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Subchapter I - Child Support Enforcement
§ 46–201. Definitions - For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Business...
§ 46–202. Findings of Council - The Council of the District of Columbia finds that: (1)...
§ 46–202.01. Collection and Disbursement Unit - (a) The IV-D agency is established as the centralized Collection...
§ 46–203. Subrogation of District; notice to caretakers - (a) The District shall be subrogated to the right of...
§ 46–204. Amendment of order establishing alimony, child support, or maintenance; award as money judgment - (a) Any order requiring payment of an amount of child...
§ 46–205. Contents of support order - All support orders, whether they are original orders or modifications...
§ 46–205.01. Inclusion of social security numbers in support records - The social security number of each individual who is party...
§ 46–206. Service - (a) In any case brought in Court under § 11-1101(a)(1),...
§ 46–207. Enforcement by withholding - (a) All support orders, whether they are original orders or...
§ 46–207.01. Implementation of withholding - (a) The IV-D agency shall implement withholding for support orders...
§ 46–208. Withholding - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of subchapter II or III...
§ 46–209. Notice of withholding to the obligor - (a) If a support order becomes enforceable by withholding pursuant...
§ 46–210. Objections to withholding - (a) An obligor may object to a withholding commenced pursuant...
§ 46–211. Notice to withhold to the holder - A notice or order to withhold served pursuant to §...
§ 46–212. Holder’s duty to withhold and make payments - (a) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section,...
§ 46–213. Judgment against holder for failure to comply - (a) If a holder fails to withhold support from earnings...
§ 46–214. Termination of withholding - (a) Withholding shall terminate: (1) When the support obligation has...
§ 46–215. Lapse of order of withholding - An order to withhold issued by the IV-D agency or...
§ 46–216. Termination of employment - (a) Within 10 days after an employer receives notice that...
§ 46–217. Limitations and priorities - (a) When there is more than 1 withholding order against...
§ 46–218. Voluntary income withholding - (a) An obligor may obtain voluntary income withholding by filing...
§ 46–219. No discrimination in employment for withholding - (a) No employer shall discharge, refuse to employ, take disciplinary...
§ 46–220. Payments by employer where employee has no salary or salary inadequate for services rendered - Where the obligor claims to be rendering services without salary...
§ 46–221. Quashing withholding where judgment obtained to hinder just claims - Where a notice or order to withhold issued under this...
§ 46–222. Interstate withholding - (a) Upon receipt of notice from another state that withholding...
§ 46–223. Initiation of withholding in other jurisdictions - (a) When an obligor under a support order derives income...
§ 46–224. Enforcement of orders by means other than income withholding - (a) A lien is created by operation of law against...
§ 46–224.01. Interception of lottery prizes for delinquent child support payments - (a) In the case of orders being enforced by the...
§ 46–224.02. Parent locator service - (a) The IV-D agency is established as the District’s centralized...
§ 46–225. Reporting and publication of delinquent accounts - (a) The IV-D agency shall report to a consumer credit...
§ 46–225.01. Sanctions - (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, no car registration...
§ 46–225.02. Criminal contempt remedy for failure to pay child support - (a) The Mayor or a party who has a legal...
§ 46–226. Limitation of liability - (a) Neither the District nor its officers or employees shall...
§ 46–226.01. Child support enforcement funding - (a) The following payments received by the District under Part...
§ 46–226.02. Filing of identifying information by parties to paternity and support proceedings - (a) Upon the first personal appearance before the IV-D agency...
§ 46–226.03. Authority of IV-D agency to expedite paternity and support processes - (a) The IV-D agency may take the following actions relating...
§ 46–226.04. Recognition and enforcement of authority of other state IV-D agencies - Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, the IV-D agency...
§ 46–226.05. Access to locate systems - The IV-D agency shall develop procedures to ensure that all...
§ 46–226.06. Directory of New Hires - (a) The Mayor shall establish and maintain a District of...
§ 46–226.07. Administrative enforcement in interstate cases - (a) The IV-D agency shall respond within 5 business days...
§ 46–226.08. Fraudulent transfers - Whenever the IV-D agency knows of a transfer by a...
§ 46–226.09. Court ordered work requirements - Whenever an individual owes past-due support for a child receiving...
§ 46–226.10. Automated procedures - The IV-D agency shall have in operation a single, District-wide...
§ 46–226.11. Jurisdiction - The IV-D agency and any administrative or judicial tribunal with...
§ 46–227. Rulemaking authority - The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of...
§ 46–228. Choice of law - (a) The law and procedures of the jurisdiction in which...
§ 46–229. Rules of procedure - The Court shall establish rules of procedure necessary to effectuate...
§ 46–230. Public Information Program - The Mayor shall ensure that an extensive program of public...
§ 46–231. Enforcement - This subchapter shall not be enforced until 60 calendar days...
Subchapter II - Medical Support Enforcement
§ 46–251.01. Definitions - For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Custodian”...
§ 46–251.02. Use of medical support notice; IV-D agency - (a) In cases being enforced pursuant to Part D of...
§ 46–251.03. Medical support notice; contents; effect - (a) A medical support notice shall be issued in a...
§ 46–251.04. Duties of the employer - (a) Upon receipt of a medical support notice, an employer...
§ 46–251.05. Duties of the health insurer - (a) Upon receipt of a medical support notice from an...
§ 46–251.06. Selection of a health insurance coverage option - (a) Upon receipt of notice from a health insurer that...
§ 46–251.07. Withholding for health insurance coverage - (a) When an employer receives notice from a health insurer...
§ 46–251.08. Priority of withholding for employee contributions to health insurance coverage - (a) If there are insufficient funds available within the limits...
§ 46–251.09. Liability for contributions to health insurance coverage; objections to withholding - (a) An employee is liable for employee contributions required to...
§ 46–251.10. Sanctions; limitations on liability - (a) An employer shall not discharge, refuse to employ, or...