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409.25641  Procedures for processing automated administrative enforcement requests.--

(1)  The Title IV-D agency shall use automated administrative enforcement in response to a request from another state to enforce a support order and shall promptly report the results of enforcement action to the requesting state. "Automated administrative enforcement" means the use of automated data processing to search state databases and determine whether information is available regarding the parent who owes a child support obligation.

(2)(a)  This request may be transmitted from the other state by electronic or other means; and

(b)  Shall contain sufficient identifying information to allow comparison with the databases within the state which are available to the Title IV-D agency; and

(c)  Shall constitute a certification by the requesting state; and

1.  Of the amount of arrearage accrued under the order; and

2.  That the requesting state has complied with all procedural due process requirements applicable to the case.

(3)  If assistance is provided by the Title IV-D agency to another state as prescribed above, neither state shall consider the case to be transferred from the caseload of the other state to the caseload of the Title IV-D agency.

(4)  The Title IV-D agency shall maintain a record of:

(a)  The number of requests received;

(b)  The number of cases for which the Title IV-D agency collected support in response to such a request; and

(c)  The amount of such collected support.

(5)  The department shall have authority to adopt rules to implement this section.

History.--s. 49, ch. 97-170; s. 25, ch. 98-397.