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GENERAL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

 

Safeguarding/Sharing Information
    100.1 Authorization for Release of Information 07/17/14
    101.1 Safeguarding Federal Tax and Confidential Child Support Information 08/25/23
    101.5 Domestic Violence Indicator 11/01/24
    101.7 Office Security 08/26/22
    101.9 Background Checks for Employees of CSSD 08/26/22
 

Maintenance of Records
    102.1 Records Retention TBD

CASE MANAGEMENT
 

Case Management--General

  
    Benefits Bulletin 07/09/18
    200 Standards for CSSD Program Operations 11/13/18
    200.3 Central Case Registry 07/16/99
200.9  Servicemembers Civil Relief Act 11/01/24
 

Case Status

  
    201.2 Case Opening Letters 05/01/02
    201.4 Temporarily Unworkable Cases 11/19/18
    201.5 Identifying Closed Case Status 11/28/23
SEARCHS Closure Codes 09/12/23
    201.7 Identifying Unenforceable Cases 07/14/17
    201.9 Physical Change in Child Custody 10/17/14

DETERMINING JURISDICTION

  
 

Native American Jurisdiction

  
    250.1 Native American Jurisdiction 02/03/17

LOCATION

  
    301.1 Locate-Only Services TBD

ESTABLISHING A SUPPORT OBLIGATION

  
 

Establishing A Support Amount Due

  
    NOCS Bulletin--Non-Guidelines Amounts 07/01/23
    401.3

Notice and Order Concerning Support - Policy

Notice and Order Concerning Support - Procedure

08/25/23
    401.4

Establishment of Temporary Support Obligation

03/09/05
    401.5 Motion and Order Replacing Support Order 04/26/02
    401.6 Subsequent Notice and Order Concerning Support 03/06/00
    401.8    Notice of Intent to Vacate an Administrative Default Support Order 09/09/10
 

Establishing a Notice and Order for Medical Support Without Financial Obligation

  
    402.1 Notice and Order for Medical Support 12/09/10
 

Administrative Determination of Support Amount

  
    404.1 Child Support Guidelines 05/02/23
    Guidelines Tables Bulletin 04/01/24
    404.2 Montana Child Support Guidelines Tables 04/01/24
    404.3 Child Support Guidelines--Third-Party Cases 09/27/18
 

Administrative Hearing

  
    405.4 Notice of Default 12/18/96
    405.8 Subpoena and Subpoena Duces Tecum 07/01/97
    405.12 Investigative Subpoena 07/01/97
    405.13 Direct Income Withholding Hearings 05/27/03
    405.20 Federal Offset Hearing 06/18/13
 

Establishing a Support Obligation

  
    408.3 Review and Modification of Support Order 04/05/19

ENFORCING A SUPPORT ORDER

 
 

Overall Enforcement

  
    500.2 Registration of Support Order for Enforcement Only 07/31/98
    FIDM Bulletin (Warrants for Distraint When the Obligor Has Multiple Cases) 10/20/17
    500.3 Financial Institution Data Match (FIDM) and Administrative Enforcement in Interstate Cases (AEI) 04/21/22
 

Payments

  
    501.3 Payments Received in Field Offices 06/15/21
    501.5 Lump Sum Settlements 09/09/10
    501.7 Management of an Overcollection 02/18/14
 

Civil Enforcement: Administrative

  
    503.4 Redirecting Support Payments 05/01/02
    503.5 Administrative Civil Contempt 06/18/13
    503.6 Order to Seek Employment 09/30/97
 

Civil Enforcement: Judicial

  
    504.1 Writ of Execution 09/27/16
    504.5 Civil Contempt in Child Support Cases 06/08/17
 

Civil Enforcement: Liens

  
    507.1 Support Liens Overview 03/28/06
    507.2 Perfecting a Support Lien 03/28/06
    507.3 Enforcing a Support Lien by Warrant for Distraint 06/02/21
    507.4 Releasing a Support Lien 03/03/09
    507.5 Lottery Liens 01/05/05
    507.6 Service of the Warrant for Distraint by Acknowledgment 06/02/21
 

Other Civil Enforcement

  
    508.1 Collection by State Offset 12/19/22
    508.3 Collection by Federal Offset 11/13/18
    508.5 Federal Offset Administrative Review 05/11/12
    508.7 Passport Denial and Revocation 09/23/21
    508.13 Utilization of Bonding for Future Payments 03/09/87
    508.14 Credit Bureau Reporting 05/29/14
    508.15 Full IRS Collection Services 06/25/20
 

Criminal Enforcement

  
    509.1 Federal Criminal Prosecution 11/01/24
 

Administrative Income Withholding

  
    510.1 Withholding Action--With Notice 04/16/21
    510.3 Withholding Action--Without Notice 04/16/21
    510.5 Income Withholding Hardship Determination and Adjustment 07/17/17
    Hardship Bulletin 04/04/24
 

Medical Support Enforcement

  
    520.3 Reviewing Health Insurance Orders 12/17/20
    520.5 Medical Hardship Review 03/20/20
    520.7 Enforcing Health Insurance Orders 05/18/21
    520.8 Amending/Terminating/Replacing the Order to Enroll 05/18/21
    520.10 Enforcing Health Insurance Orders-- Penalty Actions 02/06/14
    Sample Insurance Rates for Private Medical Hardships 11/01/23
    Notices & Frequently Asked Questions for Medical Enforcement 08/28/14
 

Administrative License Suspension

  
    530.1 License Suspension Overview 06/03/17
    530.2 License Suspension 04/21/23

PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT

 
    601.2 Voluntary Paternity Acknowledgment and Records 11/01/24
    601.3 Notification of Paternity Claim 07/01/97
    602.1 Case Initiation--Mother Obligee 05/05/16
    602.2 Case Initiation--Third-Party Obligee 02/02/00
    602.4 Paternity Interview Outline 02/02/00
    602.5 Evidence at Hearing 02/02/00
    604.1 Genetic Testing 03/17/06
    605.2 Notice of Parental Responsibility-- Single-Allegation Cases 04/16/21
    605.3 Notice of Parental Responsibility--Multiple-Allegation Cases 10/17/14
    606.1 Paternity Default Order 02/02/00
    606.2 Paternity Consent Order 02/02/00
    606.3 Motion for Genetic Testing Hearing 10/17/14
    606.4 Referral to District Court 01/11/98