Section 25-7A-3.1 - Designation of Department of Social Services as state child support caseregistry--Duties.
25-7A-3.1. Designation of Department of Social Services as state child support case registry--Duties. Beginning October 1, 1998, the Department of Social Services is designated as the state child support case registry, and shall collect, maintain, update, and monitor child support enforcement records by use of an automated system, for all child support orders being enforced by the department and all support orders entered or modified in the state on or after October 1, 1998.
The state case registry shall extract, share, compare, and receive child support information from other data bases, and furnish and exchange information with the federal case registry of child support orders, the federal parent locator service, other state agencies, and other states to facilitate the establishment or enforcement of child support orders.
The department may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to implement the provisions of this section.
Source: SL 1997, ch 155, § 2; SL 1998, ch 157, § 2.