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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="10-113.2" title_number="10" title_name="Support in General" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Civil and Criminal Enforcement">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Administration may certify to the State Comptroller any obligor who is in arrears under a child support order, if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the amount of arrears exceeds $150; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Administration is providing services in the case under Title IV, Part D, of the federal Social Security Act.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Administration shall notify the obligor that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a certification has been made by the Administration; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the obligor has a right to request an investigation as provided under subsection (d) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The certification shall include, if known:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the full name of the obligor, and any other names known to be used by the obligor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the address and Social Security number of the obligor; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the amount of the arrearage.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 30 days of the date of the notice of certification, an obligor who disputes the existence or amount of the arrearage may request that the Administration conduct an investigation of the arrearage.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>On receipt of a request for investigation from the obligor, the Administration shall conduct an investigation as to the existence or amount of the arrearage.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>On completion of the investigation, the Administration shall notify the obligor of the outcome of the investigation.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>If, after the investigation the Administration finds there is an error, the Administration shall correct the amount of the reported arrears, or, if appropriate, withdraw the certification.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The State Comptroller shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>withhold the amount of the arrearage from:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>any payment due to the obligor; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any abandoned property delivered to the State Comptroller under Title 17 of the Commercial Law Article in which the obligor has an interest;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>forward the amount withheld to the Administration; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>notify the obligor of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the amount paid to the Administration; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the right to appeal the intercept to the Office of Administrative Hearings as provided in subsection (g) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>On receipt of the intercepted payment, the Administration shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>retain any part of the payment that does not exceed the amount of arrearage owed at the time the payment was received; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>pay to the obligor any part of the payment that exceeds the amount of arrearage owed at the time the payment was received.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 30 days of the date of the notice of intercept from the State Comptroller, an obligor who disputes the existence or amount of the arrearage may appeal to the Office of Administrative Hearings.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An appeal to the Office of Administrative Hearings shall be conducted in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The Secretary of Human Services and the State Comptroller may adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
