| | |
current parental support obligation pursuant to chapter 63, | | establish the responsible parent's debt for past support, including | | medical expenses, and establish the responsible parent's obligation | | to maintain health insurance coverage for each dependent child or | | to pay a proportionate share of health insurance premiums. The | | department may proceed on its own behalf or on behalf of another | | state or another state's instrumentality, an individual or | | governmental applicant for services under section 2103 or a person | | entitled by federal law to support enforcement services as a former | | recipient of public assistance. The department acting on behalf of | | another state, another state's instrumentality or a person residing | | in another state constitutes good cause within the meaning of Title | | 5, section 9057, subsection 5. Notwithstanding any other provision | | of law, a parental support obligation established under this | | section continues beyond the child's 18th birthday, if the child is | | attending secondary school as defined in Title 20-A, section 1, | | until the child graduates, withdraws, is expelled or attains 19 | | years of age, whichever occurs first. For purposes of this | | section, "debt for past support" includes a debt owed to the | | department under section 2301, subsection 1, paragraph A, a debt | | owed under section 2103 and a debt that accrues under sections 1504 | | and 1554. |
|
| | | Sec. 10. 19-A MRSA §2304, sub-§4, ¶F, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, | | Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read: |
|
| | | F. That the responsible parent may appeal the decision | | within 30 days of the date of mailing of the decision by | requesting the department to hold an administrative review | | appeal hearing. The decision must also state that the | | resulting appeal hearing must be based on the evidence | | submitted at the underlying hearing, if any.__Evidence not | | part of the hearing record may be considered at the appeal | | hearing only if the evidence was offered but incorrectly | | excluded at the underlying hearing. |
|
| | | Sec. 11. 19-A MRSA §2358, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. | | B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read: |
|
| | | 5. Withhold and deliver. A person served with an order to | | withhold and deliver shall withhold immediately any property, | | including wages, due to or belonging to the responsible parent. | | After 20 days from the date of receipt of this order and upon | | demand of the commissioner, the property of the responsible | | parent must be delivered to the commissioner. An order to | | withhold and deliver issued by an out-of-state child support | | agency or court must be honored by a financial institution. |
|
|
