Child Support Terminology Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. The act of giving actual notice of legal proceeding to the person (participant) affected by it.
  2. 5. This person is elected in each of Oregon's 36 counties. In Oregon counties where their office has elected to provide child support services, they are responsible for providing support enforcement services, when requested, on all support cases where support rights are not assigned.
  3. 10. Investigative work done to locate assets or other information on a case.
  4. 11. Analysis of inherited factors to determine legal fatherhood or paternity.
  5. 12. A court or administrative order changing an earlier court or administrative order.
  6. 13. Benefits granted from state, federal, or Tribal programs to aid eligible recipients meet basic needs (eligibility requirements vary between programs).
  7. 18. Done for, on behalf of, or on the application of one party only.
  8. 19. A claim upon property to prevent sale or transfer of that property until a debt is satisfied.
  9. 21. A legally binding edict issued by a court of law.
  10. 22. Generally, a penalty or punishment applied for failure of one or more individuals in a case to meet certain program requirements.
  11. 24. Total support accrued less payments received. Also referred to as past due or unpaid support owed by the parent ordered to pay support.
  12. 25. An order of another country.
  13. 29. A procedure by which scheduled deductions are automatically made from wages or income to pay a debt, such as child support.
  14. 30. When a person is (rebuttably) presumed to be the parent of a child because they were married to the mother of the child at the time of the child's birth and there was no judgment of separation even though the mother and parent were not living together, OR when the child was born within 300 days after the marriage was terminated by death, annulment, or dissolution after a judgement of separation.
  15. 31. A legal reason for which a participant is excused from cooperating with the child support enforcement process, such as past physical harm by the child's noncustodial parent.
  16. 33. A court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial agency authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage.
  17. 34. A child over the age of 18 and under the age of 21, who is not married or otherwise emancipated, and is not currently a child attending school, as defined in ORS 107.108 and OAR 137-055-5110.
  18. 35. A legal document, signed by the parent who receives support or assignee, that provides that a parent who pays support is to be given official credit for having paid a specified amount of support, or for other consideration in lieu of support, or for having paid all support due for a specified period of time.
  19. 36. An individual that owes or is alleged to owe a duty of support.
Down
  1. 2. A claim by a participant that release of information concerning their address, phone, employer, etc., may place them or the child at risk.
  2. 3. The amount of arrears on a case assigned to the state for recoupment of child support funds to offset the cost of assistance.
  3. 4. The cumulative amount of assistance expended on a family or on behalf of a child by a Title IV-A or IV-E agency that will be recovered, in part or in whole, by the collection of assigned support.
  4. 6. This occurs when the parent/person who receives support, parent who pays support, or person or entity authorized to receive child support payments receives an amount to which they were not entitled.
  5. 7. A delegation of power to a government agency from a legislative body.
  6. 8. An individual to whom a duty of support is or is alleged to be owed or in whose favor a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child has been issued.
  7. 9. An order where the monthly amount covers all the children in the order. Removing one child does not change the monthly amount.
  8. 14. Reference to the title and part the Social Security Act, which requires each state create a program to locate noncustodial parents, establish paternity, establish, and enforce child support obligations, and collect and distribute support payments.
  9. 15. The person designated by the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) to conduct a contested case hearing.
  10. 16. An application for an order or ruling.
  11. 17. The periodic payment amount, usually monthly, ordered by an administrative process or by a court for support or alimony.
  12. 20. The name of the document used to tell parties that an action will be taken unless an objection is received.
  13. 23. The legal authority which a court or administrative agency has over particular persons and over certain types of cases, usually in a defined geographical area.
  14. 26. A response from a party, after service of a pleading requesting an administrative or court hearing.
  15. 27. Financial support owed by a parent to help support a child, or children, of whom they do not have custody.
  16. 28. In person delivery of a notice of legal proceeding to the person (participant) affected by it.
  17. 32. A sworn statement of facts, signed before a notary.