General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 119A Child Support Enforcement
- Massachusetts General Laws - Child support enforcement program; public policy; remedies; commission established; department of revenue as IV-D agency - Chapter 119A, Section 1
It is the public policy of the commonwealth that dependent children shall be maintained, as completely as possible, from the resources of their parents, thereby...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 119A, Section 1A
For purposes of administering the child support enforcement program pursuant to this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: “Business day”, a day...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Services provided; enforcement of subrogation rights; collection of support payments; publicizing services available - Chapter 119A, Section 2
(a) In accordance with the provisions of Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act, the IV-D agency shall provide IV-D services to children...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Intimidation of officers or employees; obstruction; penalties - Chapter 119A, Section 2A
Whoever willfully corrupts or by force or threats of force, including any threatening letter or communication, attempts to intimidate or impede an officer or employee...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Actions to enforce subrogation rights; notice - Chapter 119A, Section 3
(a) In enforcing the subrogation rights of the department of transitional assistance, the department of children and families and the division of medical assistance, the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Establishment of paternity; genetic marker tests - Chapter 119A, Section 3A
In any case requiring the establishment of paternity, the IV-D agency may, on the basis of an affidavit by the mother or the putative father...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Child support orders; receipt of IV-D agency services; modification of child support; notice; jurisdiction - Chapter 119A, Section 3B
(a) With respect to a child support order in a case receiving IV-D services, every three years, or more frequently, as the commissioner may by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Statewide automated information retrieval system; state case registry; paternity and child support information; comparison and monitoring of other state and federal systems - Chapter 119A, Section 4
(a) The IV-D agency shall, subject to appropriation, employ personnel, develop automated collection, disbursement and data systems, and establish field offices to carry out its...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Collection and disbursement of child support payments; use of undisbursed payments; termination of public assistance; rights of obligee - Chapter 119A, Section 5
(a) The IV-D agency shall establish and operate a unit, which shall be known as “the state disbursement unit”, for the collection and disbursement of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Personal data; purposes for which disclosure permitted; safeguards; exceptions; unauthorized inspection or disclosure; penalties - Chapter 119A, Section 5A
(a) Personal data collected and maintained by the IV-D agency shall not be a public record under chapter 66 and access to this data shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Disclosure of personal data prohibited; petition for disclosure; determination of harm; limited disclosure - Chapter 119A, Section 5B
A person or agency, including the IV-D agency, seeking personal data which the IV-D agency is prohibited from disclosing because of a risk of harm,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Arrearages; collection procedures - Chapter 119A, Section 6
(a) The IV-D agency, in accordance with Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act, is hereby authorized to institute collection procedures for all...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Pension and retirement plans of obligor; attachment of payments, distributions or benefits; use of accumulated total deductions to pay arrearages - Chapter 119A, Section 6A
(a) The IV-D agency is hereby authorized to attach payments, distributions or benefits owing to an obligor under any pension or retirement plan, as provided...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Entry of support order in other jurisdiction - Chapter 119A, Section 7
(a) If the IV-D agency is providing services to an obligee or to an obligor, it may enforce an income withholding order or a qualified...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Support order of other jurisdiction; filing; documentation - Chapter 119A, Section 8
A child support enforcement agency, party to a child support order or other entity in a jurisdiction outside the commonwealth may request the IV-D agency...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Child support trust fund - Chapter 119A, Section 9
There is hereby established, separate and apart from all the public monies or funds of the commonwealth, a child support trust fund, which shall be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Child support trust fund; separate accounts - Chapter 119A, Section 10
The state treasurer shall serve as treasurer of the child support trust fund. He shall maintain within the child support trust fund 3 separate accounts...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Corrections for overpayment, underpayment, or administrative error - Chapter 119A, Section 10A
(a) If a case receiving IV-D services is otherwise eligible for case closure and the commissioner of revenue determines that (1) an obligor has made...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Child support trust fund; requisitions - Chapter 119A, Section 11
The state treasurer shall from time to time requisition from said child support trust fund such amounts, not exceeding the amounts credited to the child...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Support orders; enforcement; arrearages; assignment of wages; notice and hearing; order - Chapter 119A, Section 12
(a) Each judgment or order for support issued pursuant to section 28 of chapter 119, section 40 of chapter 201 and chapters 207, 208, 209,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Support payments or installments; judgment by operation of law; retroactive modification; application - Chapter 119A, Section 13
(a) Any payment or installment of support under any child support order issued by any court of this commonwealth or by a court or agency...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Support payments or installments; judgment by operation of law; retroactive modification; application - Chapter 119A, Section 14
(a) The IV-D agency shall have access to and may request from all entities and individuals in the commonwealth, including for- profit, nonprofit, and governmental...
- Massachusetts General Laws - IV-D agency powers; failure to comply with subpoena or summons issued under section; penalties; production of witnesses, books, papers and records - Chapter 119A, Section 15
The IV-D agency may take testimony and proofs under oath with reference to any matter within the administrative authority of the agency and, in connection...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Revocation, suspension, nonissuance or nonrenewal of licenses for failure to provide support - Chapter 119A, Section 16
(a)(1) For purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: “License”, any license, permit, certificate, registration, charter, authority or any other...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Procedures for collection and disbursement of child support; informational materials; review; appeals - Chapter 119A, Section 17
The department shall establish procedures for the prompt resolution of disputes concerning the collection and disbursement of child support and shall prepare informational materials for...
Last modified: September 11, 2015