46-441

46-441. Support payment clearinghouse; records
transfer; payment; definition

A. The department shall establish a central support payment clearinghouse to
receive, disburse and monitor support payments pursuant to title IV-D of the social
security act.

B. Unless the court orders that support or maintenance be paid directly to the
party entitled to receive it, all orders for support shall direct payment of support or
maintenance through the support payment clearinghouse. All orders that specify payments
through the clerk of the superior court shall be deemed to require payment to the support
payment clearinghouse after a notice to the obligor is issued.

C. The clerk of the superior court shall provide copies of all payment histories
and relevant legal documents pertaining to the issue of support.

D. On request the support payment clearinghouse shall promptly furnish to the
person entitled to receive support or maintenance information on the current status of
payments received and processed through the support payment clearinghouse.

E. Support payments and handling fees in an amount prescribed in section 25-510 for
the monthly support handling fee shall be paid to the support payment clearinghouse. The
director shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, the handling fees
received by the department in a child support enforcement administration fund.

F. If after reasonable efforts to locate the obligee the support payment
clearinghouse is unable to deliver payments for the period prescribed in section 25-503
due to the failure of the person to whom the support has been ordered to be paid to
notify the clerk or support payment clearinghouse of a change in address, the clerk or
support payment clearinghouse shall not make further payment and shall return the
payments to the obligor as prescribed in section 25-503.

G. The support payment clearinghouse shall have an accounting system for monitoring
child support payments. The records of the support payment clearinghouse are prima facie
evidence of payment or nonpayment of support.

H. Payment of any money directly to an obligee or to a person other than the
support payment clearinghouse shall not be credited against the support obligation unless
the direct payments were ordered by the court, or made pursuant to a written support
agreement by the parties.

I. The support payment clearinghouse shall issue copies of payment histories for
payments received and processed through the support payment clearinghouse on request and
may charge a fee for these services.

J. For the purposes of this section "support" has the same meaning prescribed in
section 25-500.