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11  Senator Peaden moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 8, line 22, through page 17, line 15, delete

15  those lines

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17  and insert:

18         Section 6.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (14) of section

19  120.80, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

20         120.80  Exceptions and special requirements;

21  agencies.--

22         (14)  DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE.--

23         (c)  Proceedings for administrative child support

24  orders.--Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 120.569 or s.

25  120.57 to the contrary, In proceedings for the establishment

26  of administrative support orders pursuant to s. 409.2563,

27  final orders in cases referred by the Department of Revenue to

28  the Division of Administrative Hearings shall be entered by

29  the division's administrative law judge and transmitted to the

30  Department of Revenue for filing and rendering indexing. The

31  Department of Revenue has the right to seek judicial review

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  1  under s. 120.68 of a final order entered by an administrative

  2  law judge.  Administrative support orders rendered pursuant to

  3  s. 409.2563 may be enforced pursuant to s. 120.69 or,

  4  alternatively, by any method prescribed by law for the

  5  enforcement of judicial support orders, except contempt.

  6         Section 7.  Subsection (3) of section 409.2557, Florida

  7  Statutes, is amended to read:

  8         409.2557  State agency for administering child support

  9  enforcement program.--

10         (3)  SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.--The department has

11  the authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and

12  120.54 to implement all laws administered by the department in

13  its capacity as the Title IV-D agency for this state

14  including, but not limited to, the following:

15         (a)  Background screening of department employees and

16  applicants, including criminal records checks;

17         (b)  Confidentiality and retention of department

18  records; access to records; record requests;

19         (c)  Department trust funds;

20         (d)  Federal funding procedures;

21         (e)  Agreements with law enforcement and other state

22  agencies; National Crime Information Center (NCIC) access;

23  Parent Locator Service access;

24         (f)  Written agreements entered into between the

25  department and support obligors in establishment, enforcement,

26  and modification proceedings;

27         (g)  Procurement of services by the department, pilot

28  programs, and demonstration projects;

29         (h)  Management of cases by the department involving

30  any documentation or procedures required by federal or state

31  law, including but not limited to, cooperation; review and

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  1  adjustment; audits; interstate actions; diligent efforts for

  2  service of process;

  3         (i)  Department procedures for orders for genetic

  4  testing; subpoenas to establish, enforce, or modify orders;

  5  increasing the amount of monthly obligations to secure

  6  delinquent support; suspending or denying driver's and

  7  professional licenses and certificates; fishing and hunting

  8  license suspensions; suspending vehicle and vessel

  9  registrations; screening applicants for new or renewal

10  licenses, registrations, or certificates; income deduction;

11  credit reporting and  accessing; tax refund intercepts;

12  passport denials; liens; financial institution data matches;

13  expedited procedures; medical support; and all other

14  responsibilities of the department as required by state or

15  federal law;

16         (j)  Collection and disbursement of support and alimony

17  payments by the department as required by federal law;

18  collection of genetic testing costs and other costs awarded by

19  the court;

20         (k)  Report information to and receive information from

21  other agencies and entities;

22         (l)  Provide location services, including accessing

23  from and reporting to federal and state agencies;

24         (m)  Privatizing location, establishment, enforcement,

25  modification, and other functions;

26         (n)  State case registry;

27         (o)  State disbursement unit; and

28         (p)  Administrative proceedings to establish

29  child-support obligations; and

30         (q)(p)  All other responsibilities of the department as

31  required by state or federal law.

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  1         Section 8.  Subsections (1), (2), (4), (6), (7), (8),

  2  (11), paragraph (c) of subsection (5), paragraph (d) of

  3  subsection (9), paragraph (b) of subsection (10), and

  4  paragraph (a) of subsection (13) of Section 409.2563, Florida

  5  Statutes, are amended to read:

  6         409.2563  Pilot program for Administrative

  7  establishment of child support obligations.--

  8         (1)  DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term:

  9         (a)  "Administrative support order" means a final order

10  rendered by or on behalf of the department pursuant to this

11  section establishing or modifying the obligation of a

12  noncustodial parent to contribute to the support and

13  maintenance of his or her child or children, which may include

14  provisions for monetary support, retroactive support, health

15  care, and other elements of support pursuant to chapter 61.

16         (b)  "Caretaker relative" has the same meaning ascribed

17  in s. 414.0252(11).

18         (c)  "Filed" means a document has been received and

19  accepted for filing at the offices of the department by the

20  clerk or any authorized deputy clerk of the department. The

21  date of filing must be indicated on the face of the document

22  by the clerk or deputy clerk.

23         (d)  "Financial affidavit" means an affidavit or

24  written declaration as provided by s. 92.525(2) which shows an

25  individual's income, allowable deductions, net income, and

26  other information needed to calculate the child support

27  guideline amount under s. 61.30

28         (e)(d)  "Rendered" means that a signed written order is

29  filed with the clerk or any deputy clerk of the department and

30  served on the respondent. The date of filing must be indicated

31  on the face of the order at the time of rendition.

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  1         (f)(e)  "Title IV-D case" means a case or proceeding in

  2  which the department is providing child support services

  3  within the scope of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, 42

  4  U.S.C. ss. 651 et seq.

  5         (g)(f)  "Retroactive support" means a child support

  6  obligation established pursuant to s. 61.30(17).

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  8  Other terms used in this section have the meanings ascribed in

  9  ss. 61.046 and 409.2554.

10         (2)  PURPOSE AND SCOPE.--

11         (a)  It is not the Legislature's intent to limit the

12  jurisdiction of the circuit courts to hear and determine

13  issues regarding child support. This section is intended to

14  provide the department with an alternative procedure for

15  establishing child support obligations in Title IV-D cases in

16  a fair and expeditious manner when there is no court order of

17  support.

18         (b)  The administrative procedure set forth in this

19  section concerns only the establishment of child support

20  obligations. This section does not grant jurisdiction to the

21  department or the Division of Administrative Hearings to hear

22  or determine issues of dissolution of marriage, separation,

23  alimony or spousal support, termination of parental rights,

24  dependency, disputed paternity, award of or change of custody,

25  or visitation. This paragraph notwithstanding, the department

26  and the Division of Administrative Hearings may make findings

27  of fact that which are necessary for a proper determination of

28  a noncustodial parent's support obligation as authorized by

29  this section.

30         (c)  If there is no support order for a child in a

31  Title IV-D case whose paternity has been established or is

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  1  presumed by law, the department may establish the a

  2  noncustodial parent's child support obligation pursuant to

  3  this section, s. 61.30, and other relevant provisions of state

  4  law. The noncustodial parent's obligation determined by the

  5  department may include any obligation to pay retroactive

  6  support and any obligation to provide for health care for a

  7  child, whether through insurance coverage, reimbursement of

  8  expenses, or both. The department may proceed on behalf of:

  9         1.  An applicant or recipient of public assistance, as

10  provided by ss. 409.2561 and 409.2567;

11         2.  A former recipient of public assistance, as

12  provided by s. 409.2569;

13         3.  An individual who has applied for services as

14  provided by s. 409.2567;

15         4.  Itself or the child, as provided by s. 409.2561; or

16         5.  A state or local government of another state, as

17  provided by chapter 88.

18         (d)  Either parent, or a caretaker relative if

19  applicable, may at any time file a civil action in a circuit

20  court having jurisdiction and proper venue to determine the

21  noncustodial parent's child support obligations, if any. A

22  support order issued by a circuit court prospectively

23  supersedes an administrative support order rendered by the

24  department.

25         (e) Pursuant to paragraph (b), neither the department

26  nor the Division of Administrative Hearings have jurisdiction

27  to award or change child custody or rights of parental

28  contact.  Either parent may at any time file a civil action in

29  a circuit having jurisdiction and proper venue for a

30  determination of child custody and rights of parental contact.

31         (f) The department shall terminate the administrative

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  1  proceeding and file an action in circuit court to determine

  2  support if within 20 days after receipt of the initial notice

  3  the noncustodial parent requests in writing that the

  4  department proceed in circuit court or states in writing the

  5  noncustodial parent's intention to address issues concerning

  6  custody or rights to parental contact in court and if within

  7  10 days after receipt of the department's petition and waiver

  8  of service the noncustodial parent signs and returns the

  9  waiver of service form to the department.

10         (g) The notices and orders issued by the department

11  under this section shall be written clearly and plainly.

12         (4)  NOTICE OF PROCEEDING TO ESTABLISH ADMINISTRATIVE

13  SUPPORT ORDER.--To commence a proceeding under this section,

14  the department shall provide to the custodial parent and serve

15  the noncustodial parent with a notice of proceeding to

16  establish administrative support order and a blank financial

17  affidavit form. The notice must state:

18         (a)  The names of both parents, the name of the

19  caretaker relative, if any, and the name and date of birth of

20  the child or children;

21         (b)  That the department intends to establish an

22  administrative support order as defined in this section;

23         (c)  That both parents must submit a completed

24  financial affidavit to the department within 20 days after

25  receiving the notice, as provided by paragraph (13)(a);

26         (d)  That both parents, or parent and caretaker

27  relative if applicable, are required to furnish to the

28  department information regarding their identities and

29  locations, as provided by paragraph (13)(b);

30         (e)  That both parents, or parent and caretaker

31  relative if applicable, are required to promptly notify the

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  1  department of any change in their mailing addresses to ensure

  2  receipt of all subsequent pleadings, notices, and orders, as

  3  provided by paragraph (13)(c);

  4         (f)  That the department will calculate support

  5  obligations based on the child support guidelines in s. 61.30

  6  and using all available information, as provided by paragraph

  7  (5)(a), and will incorporate such obligations into a proposed

  8  administrative support order;

  9         (g)  That the department will send by regular mail to

10  both parents, or parent and caretaker relative if applicable,

11  a copy of the proposed administrative support order, the

12  department's child support worksheet, and any financial

13  affidavits submitted by a parent or prepared by the

14  department;

15         (h)  That the noncustodial parent may file a request

16  for a hearing in writing within 20 days after the date of

17  mailing or other service of the proposed administrative

18  support order or will be deemed to have waived the right to

19  request a hearing;

20         (i)  That if the noncustodial parent does not file a

21  timely request for hearing after service of the proposed

22  administrative support order, the department will issue an

23  administrative support order that incorporates the findings of

24  the proposed administrative support order, and will send by

25  regular mail a copy of the administrative support order to

26  both parents, or parent and caretaker relative if applicable;

27         (j)  That after an administrative support order is

28  rendered, the department will file a copy of the order with

29  the clerk of the circuit court;

30         (k)  That after an administrative support order is

31  rendered, the department may enforce the administrative

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  1  support order by any lawful means; and

  2         (l)  That either parent, or caretaker relative if

  3  applicable, may file at any time a civil action in a circuit

  4  court having jurisdiction and proper venue to determine the

  5  noncustodial parent's child support obligations, if any, and

  6  that a support order issued by a circuit court supersedes an

  7  administrative support order rendered by the department;.

  8         (m) That, neither the department nor the Division of

  9  Administrative Hearings have jurisdiction to award or change

10  child custody or rights of parental contact and these issues

11  may only be addressed in circuit court.  That if the

12  noncustodial parent has issues regarding child custody or

13  right of parental contact or requests to proceed in circuit

14  court the noncustodial parent may request in writing that the

15  department proceed in circuit court to determine support.

16  That the noncustodial parent must make such request in writing

17  within  20 days after receipt of the initial notice.  That

18  upon such request the department shall send the noncustodial

19  parent by regular mail a copy of the department's petition and

20  waiver of service form.  That the noncustodial parent must

21  sign and return the waiver of service form, within 10 days of

22  receipt of the petition at which time the department shall

23  terminate the administrative proceeding and file an action in

24  circuit court to determine support;

25         (n) That if the noncustodial parent files an action in

26  circuit court and serves the department with a copy of the

27  petition within 20 days after being served notice under this

28  subsection, the administrative process ends without prejudice

29  and the action must proceed in circuit court;

30         (o)  Information provided by the Office of State Courts

31  Administrator concerning the availability and location of

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  1  self-help programs for those who wish to file an action in

  2  circuit court but who cannot afford an attorney.

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  4  The department may serve the notice of proceeding to establish

  5  administrative support order by certified mail, restricted

  6  delivery, return receipt requested. Alternatively, the

  7  department may serve the notice by any means permitted for

  8  service of process in a civil action. For purposes of this

  9  section, an authorized employee of the department may serve

10  the notice and execute an affidavit of service. Service by

11  certified mail is completed when the certified mail is

12  received or refused by the addressee or by an authorized agent

13  as designated by the addressee in writing. If a person other

14  than the addressee signs the return receipt, the department

15  shall attempt to reach the addressee by telephone to confirm

16  whether the notice was received, and the department shall

17  document any telephonic communications. If someone other than

18  the addressee signs the return receipt, the addressee does not

19  respond to the notice, and the department is unable to confirm

20  that the addressee has received the notice, service is not

21  completed and the department shall attempt to have the

22  addressee served personally. The department shall provide the

23  custodial parent or caretaker relative with a copy of the

24  notice by regular mail to the last known address of the

25  custodial parent or caretaker.

26         (5)  PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT ORDER.--

27         (c)  The department shall provide a notice of rights

28  with the proposed administrative support order, which notice

29  must inform the noncustodial parent that:

30         1.  The noncustodial parent may, within 20 days after

31  the date of mailing or other service of the proposed

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  1  administrative support order, request a hearing by filing a

  2  written request for hearing in a form and manner specified by

  3  the department;

  4         2.  If the noncustodial parent files a timely request

  5  for a hearing, the case shall be transferred to the Division

  6  of Administrative Hearings, which shall conduct further

  7  proceedings and may enter an administrative support order;

  8         3.  A noncustodial parent who fails to file a timely

  9  request for a hearing shall be deemed to have waived the right

10  to a hearing, and the department may render an administrative

11  support order pursuant to paragraph (7)(b);

12         4.  The noncustodial parent may consent in writing to

13  entry of an administrative support order without a hearing;

14         5.  The noncustodial parent may, within 10 days after

15  the date of mailing or other service of the proposed

16  administrative support order, contact a department

17  representative, at the address or telephone number specified

18  in the notice, to informally discuss the proposed

19  administrative support order and, if informal discussions are

20  requested timely and held within a reasonable time, the time

21  for requesting a hearing will be extended until 10 days after

22  the department notifies the noncustodial parent that the

23  informal discussions have been concluded; and

24         6.  If an administrative support order that establishes

25  a noncustodial parent's support obligation is rendered,

26  whether after a hearing or without a hearing, the department

27  may enforce the administrative support order by any lawful

28  means.

29         (6)  HEARING.--If the noncustodial parent files a

30  timely request for hearing, the department shall refer the

31  hearing request to the Division of Administrative Hearings.

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  1  Unless otherwise provided by this section, chapter 120 and the

  2  division's Uniform Rules of Procedure shall govern the conduct

  3  of the proceedings. The administrative law judge shall

  4  consider all available and admissible information and any

  5  presumptions that apply as provided by paragraph (5)(a). A

  6  designated employee or other representative of the department,

  7  who need not be an attorney, may represent the department as a

  8  qualified representative at the hearing.

  9         (7)  ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT ORDER.--

10         (a)  If a hearing is held, notwithstanding ss. 120.569

11  and 120.57, the administrative law judge of the Division of

12  Administrative Hearings shall issue an administrative support

13  order, or a final order denying an administrative support

14  order, which constitutes final agency action by the

15  department. The Division of Administrative Hearings shall

16  transmit any such order to the department for filing and

17  rendering indexing.

18         (b)  If the noncustodial parent does not file a timely

19  request for a hearing, the noncustodial parent will be deemed

20  to have waived the right to request a hearing.

21         (c)  If the noncustodial parent waives the right to a

22  hearing, or consents in writing to the entry of an order

23  without a hearing, the department may render an administrative

24  support order.

25         (d)  The department shall send by regular mail a copy

26  of the administrative support order, or the final order

27  denying an administrative support order, to both parents, or a

28  parent and caretaker relative if applicable. The noncustodial

29  parent shall be notified of the right to seek judicial review

30  of the administrative support order in accordance with s.

31  120.68.

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  1         (e)  An administrative support order must comply with

  2  s. 61.30. The department, after consultation with the Division

  3  of Administrative Hearings and the chief judge of the circuit

  4  in which the pilot program is located, shall develop a

  5  standard form or forms for administrative support orders. An

  6  administrative support order must provide and state findings,

  7  if applicable, concerning:

  8         1.  The full name and date of birth of the child or

  9  children;

10         2.  The name of the noncustodial parent and the

11  custodial parent or caretaker relative;

12         3.  The noncustodial parent's duty and ability to

13  provide support;

14         4.  The amount of the noncustodial parent's monthly

15  support obligation for each child;

16         5.  Any obligation to pay retroactive support;

17         6.  The noncustodial parent's obligation to provide for

18  the health care needs of each child, whether through insurance

19  coverage, contribution towards the cost of insurance coverage,

20  payment or reimbursement of health care expenses for the

21  child, or any combination thereof;

22         7.  The beginning date of any required monthly payments

23  and health care coverage;

24         8.  That all support payments ordered must be paid to

25  the Florida State Disbursement Unit as provided by s. 61.1824;

26         9.  That the parents, or caretaker relative if

27  applicable, must file with the department when the

28  administrative support order is rendered, if they have not

29  already done so, and update as appropriate the information

30  required pursuant to paragraph (13)(b); and

31         10.  That both parents, or parent and caretaker

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  1  relative if applicable, are required to promptly notify the

  2  department of any change in their mailing addresses pursuant

  3  to paragraph (13)(c); and.

  4         11.  That if the noncustodial parent receives

  5  unemployment compensation benefits, the payor shall withhold,

  6  and transmit to the department, 40 percent of the benefits for

  7  payment of support, not to exceed the amount owed.

  8

  9  An income deduction order as provided by s. 61.1301 must be

10  incorporated into the administrative support order or, if not

11  incorporated into the administrative support order, the

12  department or the Division of Administrative Hearings shall

13  render a separate income deduction order.

14         (8)  FILING WITH THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT;

15  OFFICIAL PAYMENT RECORD; JUDGMENT BY OPERATION OF LAW.--The

16  department shall file with the clerk of the circuit court a

17  certified copy of an administrative support order rendered

18  under this section. The depository operated pursuant to s.

19  61.181 for the county where the administrative support order

20  has been filed shall:

21         (a)  Act as the official recordkeeper for payments

22  required under the administrative support order;

23         (b)  Establish and maintain the necessary payment

24  accounts;

25         (c)  Upon a delinquency, initiate the judgment by

26  operation of law procedure as provided by s. 61.14(6); and

27         (d)  Perform all other duties required of a depository

28  with respect to a support order entered by a court of this

29  state.

30         (9)  COLLECTION ACTION; ENFORCEMENT.--

31         (d)  An administrative support order rendered under

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  1  this section has the same force and effect as court order and,

  2  until modified by the department or superseded by a court

  3  order, may be enforced:

  4         1.  In any manner permitted for enforcement of a

  5  support order issued by a court of this state, except for

  6  contempt; or

  7         2.  Pursuant to s. 120.69.

  8         (10)  JUDICIAL REVIEW, ENFORCEMENT, OR COURT ORDER

  9  SUPERSEDING ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT ORDER.--

10         (b)  An administrative support order rendered under

11  this section has the same force and effect as a court order

12  and may be enforced by any circuit court in the same manner as

13  a support order issued by the court, except for contempt. If

14  the circuit court issues its own order enforcing based on the

15  administrative support order, the circuit court may enforce

16  its own order by contempt. The presumption of ability to pay

17  and purge contempt established in s. 61.14(5)(a) applies to an

18  administrative support order that includes a finding of

19  present ability to pay. Enforcement by the court, without any

20  change by the court in the support obligations established in

21  the administrative support order, does not supersede the

22  administrative support order or affect the department's

23  authority to modify the administrative support order as

24  provided by subsection (12). An order by the court that

25  requires the noncustodial parent to make periodic payments on

26  arrearages does not constitute a change in the support

27  obligations established in the administrative support order

28  and does not supersede the administrative order.

29         (11)  EFFECTIVENESS OF ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

30  ORDER.--An administrative support order rendered under this

31  section has the same force and effect as a court order and

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  1  remains in effect until modified by the department, vacated on

  2  appeal, or superseded by a subsequent court order. If the

  3  department closes a Title IV-D case in which an administrative

  4  support order has been rendered:

  5         (a)  The department shall take no further action to

  6  enforce or modify the administrative support order;

  7         (b)  The administrative support order remains effective

  8  until superseded by a subsequent court order; and

  9         (c)  The administrative support order may be enforced

10  by the obligee by any means provided by law.

11         (12)  MODIFICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT ORDER.--If

12  it has not been superseded by a subsequent court order, the

13  department may modify, suspend, or terminate an administrative

14  support order in a Title IV-D case prospectively, subject to

15  the requirements for modifications of judicial support orders

16  established in chapters 61 and 409, by following the same

17  procedures set forth in this section for establishing an

18  administrative support order, as applicable.

19         (13)  REQUIRED DISCLOSURES; PRESUMPTIONS; NOTICE SENT

20  TO ADDRESS OF RECORD.--In all proceedings pursuant to this

21  section:

22         (a)  The noncustodial parent and custodial parent must

23  execute and furnish to the department, no later than 20 days

24  after receipt of the notice of proceeding to establish

25  administrative support order, a financial affidavit in the

26  form prescribed by the department in the Florida Family Law

27  Rules of Procedure. An updated financial affidavit must be

28  executed and furnished to the department at the inception of

29  each proceeding to modify an administrative support order.

30  Caretaker relatives are not required to furnish financial

31  affidavits.

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1272

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 574330





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  2  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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  6  And the title is amended as follows:

  7         On page 1, line 26, through page 2, line 3, delete

  8  those lines

  9

10  and insert:

11         circumstances; amending s. 120.80, F.S.;

12         providing for immediate judicial review of any

13         such order; providing for enforcement; amending

14         s. 409.2557, F.S.; authorizing the Department

15         of Revenue to adopt rules for administrative

16         proceedings to establish child-support

17         obligations; amending s. 409.2563, F.S.;

18         revising the pilot program for administrative

19         establishment of child-support obligations;

20         providing process for optional pursuit of

21         judicial process; providing for the withholding

22         of a specified portion of a noncustodial

23         parent's unemployment compensation; authorizing

24         the Division of Administrative Hearings to

25         render an income deduction order; providing for

26         the use of a financial affidavit as prescribed

27         by the department; amending s.

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