Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-240.23
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Orders over signature of Director
Official statutory text
A. The Division has the authority to enter orders in the
following actions over the signature of the Director and without the
necessity of obtaining an additional signature of a district or
administrative court judge:
1. To subpoena any financial or other information needed to
establish, modify, or enforce a support order and to impose
penalties for failure to respond to a subpoena; provided, that the
subpoena shall comply with the provisions of Section 2204 of Title 6
of the Oklahoma Statutes;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons Page 169
2. In cases in which there is a support arrearage, to secure
assets by:
a. intercepting or seizing periodic or lump-sum payments
from:
(1) a state or local agency, including unemployment
compensation, workers' compensation, and other
benefits, and
(2) judgments, settlements, and lotteries,
b. attaching and seizing assets of the obligor held in
financial institutions,
c. attaching public and private retirement funds, and
d. imposing liens in accordance with Section 135 of Title
43 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
3. To increase the monthly payment of child support, for
purposes of securing overdue support, in an amount not to exceed
five percent (5%) of the total child support order. This increase
may not be made more than once every twelve (12) months. This
remedy is in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedy
provided by law or by court order;
4. If an income assignment is not ordered or in place by
operation of law for collection of support monies, the Division is
authorized to implement income withholding by sending a notice of
income assignment for support to any payor of income to the obligor;
and
5. To require both parents to appear for genetic testing in
cases where paternity has not been established or admitted. The
Division shall send notice to the putative father containing
information on how to appear and admit paternity or object to the
order for genetic testing. An objection to genetic testing shall
require the putative father to complete an affidavit contesting
paternity on a form prescribed by the Division. An order for
genetic testing under this subsection may be docketed and enforced
in the district court by indirect contempt.
B. With respect to paragraphs 2 and 3 of subsection A of this
section, at the time of the action, the Division shall send a notice
to the obligor explaining the obligor's rights to object to the
action and the procedure to have it modified or reversed.
following actions over the signature of the Director and without the
necessity of obtaining an additional signature of a district or
administrative court judge:
1. To subpoena any financial or other information needed to
establish, modify, or enforce a support order and to impose
penalties for failure to respond to a subpoena; provided, that the
subpoena shall comply with the provisions of Section 2204 of Title 6
of the Oklahoma Statutes;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons Page 169
2. In cases in which there is a support arrearage, to secure
assets by:
a. intercepting or seizing periodic or lump-sum payments
from:
(1) a state or local agency, including unemployment
compensation, workers' compensation, and other
benefits, and
(2) judgments, settlements, and lotteries,
b. attaching and seizing assets of the obligor held in
financial institutions,
c. attaching public and private retirement funds, and
d. imposing liens in accordance with Section 135 of Title
43 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
3. To increase the monthly payment of child support, for
purposes of securing overdue support, in an amount not to exceed
five percent (5%) of the total child support order. This increase
may not be made more than once every twelve (12) months. This
remedy is in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedy
provided by law or by court order;
4. If an income assignment is not ordered or in place by
operation of law for collection of support monies, the Division is
authorized to implement income withholding by sending a notice of
income assignment for support to any payor of income to the obligor;
and
5. To require both parents to appear for genetic testing in
cases where paternity has not been established or admitted. The
Division shall send notice to the putative father containing
information on how to appear and admit paternity or object to the
order for genetic testing. An objection to genetic testing shall
require the putative father to complete an affidavit contesting
paternity on a form prescribed by the Division. An order for
genetic testing under this subsection may be docketed and enforced
in the district court by indirect contempt.
B. With respect to paragraphs 2 and 3 of subsection A of this
section, at the time of the action, the Division shall send a notice
to the obligor explaining the obligor's rights to object to the
action and the procedure to have it modified or reversed.
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