Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-237.7

For the purposes of Sections 237 through 240.23 of this title:

1. The "Child Support Enforcement Division of the Department of

Human Services", hereinafter referred to as the "Division" or as the

"Department", is the state agency designated to administer the child

support enforcement program for the State of Oklahoma and its

District Offices, which may be administered through contract or

cooperative agreements. The District Offices provide enforcement

services to individuals receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy

Families, hereinafter referred to as "TANF", and to individuals not

receiving TANF who have made proper application for enforcement

services to the Division;

2. "Director" means the Director of the Department of Human

Services who shall have the authority to enter orders in appropriate

cases or as otherwise provided by law, without the necessity of an

additional signature of a district or administrative judge;

3. "Office of Administrative Hearings: Child Support (Legal

Division, Department of Human Services, State of Oklahoma)",

hereinafter referred to as "OAH", conducts child support enforcement

administrative hearings. All hearings are conducted by

administrative law judges assigned to OAH;

4. "Support debt" means a debt owed to the State of Oklahoma by

the natural, legal or adoptive parents who are responsible for

support of a child or children receiving public assistance money

from the Department or the reasonable expenses of providing for a

child or children. The amount of the debt shall be determined in

accordance with the provisions of Section 118 of Title 43 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

5. "Arrearage" or "past due support" means the total amount of

unpaid support obligations;

6. "Delinquency" means any payment under an order for support

which becomes due and remains unpaid;

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7. a. "Gross income" or "income" means income from any

source and includes, but is not limited to, income

from salaries, wages, commissions, bonuses, dividends,

severance pay, pensions, rent, interest income, trust

income, annuities, compensation as an independent

contractor, social security benefits, workers'

compensation benefits, unemployment insurance

benefits, disability insurance benefits, gifts,

prizes, any form of periodic payment to an individual

regardless of source, and any other payments made by

any person, private entity, federal or state

government, any unit of local government, school

district, or any entity created by law. Income

specifically excluded are actual child support

received for children not before the court and

benefits received from means-tested public assistance

programs, including but not limited to TANF,

Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Food Stamps,

General Assistance and State Supplemental Payments for

Aged, Blind, and the Disabled.

b. For purposes of computing gross income of the parents,

gross income shall include for each parent all actual

monthly income described in this paragraph, the

average of the gross monthly income for the time

actually employed during the previous three (3) years,

or the minimum wage paid for a forty-hour week,

whichever is the most equitable. If equitable, gross

monthly income for either parent may be imputed in an

amount that a person with comparable education,

training, and experience could reasonably expect to

earn. If a person is permanently physically or

mentally incapacitated, the child support obligation

shall be computed on the basis of actual monthly gross

income;

8. "Earnings" means amounts paid to a person as an employee,

including wages and salary;

9. "Disposable income" means income or earnings less any

amounts required by law to be withheld including, but not limited

to, federal, state, and local taxes, Social Security, and public

assistance payments;

10. "Obligor" means the person who is required to make payments
f actual monthly gross

income;

8. "Earnings" means amounts paid to a person as an employee,

including wages and salary;

9. "Disposable income" means income or earnings less any

amounts required by law to be withheld including, but not limited

to, federal, state, and local taxes, Social Security, and public

assistance payments;

10. "Obligor" means the person who is required to make payments

under an order for support or the natural, legal, or adoptive

parents who are responsible for the support of a child or children;

11. "Obligee" or "Person entitled" means:

a. a person to whom a support debt or support obligation

is owed,

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b. the Department of Human Services or a public agency of

another state that has the right to receive current or

accrued support payments or that is providing support

enforcement services, or

c. a person designated in a support order or as otherwise

specified by the court;

12. "Payor" means any person or entity paying monies, income,

or earnings to an obligor. In the case of a self-employed person,

the "payor" and "obligor" may be the same person;

13. "Support order" means an order for the payment of support

issued by a district or administrative court of this state or by any

court or agency of another state;

14. "Income assignment" means an assignment of a portion of the

monies, income, or periodic earnings due and owing to the obligor to

the person entitled to the support or to another person or entity

designated by the support order or assignment for payment of

support, the support debt, or arrearages. In all child support

cases wherein child support is being enforced pursuant to the state

plan, the income of any obligor required by court or administrative

order to pay support shall be subject by operation of law to

immediate income assignments regardless of whether support payments

by such obligor are in arrears. The assignment shall be in an

amount which is sufficient to meet the periodic child support

payments, other maintenance payments, payments on support debt and

collection of past due support monies that have accrued under a

district or administrative court order. An income assignment shall

be made a part of a support order or any order granting a judgment

for a support debt or confirming the amount of the past due support,

or a review or modification of a support order pursuant to Section

118.1 of Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

15. "Voluntary acknowledgment" means a written acknowledgment

executed by the obligor wherein the obligor acknowledges paternity,

support liability, a support debt, or arrearage amount, and agrees

to a judgment and an immediate income assignment to pay monthly

support and payments on the support debt or arrearage judgments;

16. "Notice" means a written announcement served upon an

obligor, a custodial person or any person or entity which might be

affected by the noticed proceeding;

17. "Licensing board" means any bureau, department, division,

board, agency, or commission of this state or of a municipality in

this state that issues a license;

18. "License" means a license, certificate, registration,

permit, approval, or other similar document issued by a licensing

board granting to an individual a right or privilege to engage in a

profession, occupation, business, or industry, or any recreational

license or permit including, but not limited to, a hunting and

fishing license or other authorization issued pursuant to the

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Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code and certificates of Title for

vessels and motors and other licenses or registrations issued

pursuant to the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Registration Act or a

driver license or other permit issued pursuant to Title 47 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

19. "Commission" means the Commission for Human Services;
to the

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Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Code and certificates of Title for

vessels and motors and other licenses or registrations issued

pursuant to the Oklahoma Vessel and Motor Registration Act or a

driver license or other permit issued pursuant to Title 47 of the

Oklahoma Statutes;

19. "Commission" means the Commission for Human Services;

20. "Payment plan" includes, but is not limited to, a plan

approved by the support enforcement entity that provides sufficient

security to ensure compliance with a support order or that

incorporates voluntary or involuntary income assignment or a similar

plan for periodic payment of past-due support and, if applicable,

current and future support; and

21. "Support" means all payments or other obligations due and

owing to the obligee or person entitled by the obligor pursuant to a

support order, and may include, but is not limited to, support

alimony payments, child support, as defined by Section 1170 of Title

12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and other expenses, requirements and

obligations as specified in Section 118 of Title 43 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.