Across
- 4. A written affidavit authorizing another to act as one's agent or attorney.
- 6. A party who brings an action before a court or other official body. The party who complains or sues in a civil case. In Oklahoma, the person filing the action in a domestic relations case.
- 7. A law resulting from a legislative act.
- 8. The amount due under a child support order is a judgment as soon as it becomes due.
- 13. A legal document filed with a court commencing a legal proceeding.
- 14. Legal provision that permits one state to claim personal jurisdiction over someone who lives in another state. There must be direct contact between the person and the state or district that is asserting jurisdiction in order for a court or agency to reach beyond its normal jurisdictional border.
- 15. A case in which the custodial person and noncustodial parent live or works in different states referred from a IV-D agency in one state to a IV-D agency in another state.
- 16. A document sent to a person that requires the person to appear and bring certain documents into court.
- 17. Document sent out as needed from federal government, which instructs state child support programs on the actions they must take to comply with new and amended federal laws; has basis in federal law and regulation. (In OSIS, called the I15 or I15A, etc).
- 18. A notarized statement completed by a person authorized by the court to verify he/she has personally delivered a summons, subpoena, citation or order to a noncustodial parent or a member of the household older than the age of 15 in the dwelling place of the noncustodial parent.
- 20. An Oklahoma case where the NCP is residing in another state or country and an outgoing interstate referral has been submitted to that state or country.
- 23. The manner in which a legal document states the plaintiff and defendant names and the court case number. This never changes and is always based on the original or underlying order.
- 24. A notice to a defendant that an action against him or her has been commenced in the court issuing the summons and a judgment will be taken against him or her if the complaint is not answered within a certain time.
- 25. The party answering a petition or motion.
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- 1. The failure of a defendant to file an answer or appear in a civil case within the prescribed time after having been properly served with a summons and complaint. Also, may refer to an order entered because the defendant failed to respond.
- 2. A legal reason for which a Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipient is excused from cooperating with the child support enforcement process, such as past physical harm by the child’s father. It also includes situations where rape or incest resulted in the conception of the child and situations where the mother is considering placing the child for adoption.
- 3. The delivery of a writ or summons to a party for the purpose of obtaining jurisdiction and to notify of a legal proceeding against the party.
- 5. The county in which an action or prosecution is allowed to be brought for hearing or trial.
- 9. Method by which support orders are made and enforced by an executive agency rather than by district courts and judges.
- 10. In states with administrative process, the decisions made by the statutorily-defined administrative agency have the same force as those made by the district court. Administrative courts abide by the same rules for notices, hearings and judicial or independent administrative review that govern the work of district courts in other states. The main advantage of administrative court process is it keeps routine child support cases out of the crowded district court system so action can be taken more quickly.
- 11. A written notation setting forth the judge’s immediate decision.
- 12. An application to the court requesting an order or ruling in favor of the party that is filing the motion. Motions are generally made in reference to a pending action and may address a matter in the court’s discretion or concern a point of law.
- 19. The conduct of legal proceedings according to those rules and principles which have been established in our system of law for the enforcement and protection of private rights, such as, giving someone their day in court. Due process is a safeguard against unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious decisions.
- 21. A court order directing a person to appear and bring forth any evidence as to why the remedies stated in the order should not be confirmed or executed.
- 22. The entry of a judgment, decree or order by a judge or other decision-maker such as a master, referee or hearing officer based on the evidence submitted by the parties