Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-413
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Payment of support through registry
Official statutory text
A. The Department of Human Services shall maintain a
Centralized Support Registry to receive, allocate and distribute
support payments. All child support, spousal support, and related
support payments shall be paid through the Registry as follows:
1. In all cases in which child support services are being
provided under the state child support plan as provided under
Section 237 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
2. In all other cases in which support is being paid by income
withholding.
B. When child support enforcement services are being provided
under Section 237 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes, all monies
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owed for child support shall continue to be paid through the
Registry until child support is no longer owed.
C. Any party desiring child support, spousal support, or
related support payments to be paid through the Registry may request
the court to order the payments to be made through the Registry.
Upon such request the court shall order payments to be made through
the Registry.
D. The Registry shall maintain the following information on all
cases in which support is paid through the Registry. This
information shall include, but not be limited to:
1. Names, social security numbers and dates of birth for both
parents and the children for whom support is ordered;
2. The amount of periodic support owed under the order;
3. Case identification numbers; and
4. Payment address.
E. In all cases, except those being enforced under the state
child support plan as provided under Section 237 of Title 56 of the
Oklahoma Statutes, employers shall provide the Registry with a copy
of the notice of income assignment specified in Section 1171.3 of
Title 12 and Section 240.2 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Employers, parties, and obligees to an order, upon request, shall
provide additional information necessary for the Registry to
identify and properly allocate and distribute payments.
F. An obligee, pursuant to a judgment, decree, or order in
which payment of support is required by this section to be paid
through the Registry or whose support is being paid through the
Registry, shall provide information as directed by the Department of
Human Services necessary to properly allocate and distribute the
payments.
G. All payments made through the Registry shall be allocated
and distributed in accordance with Department of Human Services’
policy and federal regulations.
H. The Department of Human Services shall promulgate rules as
necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
Centralized Support Registry to receive, allocate and distribute
support payments. All child support, spousal support, and related
support payments shall be paid through the Registry as follows:
1. In all cases in which child support services are being
provided under the state child support plan as provided under
Section 237 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
2. In all other cases in which support is being paid by income
withholding.
B. When child support enforcement services are being provided
under Section 237 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes, all monies
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43. Marriage and Family Page 139
owed for child support shall continue to be paid through the
Registry until child support is no longer owed.
C. Any party desiring child support, spousal support, or
related support payments to be paid through the Registry may request
the court to order the payments to be made through the Registry.
Upon such request the court shall order payments to be made through
the Registry.
D. The Registry shall maintain the following information on all
cases in which support is paid through the Registry. This
information shall include, but not be limited to:
1. Names, social security numbers and dates of birth for both
parents and the children for whom support is ordered;
2. The amount of periodic support owed under the order;
3. Case identification numbers; and
4. Payment address.
E. In all cases, except those being enforced under the state
child support plan as provided under Section 237 of Title 56 of the
Oklahoma Statutes, employers shall provide the Registry with a copy
of the notice of income assignment specified in Section 1171.3 of
Title 12 and Section 240.2 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Employers, parties, and obligees to an order, upon request, shall
provide additional information necessary for the Registry to
identify and properly allocate and distribute payments.
F. An obligee, pursuant to a judgment, decree, or order in
which payment of support is required by this section to be paid
through the Registry or whose support is being paid through the
Registry, shall provide information as directed by the Department of
Human Services necessary to properly allocate and distribute the
payments.
G. All payments made through the Registry shall be allocated
and distributed in accordance with Department of Human Services’
policy and federal regulations.
H. The Department of Human Services shall promulgate rules as
necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
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