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Connecticut State Profile |
Updated on 04 Apr 2005
Certified on 05 Jun 2007
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A. General/State-At-A-Glance |
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| A1. What is your State's program administration/operation type (State administered/State operated, State administered/County operated, or a combination)? |
State Administered/State Operated |
| A2. How many local IV-D offices are in your State (excluding agencies with cooperative agreements)? |
15 |
| A3. With what types of agencies do you have cooperative agreements? |
State of Connecticut Judicial Branch, Attorney General, Department of Labor, Department of Motor Vehicles, Collection Services Business Center, Department of Children and Families, Department of Public Health, and Department of Administrative Services |
| A4. Does your state have statutes setting forth the attorney-client relationship between the state's attorney and the agency only? |
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| A4.1. If so, what is the statutory citation? |
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| A4.2. Did your state have the State's Bar Counsel issue an opinion setting for the attorney-client relationship? |
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| A4.3. If so, please explain. |
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B. UIFSA |
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| B1. What is the enactment date of your State's Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA)? |
6/30/1997 |
| B2. What is the effective date of your State's Act? |
1/1/1998 |
| B3. What is the statutory citation for your State's Act? |
Sections 46b-212 to 46b-213v, inclusive of the Connecticut General Statutes (CGS)
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| B4. What version of UIFSA has your state implemented (i.e the 1996 or 2001 version)? |
Direct income withholding provisions are found at CGS Sec. 46b-213w. |
| B4.1. If your state has implemented the 2001 version, when was it implemented? |
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| B5. Optional comments regarding your State's UIFSA Act. |
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C. Reciprocity |
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| C1. With what foreign countries does your State reciprocate? |
Australia; Bermuda; Canadian Provinces: Alberta, Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick; Czech Republic; France; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Mexico (the following 27 of 32 states): Aguascalientes, Nayarit, Baja California, Nuevo Leon, Campeche, Puebla, Chiapas, San Luis Potosi, Chihuahua, Queretaro, Coahuila, Quintana Roo, Colima, Sonora, Distrito Federal, Tabasco, Guanajuato, Tamaulipas, Guerrero, Tlaxcala, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Jalisco, Yucatan, Michoacan, Zacatecas, Morelos; Norway; Poland; Slovak Republic; United Kingdom: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland. |
| C1.1. Does your state exercise its option to receive FFP for enforcement of spousal-only orders for foreign reciprocating countries? |
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| C1.2. If yes, please explain. |
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| C2. Has your State established reciprocity with any tribal courts? |
No |
| C2.1. If yes, list the tribes and identify services provided, if less than full services. |
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D. Age of Majority |
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| D1. What is the age of majority in your State? |
18 |
| D2. What is the statutory cite for the age of majority? |
Section 1-1d of the Connecticut General Statutes.
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| D3. If not addressed in the order, at what age is child support automatically terminated as a matter of State law? Qualify, if necessary. |
18, except in cases where decree of dissolution of marriage, legal separation or annulment is entered on or after July 1, 1994 in accordance with CGS Sec. 46b-84, support continues for unmarried children residing with a parent until completion of twelfth grade or the age of nineteen, whichever first occurs. CGS §§17b-745, 46b-171, 46b-172 and 46b-215 amended October 1, 2004, extends the support liability of parents who are subject to the provisions of these statutes to age 19 for unmarried children who remain full-time high school students. |
| D4. Does the date of the order impact what law is applied? |
Yes |
| D4.1. If so, please explain. |
See D3. |
| D5. Does child support end if the child leaves the household but does not emancipate? |
No |
| D5.1. Optional comments regarding emancipation. |
Statutory emancipation procedures are at CGS Secs. 46b-150 to 46b-150d, inclusive. Connecticut also recognizes common law emancipation under CGS Sec. 46b-150e. |
| D6. Does your State allow support to be paid beyond the age of majority under any circumstances (e.g. the child is handicapped or in college)? |
Yes |
| D6.1. If so, please explain. |
In the circumstances described in D3, and also if the child lives with a parent and has mental retardation, or a mental or physical disability, until age 21 in cases of dissolution of marriage, legal separation or annulment, for orders entered on or after October 1, 1997, in accordance with CGS Sec. 46b-84. |
| D7. Does your state automatically reduce current support owed for remaining children after one of the children in an order reaches the age of majority or other wise emancipates? |
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| D7.1. If yes, please describe the procedure. |
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E. Statute of Limitations |
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| E1. What is your State's statute of limitations for collection of past due support? |
None |
| E2. What is your State's statute of limitations for paternity establishment? |
18 years |
| E3. Is dormancy revival/renewal possible? |
No |
| E3.1. Please explain the circumstances when possible, and the length of time possible. |
Not applicable. |
F. Support Details |
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| F1. What guideline type or method does your State use to calculate child support (e.g., Shared Income Model, Percentage of Income Model, Melson Formula)? |
Income shares. |
| F2. Does your State charge interest on missed arrears? |
No |
| F2.1. If yes, please indicate the amount of interest charged and any related conditions. |
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| F3. Does your State charge interest on retroactive support? |
No |
| F3.1. If yes, please indicate the amount of interest charged and any related conditions. |
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| F4. Does your State charge interest on adjudicated arrears? |
No |
| F4.1. If yes, please indicate the amount of interest charged and any related conditions. |
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| F5. Will your State enforce a medical debt for 50% of the uninsured portion of a medical bill? |
Yes |
| F5.1. If so, under what circumstances? |
If court orders 50% unreimbursed medical expenses, and finds payments not made. |
| F6. Have you elected to recover costs or charge fees in your State Plan? |
Yes |
| F6.1. If yes, what costs are recovered from/fees charged to the obligee? |
Connecticut does not recover costs, but the following fees are charged: a non-TANF application fee of $25 if the applicant's income is more than the TANF standard of need; $15 for each name certified to the IRS; and $10 ($14 if SSN not provided) for location-only services. |
| F6.2. What costs are recovered from/fees charged to the obligor? |
Genetic testing costs if the putative father's paternity is acknowledged or adjudicated; service of process fees. |
| F7. Does your State recover costs on behalf of the initiating State? |
No |
| F7.1. Optional comments regarding recovering of initiating State's fees. |
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| F8. Please provide a citation for your State's long-arm statute to establish and/or enforce child support. |
CGS Sec. 46b-212d
For Additional Information |
| F9. Does your State establish, enforce, or modify spousal maintenance orders? |
Yes |
| F9.1. If yes, under what circumstances? |
In UIFSA responding cases and in IV-D cases in which the child who is the subject of the support action is living with the parent for whom the maintenance order is issued. |
| F10. Does your State require the initiating State to include information about the new spouse or partner upon a request for establishment or modification (See General Testimony, See AT 05-03)? |
No |
| F10.1. Optional comments regarding required information on spouse or partner. |
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G. Income Withholding |
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| G1. What term(s) does your State use to refer to income withholding (e.g., wage withholding)? |
Income withholding. |
| G2. What specific source of income is not subject to withholding? |
None
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| G3. Does your State have any limits on income withholding in addition to the Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) limits? |
Yes |
| G3.1. If yes, what are those limits? |
85% of the first $145 of disposable income per week is exempt from withholding. |
| G4. What is the allowable fee per pay period for processing income withholding payments? |
None |
| G5. After receiving an income withholding order or notice, what is the date by which the employer is required to implement income withholding? |
The first pay period after 14 days following the date of service of the withholding order. |
| G6. What is the date by which an employer must remit amounts withheld from an employee's pay? |
Within 7 days of the date the employee is paid. |
| G7. What are your State's procedures for sanctioning employers for not implementing income withholding? |
Contempt action and civil action for amounts not withheld. |
| G8. What is the penalty to an employer for failure to remit payments withheld? |
Repayment of the full amount not withheld since receipt of proper notice. |
| G9. Does your State allow direct income withholding of unemployment insurance benefits across State lines? |
No |
| G9.1. Optional comments regarding direct withholding of UI benefits across State lines. |
CGS Sec. 52-362(a)(3) requires a purchase of service agreement with the State Labor Commissioner for withholding of UI benefits. |
| G10. Does your State allow direct income withholding of workers' compensation benefits across State lines? |
Yes |
| G10.1. Optional comments regarding direct withholding of WC benefits across State lines. |
Permitted by CGS Sec. 52-362(a)(5). |
| G11. How does an obligor contest income withholding in your State? |
Delivering signed claim form to court clerk or, in direct withholding cases, to IV-D agency and employer. |
| G12. When the obligor has more than one claim for child support against his/her income, indicate your State's priority scheme for income withholding orders (e.g., employer should allocate available amount for withholding equally among all orders or prorate available amount across orders). |
Child support withholdings have priority over other types of wage executions. Current support has priority over arrearage payments. Multiple withholdings allocated in proportion to amount of orders. |
| G12.1. If an employer in your State receives more than one income withholding order for child support from other States, can the employer request your assistance? |
Yes |
| G12.2. If assistance is not available, explain how employers should proceed. Please provide a citation for the State law that governs how they should proceed. |
Sections 52-362 and 46b-213w of the Connecticut General Statutes.
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| G13. Does your state require any mandatory deductions, such as union dues, medical insurance premiums, etc., to arrive at net pay from gross pay when calculating disposable income for child support purposes? |
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| G14. When does your state require the employer to send notice of an employee's termination? |
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| G15. How long should an employer retain the IWO after termination of an employee, in anticipation of reinstating the withholding should the employee be rehired? |
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| G16. Does the State charge any fee to the obligor that the employer is required to withhold and remit to the State? |
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| G17. Does your State offer an alternate web-based payment mechanism in addition to paper and EFT/EDI? |
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| G18. Can a direct income withholding be sent to any of the following in your State: employer, financial institution (explain what institutions), Bureau of Workers Compensation, or other income payer? |
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| G19. If there is insufficient income for an employer to withhold for both the total amount of child support and medical support, describe your State's prioritization between child support and medical support. |
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H. Paternity |
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| H1. When your State enters an order establishing paternity, are issues of custody and visitation also addressed? |
No |
| H1.1. If yes, please explain. |
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| H2. What is the percentage of probability for genetic testing that creates a rebuttable or conclusive presumption of paternity? |
99% or greater. |
| H3. Optional comments regarding paternity acknowledgment conclusive legislation. |
CGS Sec. 46b-172 |
| H4. What is the effective date of the State law that makes paternity acknowledgments conclusive? |
10/1/1991 |
| H4.1. Were acknowledgments prior to that effective date rebuttable? |
Yes |
| H4.2. Optional comments regarding paternity acknowledgments prior to that date. |
"New trial" could be petitioned for. |
| H5. Does marriage constitute a rebuttable presumption of paternity? |
Yes |
| H5.1. How is the presumption rebutted? |
An acknowledgment of paternity or court paternity finding based on clear and convincing evidence such as genetic tests. |
| H6. If the father's name is on the birth certificate and paternity has not been established by any other means does this mean that paternity is conclusively determined? |
Yes |
| H6.1. If not, briefly explain. |
If executed on or after June 1, 1998. |
| H7. Does your State have any other paternity-related presumptions? |
No |
| H7.1. If yes, briefly explain. |
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| H8. Does your State have a putative fathers' registry? |
Yes |
| H8.1. If so, what is the name of that entity? |
There is a central registry for paternity acknowledgments, rescissions of acknowledgments, and adjudications at the Connecticut Department of Public Health. |
| H9. Are there any fees for requesting searches, paternity documents, and data from your State Bureau of Vital Statistics? |
Yes |
| H9.1. Please describe any circumstances under which these fees may be waived. |
If requested by authorized individuals of the Connecticut IV-D agency. |
| H10. Is common law marriage recognized in your State? |
No |
| H10.1. If yes, briefly describe the standard that defines common law marriage. |
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| H10.2. When did your current common law standard go into effect? |
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| H10.3. If there was a common law standard in effect prior to your current standard, what was that standard and when did it go into effect? |
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| H11. When the custodial parent and/or other witnesses are not able to appear in person for paternity hearings, what methods of testimony are acceptable (e.g., written, videotape, teleconferencing) |
All methods acceptable subject to approval of court. |
| H12. Please give the cite for your State's long arm statute and list any special provisions. |
Under CGS Sec. 46b-160, court must find actual notice; and answer form, notice, application for appointment of counsel, and financial affidavit must accompany petition served on putative father. Genetic tests may be ordered; default order may be entered.
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| H13. Does your State recover genetic testing costs for other States? |
Yes |
| H13.1. If so, please explain. |
UIFSA petitions sent to central registry. Support Enforcement Services dockets case in Family Support Magistrate Division and notifies the petitioner where and when filed, sets a hearing, and issues a summons to the respondent. Costs may be recovered if pleaded and recovery is ordered by the Family Support Magistrate. |
| H14. Are there any other documents that are required to get the father's name on the birth certificate (e.g. is an acknowledgement of paternity needed)? |
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| H15. What is the effective date of the State law that makes a father's name on the birth certificate a conclusive determination of paternity? |
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| H16. If there is more than one child with the same custodial parent, and the same alleged father, should one set of documents be sent to your state (with a paternity affidavit for each child) or should a separate packet be sent for each child? |
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I. Support Order Establishment |
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| I1. Does your State use an administrative or a judicial process to establish a support obligation? |
Both |
| I1.1. If your State can establish under both, under what circumstances would the administrative process be used? |
Administrative process is used only when noncustodial parent agrees to the amount of support indicated by the child support guidelines. |
| I1.2. Under what circumstances would the judicial process be used? |
Judicial process is used when the noncustodial parent does not agree to the guidelines amount. |
| I1.3. If your State uses an administrative process, provide the statutory citations for your State's administrative procedures. |
Sections 17b-179, 17b-745, 46b-172, 46b-215, and 46b-231 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
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| I2. In setting support under your State's guidelines, whose income is considered in addition to the NCP (e.g., new spouse's or child's) |
Custodial parent's only. |
| I3. What criteria for rebutting your presumptive guidelines have been established in your State? |
Other financial resources available to a parent; extraordinary expenses for care and maintenance of the child; extraordinary parental expenses; needs of a parent's other dependents; coordination of total family support; special circumstances. The deviation criteria are listed in detail at Sec. 46b-215a-3 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. |
| I4. Will your State establish support orders for prior periods? |
Yes |
| I4.1. If so, for what prior periods (e.g., birth of the child, date of separation, prenatal expenses, 5 years retroactive)? |
Birth of child, date of separation, or three years prior to filing in paternity cases, whichever is applicable. |
| I4.2. What information or documentation does your State require to proceed? |
Past ability to pay, if known; current ability to pay, if past ability not known; or assistance rendered to the child, if past and current ability not known. If based on existing court order, an arrearage affidavit of the payee. |
| I4.3. Will your State allow a petition for support when the only issue is retroactive support? |
Yes |
| I4.4. If there are limitations upon your State's ability to establish support for prior periods, please specify. |
See I4.1. |
| I5. What actions can your State perform using the administrative process? Does your State use an administrative process for paternity, establishment, modification and the enforcement of child support? |
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| I6. What is your State's statutory authority for the administrative process? |
For Additional Information - No Link Provided |
| I7. Is there a local State law that allows the interstate administrative subpoena? |
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| I8. Does your State require that a custodial person (who is not one of the biological parents) to have legal custody of a child before establishing an order for support for that child when public assistance is being expended? |
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| I9. Does your State require that a custodial person (who is not one of the biological parents) to have legal custody of a child before establishing an order for support for that child when public assistance is/or is not being expended? |
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| I10. Does your State require that a custodial person (who is not one of the biological parents) to have legal custody of a child before enforcing an order for support that was issued as the biological parents as the parties for non public assistance cases? |
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| I11. When your state has issued an order that reserves support, and now child support should be ordered, should the other state request an establishment or a modification action? |
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J. Support Enforcement |
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| J1. Indicate whether your state has the following enforcement remedies available. Also indicate what procedures are available (i.e, judicial, administrative, or both? |
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| J1.1. Are your State income tax refund procedures judicial, administrative, or both? |
Administrative. |
| J2. Is the lien process in your State judicial, administrative or both? |
Administrative |
| J2.1. What are the trigger criteria for filing a lien? |
Past Due Support of $500 or more |
| J2.2. Where is your State liens filed? |
RP - Local (by town) |
| J2.3. Does your State charge a fee for filing a lien? |
Yes |
| J2.4. If so, please indicate the amount. |
$10.00 - $15,00 |
| J.3. Does your State enforce property seizure and sale? |
Yes |
| J3.1. Are the property seizure and sale procedures judicial, administrative, or both? |
Administrative and judicial. Administrative under CGS Sec. 52-362d(d),(e) requires $500 overdue support (i.e., delinquency). |
| J4. Are the MSFIDM Freeze and Seize procedures in your State judicial, administrative, or both? |
Administrative |
| J4.1. When must a non-custodial parent (NCP) receive notice that a MSFIDM Freeze and Seize action is an enforcement remedy and may be used by the State to collect deliquent child support? |
When case becomes delinquent |
| J4.2. Does your State's income withholding definition include amounts in financial institutions? |
No |
| J4.3. Does a new notice have to be sent when intent to Freeze and Seize is sent? |
Yes |
| J4.3.1 If so, who notifies the NCP, the State or Financial Institution? |
The state. |
| J5. What are the time frames if a new notice of intent to Freeze and Seize must be sent? |
After assets are frozen |
| J5.1. What are the criteria that must be met to deem an obligor eligible for Freeze and Seize action in your state? |
$500 minimum delinquency. No specified number of months delinquent. No accounts exempted. |
| J5.2. What is the minimum dollar amount that the obligor must be delinquent prior to becoming eligible for asset seizure? |
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| J5.3. Is there a specified amount of time for the obligor to be delinquent prior to proceeding with Freeze and Seize? |
None |
| J5.3. 1. If yes, please provide the time frame. |
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| J5.4. Are only a certain percentage of the obligor's financial assets eligible for Freeze and Seize? |
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| J5.4.1. If yes, please provide the percentage. |
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| J5.4.2 . Is the percentage different for joint accounts? |
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| J5.4.3. If yes, please provide the amount. |
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| J5.5. Does your state require that a minimum amount of money must be in a financial account for the funds to be eligible for Freeze and Seize action? If so please provide the amount. |
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| J5.6. Who is responsible for applying the minimum amount, your State or the Financial Institution? |
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| J5.7. How long does the obligor and/or account holders have to contact your State child support enforcement and/or court to challenge the Freeze and Seize action? |
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| J5.8. If State law and/or policy allows for a second contest to Freeze and Seize action, how long does the obligor and/or joint account holder have to contact your state child support agency or court to challenge the Freeze and Seize action? |
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| J5.9. On what basis can an obligor and/or other account holder challenge/contest a freeze and seize action? |
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| J5.10. Is your State's complaint review process judicial, administrative or both? |
Administrative |
| J5.11. What are your State's penalties for incorrect seizures? |
None |
| J5.12. Is the second challenge administrative, judicial or both? |
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| J5.13. What are your State's appeal time frame, unique appeal requirements and recourse for non-debtor accounts? |
60 days from date of receipt. No unique requirements. No recourse for non-debtor. |
| J5.14. Is the Freeze and Seize operation in your state centralized or automated? |
Centralized. Not automated. |
| J5.15. Are there additional Freeze and Seize requirements or limitations not otherwise noted in this profile? |
No |
| J5.16. Has your state established a minimum benefit amount that must be met for a financial institution to proceed with the Freeze and Seize action? |
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| J5.16.1. If yes, what is the amount? |
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| J5.17. Does your state have procedures in place to liquidate non-liquid assets (e.g., stocks, bonds, etc)? |
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| J5.17.1 If yes, please provide the state authority and the procedures Financial Institutions should follow to liquidate non-liquid assets. |
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| J5.18. Does your state law/policy instruct the Financial Institution or state to hold the frozen assets during the challenge/appeal time frame and/or freeze period? |
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| J5.19. How long does the Financial Institution have to send the obligor's assets to your state child support enforcement agency? |
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| J5.19.1 . If yes, please define. |
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| J6. Does your state withhold state funds or benefits? |
Yes |
| J6.1. If yes, is the method of withholding state benefits judicial, administrative, or both? |
Administrative for all forms of funds/benefits. Same criteria as listed in J4.1. |
| J7. Please describe any other administrative enforcement procedures your state may have. |
Yes; administrative withholding of lottery winnings under CGS Sec. 52-362d(c); no debt threshold. |
| J8. Please describe any other judicial enforcement procedures your state may have. |
Yes; contempt citation under CGS Sec. 46b-231 and criminal prosecution under CGS Secs. 53-304 to 53-308, inclusive. |
| J9. If your state has established specific procedures for registering administrative liens, what are the procedures that another state must follow? |
Register order for enforcement under UIFSA and request lien remedy, fully describing the subject property, including type and location.
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| J10. Which of our state's enforcement remedies are available without registration? |
Income withholding. |
| J11. Describe your state's registration and enforcement procedures. |
UIFSA registration under sections 46b-213g to 46b-213n, inclusive of the Connecticut General Statutes. Support Enforcement Services files documents in registry of support orders in Family Support Magistrate Division and notifies nonregistering party. If nonregistering party fails to contest registration, order is confirmed. If nonregistering party contests registration, a hearing is held. Support Enforcement Services uses all available remedies to enforce order. |
| J12. After registration, describe additional judicial procedures required, if any, to enforce a support order. |
None. |
| J13. Has your state adopted the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (UEFJA)? |
Yes |
| J13.1. If yes, please provide the statutory citation. |
Sections 52-604 to 52-609, inclusive of the Connecticut General Statutes.
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| J14. Does your state's law require financial institutions doing business in your state to accept Freeze and Seize actions directly from other states? |
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| J14.1. If no, describe the process for a Freeze and Seize action from another state's IV-D agency (e.g., Transmittal #3, Transmittal #1, and list additional documentation required). |
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| J15. Does your state use credit bureau reporting as an enforcement method? |
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| J16. Provide which credit bureaus your state report an obligor's child support information? |
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| J17. Is the method for credit bureau reporting judicial, administrative or both? |
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| J18. In an interstate case, does your state report an obligor's child support information to credit bureaus when it is the initiating state, the responding state, or both? |
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| J19. What are your state's criteria for reporting an obligor's child support information to credit bureaus? |
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K. Modification and Review/Adjustment |
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| K1. With what frequency are reviews conducted in IV-D cases (e.g., every year, every three years)? |
As requested by either parent, but no more frequently than every three years unless there is a substantial change in circumstances. |
| K2. On what basis are the reviews conducted (e.g., on request of the CP, NCP in non-TANF cases, automatically in TANF cases)? |
On request of either parent and, in TANF cases, at the request of the IV-D agency. |
| K3. Briefly describe your State's modification procedure. |
Direct interstate referral form requesting review and adjustment of order to local Support Enforcement Services office. Support Enforcement Services will prepare appropriate motions if jurisdiction can be obtained, and notify requesting jurisdiction of results. |
| K4. What are your criteria for modification (e.g., $50 or 20% from present order)? |
Substantial change in the circumstances of either party or substantial deviation of existing support order from child support guidelines amount (15% deviation rebuttably substantial). |
| K5. Which of the following criteria for demonstrating a change in circumstances apply, if any? |
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| K5.1. The earnings of the obligor have substantially increased or decreased. |
Yes |
| K5.2. The earnings of the obligee have substantially increased or decreased. |
Yes |
| K5.3. The needs of a party or the child(ren) have substantially increased or decreased. |
Yes |
| K5.4. The cost of living as measured by the Federal Bureau of Vital Statistics has changed. |
No |
| K5.5. The child(ren) have extraordinary medical expenses not covered by insurance. |
Yes |
| K5.6. There has been a substantial change in child care expenses. |
No |
| K5.7. What other criteria does your state use for demonstrating a change in circumstances or comments regarding change of circumstances? |
Changes in circumstance not sufficient for modification if contemplated in the original order. No modification for child care expense changes, provided expenses are reasonable and necessary, because child care is ordered as reimbursement of a percentage of whatever expenses are incurred and paid. Other reasons for modification are custody and payee changes. |
| K6. Does your State have cost of living adjustments (COLAs)? |
No |
| K6.1. If so, what index does your State use? |
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| K7. How does your state credit SSA disability to current and past due support? |
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| K8. Does your state abate support? For example, when the child is not living with the custodial parent for more than 30 days and there has not been a change in custody, or when the noncustodial parent is in prison, etc. |
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| K8.1. If so, please explain the situation? |
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| K8.2. What is the statutory cite for your abatement law? |
For Additional Information - No Link Provided |
| K8.3. What documents are required for each type of referral other than UIFSA referrals? For example, pay records and certifications for TANF, etc. |
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| K8.4. Please provide information to obtain copies of paternity acknowledgements/affidavits and birth records, including where to make requests and the cost of processing the requests. |
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| K9. What information is required to register an out-of-state order for enforcement/modification? |
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L. Lump Sum Payments |
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| L1. Does your state define a lump sum payment? |
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| L1.1 If yes, please provide your state's definition. (Be specific, i.e., severance pay, incentives, relocation lump sum payments, ect)? |
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| L1.2 Provide the statutory citation. |
For Additional Information - No Link Provided |
| L2. Does your state law require employers to report lump sum payments? |
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| L2.1 If yes, please provide the statutory citation or rule requiring employers to report this information. |
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| L3. Are employers required to report lump sums for all income withholding orders (including cases with no arrears)? |
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| L3.1 If yes, what is the threshold amount at which a lump sum payment must be reported? |
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| L4. How are employers instructed to report a pending lump sum? |
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| L5. Provide the timeframe within which the child support enforcement agency must respond to the employer with instructions for attaching the lump sum. |
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| L6. How long must the employer hold the lump sum before releasing the payment to the custodial parent? |
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| L7. Does your state use the income withholding order to attach the lump sum payment? |
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| L7.1 If yes, is it noted on the original order or is it sent specifically to cover the lump sum? |
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| L8. Does your state use the lien/levy process to attach the lump sum payment? |
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| L8.1 If yes, what is the name of the document your state uses to attach lump sum payment? |
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| L9. What other documents does your state use to attach lump sum payments? |
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| L10. Does your state require the consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) limits to be applied to lump sum payments? |
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| L10.1 If yes, what are those limits? |
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| L10.2 If no, what percentage is the employer required to withhold? |
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| L11 If an employer pays the lump sum in addition to regular wages, in a single payment, would the CCPA limits apply? |
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| L11.1 If yes, would the employer only withhold for that period's obligation? |
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