OKDHS - OAC 340-25-5-110.1. Applications

340:25-5-110.1. Applications

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Revised 7-1-10

(a) To apply for child support services, a person must submit a completed and signed application form to the address on the form. A one cent application fee is paid by Oklahoma Child Support Services (OCSS) for each application received. An application for child support services is submitted in every circumstance, including applications received by:

(1) former Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), or non-TANF Medicaid recipients with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS);
(2) former participants in IV-D cases;
(3) noncustodial parents listed on an existing medical enforcement only case, if the noncustodial parent is requesting a review and adjustment or to open a new case per OAC 340:25-5-198.1; or
(4) persons receiving child support payments from the Centralized Support Registry and not currently receiving child support services through OCSS. • 1

(b) Application forms are obtained at any child support or other OKDHS office or by writing or telephoning OCSS at the address and telephone numbers provided in OAC 340:25-1-2.1. Printable application forms are available from the OCSS Internet at http://www.okdhs.org/childsupport/.

(c) An applicant who is a custodial person must give OKDHS authority to endorse and negotiate payments related to child support and to spousal support on behalf of the custodial person and child(ren).

(d) OCSS accepts an application and opens a case when:

(1) the child is a minor or the application is to enforce a child support order for an adult with disabilities under Section 112.1A of Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
(2) paternity must be established for a minor child against a deceased noncustodial parent consistent with OAC 340:25-5-176; and
(3) the former custodial person's parental rights have been terminated, then the child was adopted, and the application to collect past-due support owed to the former custodial person was received before the adoption.

(e) OCSS does not accept applications for collection of past-due support when:

(1) all children on the application have reached the age of majority and none is an adult with disabilities with an established child support order; • 2
(2) the child is deceased; or
(3) the child is a minor but no longer resides with the custodial person. • 3

(f) OCSS accepts applications for locate only services pursuant to OAC 340:25-5-155.

INSTRUCTIONS TO STAFF 340:25-5-110.1

Revised 7-1-10

1.   When an intrastate case is opened for review and modification of the child support order, the case is a full-service case.

2.   Child support staff follow OAC 340:25-5-117 for accepting interstate referrals for judgment only collections if the case was opened in the initiating state during the minority of any child on the case.

3.   OCSS accepts an interstate referral:

(1) if the child has reached the age of majority in the initiating state;

(2) if the case was opened in the initiating state during the child's minority;

(3) if the application was received prior to the adoption; or

(4) to enforce a child support order for an adult with disabilities.

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