose picture can go on the division of child support's DCS most wanted Internet site?
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 26.23.120(2), 74.08.090.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 01-21-099 on October 23, 2001.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
Pilot Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
or Other Alternative Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 1,
Repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule:
Thirty-one days after filing.
November 30, 2001
Brian H. Lindgren, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit
2990.2(a) Give written permission to DCS to post the NCP on the site; and
(b) Provide a photograph of the NCP.
(2) Only the NCP's photograph appears on the site. If the CP submits a group photograph, DCS edits out everyone except the NCP.
(3) DCS may post an NCP to the site when:
(a) The NCP:
(i) Has made no payments in at least six months (intercepted IRS refunds are not considered to be payments for purposes of this section); and
(ii) Owes at least ((ten)) five thousand dollars in back
child support((.)); or
(b) DCS has been unable to locate the NCP after trying other means for at least twelve months, and:
(i) There is a valid support order; or
(ii) There is a valid paternity affidavit filed for a child on the case, or
(iii) The NCP is:
(A) The mother of the child(ren) on the case; or
(B) The presumed father under RCW 26.26.040.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 26.23.120(2). 01-03-089, 388-14A-4605, filed 1/17/01, effective 2/17/01. Formerly WAC 388-11-325.]