Utah Code § 62A-11-104 [Renumbered]

• Library: Utah Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through the 2023 Second Special Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Utah Code § 62A-11-104

(1) The office has the following duties:

(a) except as provided in Subsection (2), to provide child support services if:

(i) the office has received an application for child support services;

(ii) the state has provided public assistance; or

(iii) a child lives out of the home in the protective custody, temporary custody, or custody or care of the state;

(b) to carry out the obligations of the department contained in this chapter and in Title 78B, Chapter 12, Utah Child Support Act; Chapter 14, Utah Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; and Chapter 15, Utah Uniform Parentage Act, for the purpose of collecting child support;

(c) to collect money due the department which could act to offset expenditures by the state;

(d) to cooperate with the federal government in programs designed to recover health and social service funds;

(e) to collect civil or criminal assessments, fines, fees, amounts awarded as restitution, and reimbursable expenses owed to the state or any of its political subdivisions, if the office has contracted to provide collection services;

(f) to implement income withholding for collection of child support in accordance with Part 4, Income Withholding in IV-D Cases, of this chapter;

(g) to enter into agreements with financial institutions doing business in the state to develop and operate, in coordination with such financial institutions, a data match system in the manner provided for in Section 62A-11-304.5;

(h) to establish and maintain the state case registry in the manner required by the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 654a, which shall include a record in each case of:

(i) the amount of monthly or other periodic support owed under the order, and other amounts, including arrearages, interest, late payment penalties, or fees, due or overdue under the order;

(ii) any amount described in Subsection (1)(h)(i) that has been collected;

(iii) the distribution of collected amounts;