Title 15, Chapter 15, Section 4
( 15-15-4)
It shall be the duty of the child support receiver to: (1) Collect all child support payments and such other payments of
support as are established by judicial order or by a written
agreement of a parent or guardian to furnish support to his minor
child, the terms of which specify that support payments are to be
paid through the child support receiver; (2) Act as trustee for remittance to the person or other party
entitled to receive payment for child support; (3) Maintain adequate books and records for all payments received
and disbursed by the child support receiver in such a manner as to
easily determine the type of action in which the payments were
ordered, showing the amount of the obligation fixed by the court
and the amount of payments credited to each account; (4) Notify within 15 days the person entitled to support of any
account which is 30 days past due except: (A) When a case has been designated as a public assistance case,
the delinquent amount and a copy of the payment records of that
account shall be promptly referred and forwarded to the district
attorney's office or the state agency responsible for the
enforcement of collection of such delinquent payments; (B) In cases in which actions have been filed under Article 2 or
Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 19, the child support receiver
shall promptly notify the district attorney and forward a copy
of the payment records and the amount of arrears to the district
attorney; (C) In cases in which a court has ordered that child support
payments be paid through the child support receiver as a
condition of probation or a suspended sentence, the child
support receiver shall promptly notify the probation office of
such court and shall forward a copy of the payment records and
the amount of arrears to the prosecuting attorney; or (D) In cases which are based upon a written agreement in which a
person has agreed to provide support of a minor child, the child
support receiver shall promptly notify the party designated in
the agreement; (5) Prepare an annual budget for the Office of the Receiver of
Child Support and, after the budget has been approved by the judge
or judges of the county or circuit, submit the same to the county
or counties affected for their approval; the budget shall be
prepared in the form and manner prescribed by the county governing
authorities; and (6) File a complete financial report of all payments received and
all payments disbursed under Article 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 19
by the Office of the Receiver of Child Support with the county
department of family and children services. The report shall
include the names and addresses of all payors and all payees as
well as the amounts paid. The report shall be made on a quarterly
basis. |