Section 388-14A-1000. The DSHS division of child support is the Title IV-D child support enforcement agency for the state of Washington.

Section 388-14A-1005. What is Washington's state plan under Title IV-D?

Section 388-14A-1010. What are the other names that the division of child support has used?

Section 388-14A-1015. What laws regulate the actions of the division of child support?

Section 388-14A-1020. What definitions apply to the rules regarding child support enforcement?

Section 388-14A-1025. What are the responsibilities of the division of child support?

Section 388-14A-1030. What kinds of services can the division of child support provide?

Section 388-14A-1035. What kinds of locate services does the division of child support provide?

Section 388-14A-1036. Who can request DCS locate services?

Section 388-14A-1040. What must a request for locate services contain?

Section 388-14A-1045. What happens when I request locate services from the division of child support?

Section 388-14A-1050. The division of child support cooperates with tribes and other states and countries for support enforcement purposes.

Section 388-14A-1055. Can the division of child support collect support owed or assigned to another state, tribe or country?

Section 388-14A-1060. The division of child support cooperates with courts and law enforcement.

Section 388-14A-2000. Who can receive child support enforcement services from the division of child support?

Section 388-14A-2005. When does an application for public assistance automatically become an application for support enforcement services?

Section 388-14A-2010. Can I apply for support enforcement services if I do not receive public assistance?

Section 388-14A-2015. Does DCS accept an application from someone who is not a resident of Washington state?

Section 388-14A-2020. Can the division of child support deny my application for support enforcement services?

Section 388-14A-2025. What services does the division of child support provide for a nonassistance support enforcement case?

Section 388-14A-2030. Do I assign my rights to support when I apply for child support enforcement services?

Section 388-14A-2035. Do I assign my rights to support when I receive public assistance?

Section 388-14A-2036. What does assigning my rights to support mean?

Section 388-14A-2037. What are permanently assigned arrears?

Section 388-14A-2038. What are temporarily assigned arrears?

Section 388-14A-2039. What are conditionally assigned arrears?

Section 388-14A-2040. Do I have to cooperate with the division of child support in establishing or enforcing child support?

Section 388-14A-2041. What happens if I don't cooperate with DCS while I receive public assistance?

Section 388-14A-2045. What can I do if I am afraid that cooperating with the division of child support will be harmful to me or to my children?

Section 388-14A-2050. Who decides if I have good cause not to cooperate?

Section 388-14A-2060. Are there different kinds of good cause for not cooperating with DCS?

Section 388-14A-2065. Does the division of child support provide support enforcement services if the CSO decides I have "good cause level A"?

Section 388-14A-2070. Does the division of child support provide support enforcement services if the CSO determines I have "good cause level B"?

Section 388-14A-2075. What happens if the division of child support determines that I am not cooperating?

Section 388-14A-2080. Once DCS opens a support enforcement case, under what circumstances can it be closed?

Section 388-14A-2081. Under what circumstances can DCS close a case when the application for services was made directly to DCS?

Section 388-14A-2083. Under what circumstances can DCS close a case where the application for services was originally made to another state, tribe, territory or country, otherwise known as an intergovernmental case?

Section 388-14A-2085. Under what circumstances may DCS keep a support enforcement case open despite a request to close it?

Section 388-14A-2090. Who receives notice when DCS closes a case?

Section 388-14A-2095. What if I don't agree with the case closure notice?

Section 388-14A-2097. What happens to payments that come in after a case is closed?

Section 388-14A-2099. When does DCS file a satisfaction of judgment with the superior court?

Section 388-14A-2105. Basic confidentiality rules for the division of child support.

Section 388-14A-2107. Are there special rules for requests for whereabouts information?

Section 388-14A-2110. How do I make a request for disclosure of DCS public records?

Section 388-14A-2112. When I make a public disclosure request, do I get the information or records immediately?

Section 388-14A-2114. Does DCS give notice to anyone before releasing information pursuant to a public disclosure request?

Section 388-14A-2115. Can the custodial parent waive notice of a request for address?

Section 388-14A-2116. How do I request a support order summary from DCS?

Section 388-14A-2120. Can the noncustodial parent request notice before DCS releases address information to the custodial parent?

Section 388-14A-2125. Can DCS ever release address information without notice?

Section 388-14A-2130. What if I object to the release of my address?

Section 388-14A-2135. When might DCS deny a request for address information without going through the notice and hearing process?

Section 388-14A-2140. What happens at a hearing on objection to disclosure of address information?

Section 388-14A-2150. How much does it cost to get copies of DCS records?

Section 388-14A-2155. Can I appeal a denial of public disclosure by the division of child support?

Section 388-14A-2160. On what authority does DCS share my confidential information with a credit bureau?

Section 388-14A-2200. When does DCS charge a twenty-five dollar annual fee on a child support case?

Section 388-14A-2205. How can a custodial parent be excused from payment of the annual fee?

Section 388-14A-3100. How does the division of child support establish a child support obligation when there is no child support order?

Section 388-14A-3102. When the parents have signed a paternity acknowledgment, which support establishment notice does the division of child support serve on the noncustodial parent?

Section 388-14A-3105. How does the division of child support serve support establishment notices?

Section 388-14A-3110. When can a support establishment notice become a final order?

Section 388-14A-3115. The notice and finding of financial responsibility is used to set child support when paternity is not an issue.

Section 388-14A-3120. The notice and finding of parental responsibility is used to set child support when the father's duty of support is based upon an affidavit of paternity which is not a conclusive presumption of paternity.

Section 388-14A-3125. DCS may establish a medical support obligation when the custodial parent receiving medical assistance declines full child support enforcement services.

Section 388-14A-3127. How does DCS ask to add a monthly financial obligation to an existing administrative order for medical support only?

Section 388-14A-3130. What happens if a party makes a timely request for hearing on a support establishment notice?

Section 388-14A-3131. What happens if neither parent appears for the hearing?

Section 388-14A-3132. What happens if only one parent appears for the hearing?

Section 388-14A-3133. What happens when the noncustodial parent and the custodial parent both appear for the hearing?

Section 388-14A-3135. Late hearings, or hearing on untimely objections to support establishment notices.

Section 388-14A-3140. What can happen at a hearing on a support establishment notice?

Section 388-14A-3200. How does DCS determine my support obligation?

Section 388-14A-3205. How does DCS calculate my income?

Section 388-14A-3275. The division of child support may amend an administrative notice at any time before a final administrative order is entered.

Section 388-14A-3300. How does the division of child support require me to make my support payments to the Washington state support registry when my support order says to pay someone else?

Section 388-14A-3302. How does the division of child support decide what notice to serve when there is already an existing order for child support?

Section 388-14A-3304. The division of child support may serve a notice of support debt and demand for payment when it is enforcing a support order issued in Washington state, a foreign court order or a foreign administrative order for support.

Section 388-14A-3305. What can I do if I disagree with a notice of support debt and demand for payment?

Section 388-14A-3306. Does a notice of support debt and demand for payment result in a final determination of support arrears?

Section 388-14A-3307. How does the division of child support proceed when there are multiple child support orders for the same obligor and children?

Section 388-14A-3310. What notice does the division of child support serve to establish a fixed dollar amount under an existing child support order?

Section 388-14A-3311. How does DCS prepare a notice of support owed to determine amounts owed to establish a fixed dollar amount under an existing child support order?

Section 388-14A-3312. The division of child support serves a notice of support owed to establish a fixed dollar amount owed by either parent for medical support.

Section 388-14A-3315. When DCS serves a notice of support debt or a notice of support owed, we notify the other party to the child support order.

Section 388-14A-3316. When can a notice of support owed become a final order?

Section 388-14A-3317. What happens if a party makes a timely request for hearing on a notice of support owed?

Section 388-14A-3318. What happens if a party makes an untimely request for hearing on a notice of support owed?

Section 388-14A-3320. What happens at a hearing on a notice of support owed?

Section 388-14A-3321. What happens if the custodial parent requests a hearing on a notice of support debt and demand for payment?

Section 388-14A-3323. What happens in a hearing on a notice of support owed served under WAC 388-14A-3311?

Section 388-14A-3324. What happens in a hearing on a notice of support owed served under WAC 388-14A-3312?

Section 388-14A-3330. What are the procedures for the annual review of a notice of support owed?

Section 388-14A-3350. Are there any limits on how much back support the division of child support can seek to establish?

Section 388-14A-3370. What legal defenses are available to a noncustodial parent when DCS seeks to enforce a support obligation?

Section 388-14A-3375. What kinds of credits does the division of child support give when establishing or enforcing an administrative support order?

Section 388-14A-3400. Are there limitations on how much of my income is available for child support?

Section 388-14A-3410. What amount does DCS use for the self-support reserve?

Section 388-14A-3500. A person must show good cause for filing a late request for hearing.

Section 388-14A-3600. The parties may resolve any child support case by entering a consent order or an agreed settlement.

Section 388-14A-3700. When is it appropriate to vacate a default order?

Section 388-14A-3800. Once a support order is entered, can it be changed?

Section 388-14A-3810. Once an administrative child support order is entered, how long does the support obligation last?

Section 388-14A-3850. When may someone ask for a temporary support order?

Section 388-14A-3855. How does a party request a temporary order when the hearing is continued?

Section 388-14A-3860. How does a party request a temporary order when a petition for review has been filed?

Section 388-14A-3865. Duties of the administrative law judge when a party requests a temporary support order.

Section 388-14A-3870. When does a temporary support order end?

Section 388-14A-3875. What if a party does not agree with a temporary support order?

Section 388-14A-3900. Does DCS review my support order to see if it should be modified?

Section 388-14A-3901. Under what circumstances does DCS review a support order for modification?

Section 388-14A-3902. How does DCS notify me that my order is eligible for review for modification?

Section 388-14A-3903. How does DCS decide whether to petition for modification of a support order?

Section 388-14A-3904. How do I find out the results of DCS' review for modification?

Section 388-14A-3905. What if I don't agree with DCS' findings after review?

Section 388-14A-3906. Are there times when DCS does not review an order which would otherwise qualify for review?

Section 388-14A-3907. DCS uses the Washington state child support schedule for reviewing orders for modification.

Section 388-14A-3925. Who can ask to modify an administrative support order?

Section 388-14A-4000. When may the division of child support take collection action against a noncustodial parent?

Section 388-14A-4010. Can I make the division of child support stop collection action against me?

Section 388-14A-4020. What collection tools does the division of child support use?

Section 388-14A-4030. How can the division of child support collect child support from my wages or other income source?

Section 388-14A-4040. DCS can serve some collection actions by electronic service.

Section 388-14A-4100. How does the division of child support enforce my obligation to provide health insurance for my children?

Section 388-14A-4110. If my support order requires me to provide medical support for my children, what do I have to do?

Section 388-14A-4111. When may DCS decline a request to enforce a medical support obligation?

Section 388-14A-4112. When does the division of child support enforce a custodial parent's obligation to provide medical support?

Section 388-14A-4115. Can my support order reduce my support obligation if I pay for health insurance?

Section 388-14A-4119. How soon after a noncustodial parent is listed in the state directory of new hires must the division of child support send a national medical support notice to the employer?

Section 388-14A-4120. DCS uses the National Medical Support Notice to enforce an obligation to provide health insurance coverage.

Section 388-14A-4121. Can a Washington employer assume that every National Medical Support Notice that the employer receives is from the division of child support?

Section 388-14A-4122. What kind of information is included in the National Medical Support Notice?

Section 388-14A-4123. What can happen if the employer fails to comply with the terms of the National Medical Support Notice?

Section 388-14A-4124. Who are the parties involved with the National Medical Support Notice?

Section 388-14A-4125. What must an employer do after receiving a National Medical Support Notice?

Section 388-14A-4126. What kind of help is available for an employer or plan administrator who has questions about the National Medical Support Notice?

Section 388-14A-4130. What must a plan administrator do after receiving a National Medical Support Notice from the division of child support?

Section 388-14A-4135. What must the plan administrator do when the obligated parent has health insurance but the children are not included in the coverage?

Section 388-14A-4140. What must the plan administrator do when the obligated parent is eligible for health insurance but is not yet enrolled?

Section 388-14A-4143. What must the plan administrator do when the employer provides health insurance but the obligated parent is not yet eligible for coverage?

Section 388-14A-4145. What must the plan administrator do when the insurance plan in which the obligated parent is enrolled does not provide coverage which is accessible to the children?

Section 388-14A-4150. What must the plan administrator do when the obligated parent has more than one family?

Section 388-14A-4160. Are there any limits on the amount an obligated parent may be required to pay for health insurance premiums?

Section 388-14A-4165. What happens when a noncustodial parent does not earn enough to pay child support plus the health insurance premium?

Section 388-14A-4170. How long does a National Medical Support Notice or other notice of enrollment remain in effect?

Section 388-14A-4175. Who is required to notify the division of child support when insurance coverage for the children ends?

Section 388-14A-4180. When must the division of child support communicate with the DSHS medicaid purchasing administration?

Section 388-14A-4200. Do I get credit for dependent disability payments paid on my behalf to my children?

Section 388-14A-4300. What can I do if I think I'm paying more than the custodial parent is spending for day care or other special expenses for my child?

Section 388-14A-4301. Can I file a petition for reimbursement if I do not receive full support enforcement services?

Section 388-14A-4302. Who participates in a hearing on petition for reimbursement?

Section 388-14A-4303. What happens at a hearing on petition for reimbursement?

Section 388-14A-4304. What happens if the judge determines that I have paid too much for day care and special expenses?

Section 388-14A-4500. What is the division of child support's license suspension program?

Section 388-14A-4505. The notice of noncompliance and intent to suspend licenses.

Section 388-14A-4510. Who is subject to the DCS license suspension program?

Section 388-14A-4512. When may the division of child support certify a noncustodial parent for license suspension?

Section 388-14A-4515. How do I avoid having my license suspended for failure to pay child support?

Section 388-14A-4520. Signing a payment agreement may avoid certification for noncompliance.

Section 388-14A-4525. How to obtain a release of certification for noncompliance.

Section 388-14A-4527. How does a noncustodial parent request an administrative hearing regarding license suspension?

Section 388-14A-4530. What can happen at an administrative hearing regarding license suspension?

Section 388-14A-4535. Can the noncustodial parent file a late request for hearing if a license has already been suspended?

Section 388-14A-4540. When is a DCS conference board available regarding license suspension issues?

Section 388-14A-4600. What is the division of child support's DCS most wanted internet site?

Section 388-14A-4605. Whose picture can go on the division of child support's DCS most wanted internet site?

Section 388-14A-4610. How does a noncustodial parent avoid being posted on the DCS most wanted internet site?

Section 388-14A-4615. When does DCS remove a noncustodial parent from the DCS most wanted internet site?

Section 388-14A-4620. What information does the division of child support post to the DCS most wanted internet site?

Section 388-14A-4700. How do I ask the division of child support to prorate a child support obligation?

Section 388-14A-4705. When does the division of child support prorate a monthly support obligation?

Section 388-14A-4710. When does the division of child support not prorate a monthly support obligation?

Section 388-14A-4715. What can I do if I don't agree with DCS' decision on whether or not to prorate support?

Section 388-14A-4800. When does a child support order contain an undifferentiated amount of child support?

Section 388-14A-4810. How does DCS determine if a support order contains a differentiated or undifferentiated amount of support?

Section 388-14A-4820. What can I do if I don't agree with DCS' decision on whether my support order contains a differentiated or undifferentiated amount of support?

Section 388-14A-4830. How does DCS divide support obligations between two or more cases when a support order does not contain a differentiated amount of support?

Section 388-14A-5000. What is the difference between distribution and disbursement of child support collections?

Section 388-14A-5001. What procedures does DCS follow to distribute support collections?

Section 388-14A-5002. How does DCS distribute support collections in a nonassistance case?

Section 388-14A-5003. How does DCS distribute support collections in an assistance case?

Section 388-14A-5004. How does DCS distribute support collections in a former assistance case?

Section 388-14A-5005. How does DCS distribute federal tax refund offset collections?

Section 388-14A-5006. How does DCS distribute support collections when the paying parent has more than one case?

Section 388-14A-5007. If the paying parent has more than one case, can DCS apply support money to only one specific case?

Section 388-14A-5008. Can the noncustodial parent prepay support?

Section 388-14A-5009. What happens when an employer or other entity overcollects support from the noncustodial parent based on a DCS withholding order?

Section 388-14A-5010. How does the division of child support distribute federal tax refund offset collections from joint returns?

Section 388-14A-5015. What is a pass-through payment?

Section 388-14A-5050. When does DCS send a notice of intent to distribute support money?

Section 388-14A-5100. How does the division of child support notify the custodial parent about support collections?

Section 388-14A-5200. What is a "total versus total" notice?

Section 388-14A-5300. How does the division of child support recover a support payment which has already been distributed?

Section 388-14A-5400. How does the division of child support tell the custodial parent when DCS adjusts the amount of debt owed on the case?

Section 388-14A-5500. How does the division of child support collect support debts owed by someone other than a noncustodial parent?

Section 388-14A-5505. DCS uses a notice of retained support to claim a debt owed to DCS.

Section 388-14A-5510. How does DCS serve a notice of retained support?

Section 388-14A-5515. What happens if I don't respond to a notice of retained support or request a hearing?

Section 388-14A-5520. What happens if I make a timely objection to a notice of retained support?

Section 388-14A-5525. What happens at the hearing on a notice of retained support?

Section 388-14A-5530. Can I request a late hearing on a notice of retained support?

Section 388-14A-5535. How does DCS collect a debt established on a notice of retained support?

Section 388-14A-5540. Can I just acknowledge that I owe money to the division of child support?

Section 388-14A-6000. Which statutes and regulations govern the division of child support's hearing process?

Section 388-14A-6100. The division of child support accepts oral requests for hearing or conference board.

Section 388-14A-6105. What is the difference between an initial order and a final order in a hearing involving the division of child support?

Section 388-14A-6110. When must an ALJ enter an initial order in a DCS hearing proceeding?

Section 388-14A-6115. When must an ALJ enter a final order in a DCS hearing proceeding?

Section 388-14A-6120. What can I do if I do not agree with an initial order or final order entered by an administrative law judge?

Section 388-14A-6125. When does an initial order or final order entered by an ALJ become enforceable?

Section 388-14A-6150. What can I do if there was a default order entered against me in an administrative hearing?

Section 388-14A-6200. What remedies are available to contest the division of child support's seizure of my bank account?

Section 388-14A-6205. What happens at a hearing on an objection to seizure of a bank account?

Section 388-14A-6210. What happens to the seized money once an objection is filed?

Section 388-14A-6215. What happens if the judge decides the seized money was exempt?

Section 388-14A-6220. What remedies are available to contest the division of child support's seizure of my DOC inmate account?

Section 388-14A-6300. Duty of the administrative law judge in a hearing to determine the amount of a support obligation.

Section 388-14A-6400. The division of child support's grievance and dispute resolution method is called a conference board.

Section 388-14A-6405. How to apply for a conference board.

Section 388-14A-6410. Explanation of the conference board process.

Section 388-14A-6415. Scope of authority of conference board chair defined.

Section 388-14A-6500. Can I use equitable estoppel as a defense in a hearing with the division of child support?

Section 388-14A-7100. The division of child support may register an order from a tribe or another state or country for enforcement or modification.

Section 388-14A-7110. The division of child support may enforce interest on amounts owed under support orders entered or established in a jurisdiction other than Washington state.

Section 388-14A-7115. Are there special rules for a hearing on a notice seeking to enforce interest on a support order?

Section 388-14A-7117. Are there special rules for a conference board on a notice seeking to assess and collect interest on a support order?

Section 388-14A-7120. When does DCS update the interest on an intergovernmental case for enforcement?

Section 388-14A-7125. What happens at a hearing on a notice of support debt and registration?

Section 388-14A-7135. What is the effect of confirmation of a registered order on the finality of the support debt calculation?

Section 388-14A-7200. DCS can serve notices in other states under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.

Section 388-14A-7305. How does a party, IV-D agency or jurisdiction ask for a determination of controlling order?

Section 388-14A-7315. When might DCS deny a request for a determination of controlling order?

Section 388-14A-7325. How does DCS notify the parties that a determination of the controlling order is going to be made?

Section 388-14A-7335. What happens if someone objects to a notice of support debt and registration which contains a determination of the presumed controlling order?

Section 388-14A-7345. What is the effect of a determination of controlling order on the finality of the debt calculation?

Section 388-14A-7400. What can I do if I want to contest an intergovernmental order to withhold income served on my employer?

Section 388-14A-7500. What can I do if I am concerned about the release of my personal information in an intergovernmental referral?

Section 388-14A-7600. Does DCS provide the same services in an intergovernmental case as it provides in a case where both parties reside in the state of Washington?

Section 388-14A-7610. The division of child support complies with federal requirements regarding intergovernmental cases.

Section 388-14A-7620. How does DCS provide information to another jurisdiction in an intergovernmental case?

Section 388-14A-7630. What limited services does DCS provide?

Section 388-14A-7640. Payment and recovery of costs in intergovernmental IV-D cases.

Section 388-14A-7650. What kind of federal audit requirements are there for intergovernmental cases?

Section 388-14A-7700. How does the division of child support (DCS) decide that a new case is an intergovernmental case?

Section 388-14A-7710. What does the division of child support (DCS) do when it decides that a case is an intergovernmental case?

Section 388-14A-7720. What is the division of child support (DCS) required to do when Washington is the initiating jurisdiction in an intergovernmental case?

Section 388-14A-7800. What is the division of child support (DCS) required to do when Washington receives a request for intergovernmental child support services?

Section 388-14A-7810. What is the division of child support (DCS) required to do when DCS receives a request for a determination of controlling order?

Section 388-14A-7820. What is the division of child support (DCS) required to do when DCS acts as the responding jurisdiction in an intergovernmental case?

Section 388-14A-8100. Are there special rules for setting child support for children in foster care?

Section 388-14A-8105. Does the cost of care affect how much child support I pay when my child is in foster care?

Section 388-14A-8110. What happens to the money if current support is higher than the cost of care?

Section 388-14A-8120. Are there special rules for collection in foster care cases?

Section 388-14A-8125. How does DCS complete the WSCSS worksheets when setting the child support obligation for one parent of a child in foster care?

Section 388-14A-8130. How does DCS complete the WSCSS worksheets when setting a joint child support obligation for a child in foster care?

Section 388-14A-8200. All Washington employers must report new hires to the Washington state support registry.

Section 388-14A-8300. Who pays for genetic testing when paternity is an issue?

Section 388-14A-8400. Does the division of child support have the right to approve my child support order before the court enters it?

Section 388-14A-8500. Can the division of child support issue subpoenas?

Section 388-14A-8600. Does the division of child support enforce interest on unpaid support arrears?