Child support bureau responsibilities; parent locator service
Sec. 9. (a) The bureau shall operate the state parent locator
service. The bureau shall make all necessary requests and responses
to the federal parent locator service and to the parent locator services
of the other states.
(b) To carry out the bureau's responsibilities under this chapter,
the bureau, through the parent locator service, may request
information and assistance from a state, county, city, or town agency.
Officers and employees of a state, county, city, or town agency shall
cooperate with the bureau in determining the location of a parent
who:
(1) owes child support; or
(2) has abandoned or deserted a child;
by providing the pertinent information relative to the location,
income, and property of the parent, notwithstanding a statute making
the information confidential.
(c) Notwithstanding a statute making the information confidential,
each person doing business in Indiana shall provide the bureau or an
agent of the bureau with the following information, if available, upon
receipt of the certification described in subsection (d):
(1) Full name of the parent.
(2) Social Security number of the parent.
(3) Date of birth of the parent.
(4) Address of the parent's residence.
(5) Amount of wages earned by the parent.
(6) Number of dependents claimed by the parent on state and
federal tax withholding forms.
(7) Name and address of the parent's employer.
(8) Name and address of any financial institution maintaining
an account for the parent.
(9) Address of any real property owned by the parent.
(10) Name and address of the parent's health insurance carrier
and health coverage policy number.
(d) The parent locator service shall certify that the information
requested in subsection (c) is for the purpose of locating a parent
who owes child support or who has abandoned a child and that the
information obtained is to be treated as confidential by the bureau
and any other state to which the information is released.
(e) A business in Indiana and each unit of state and local
government shall comply with an administrative subpoena issued by
a Title IV-D agency in another jurisdiction. The information
requested may not be provided unless the Title IV-D agency of the
other jurisdiction certifies that the information will be treated as
confidential. The business or unit of government shall provide the
Title IV-D agency of the other jurisdiction with the information
listed in subsection (c), if available, if requested in the subpoena,
upon certification by the Title IV-D agency of the other jurisdiction
that the information is for the purpose of locating a parent who owes
child support or who has abandoned or deserted a child.
(f) A person may not knowingly refuse to give the bureau, the
bureau's agents, or the Title IV-D agency of another jurisdiction the
following:
(1) The name of a parent of a child for whom the state is
providing public assistance.
(2) Information that may assist the parent locator service or
other jurisdiction in locating the parent of a child.
(g) Information obtained under this section may not be used in a
criminal prosecution against the informant.
(h) A person may not knowingly give the bureau or the Title IV-D
agency of another jurisdiction the incorrect name of a parent of a
child or knowingly give the parent locator service incorrect
information on the parent's whereabouts for the purpose of
concealing the identity of the real parent of the child or the location
of the parent.
As added by P.L.234-2005, SEC.95.
Last modified: May 24, 2006