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Cross Border Enforcement. Barry Brooks Sherri Grigsby Colby Poteat. Flight Plan. Cross Border Enforcement Laws Types of Cross Border Enforcement Income withholding Financial Institution Data Match (FIDM) Limited services Unemployment insurance benefits And more…
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Cross BorderEnforcement Barry Brooks Sherri Grigsby Colby Poteat
Flight Plan • Cross Border Enforcement Laws • Types of Cross Border Enforcement • Income withholding • Financial Institution Data Match (FIDM) • Limited services • Unemployment insurance benefits • And more… • Cross Border Enforcement Issues
Full Faith and Credit • US Constitution • Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Act • IV-D Statutes
Income Withholding • Issuing Income Withholding for Support Orders (IWOs) • UIFSA • e-IWO • Income Withholding Issues • Place of payment • Redirection
Payments to Appropriate SDU Dad Pay To SDU A
Financial Institution Data Match • FIDM Issues—Account in Another State • “Doing Business” • Thresholds • One vs. Two Step • State Laws • State System Limitations
FAST Levy • OCSE Developed with States and MSFIs • Electronic Lien/Levy Information Exchange • Single, centralized location • Increases Collections • Saves Resources • More Secure
FAST Levy Participants • FAST Levy States • California • Kentucky • Pennsylvania • Tennessee • Washington DC • Washington • Who will be next? • FAST Levy FIs • Bank of America • JP Morgan Chase • Navy Federal CU • US Bank • Wells Fargo • Woodforest National
Limited Services • FIDM • Unemployment Insurance Benefits • Personal injury claims • Limited Services Issues • Targeted Remedy • Payment Processing • Workers’ comp claims • Liens in probate cases • State Tax Intercept • Request Help from States for:
Unemployment Insurance Benefits • States and Territories Accepting Direct IWOs • What About Other States? • Georgia • Guam • Indiana • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • New York • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Pennsylvania • Puerto Rico • Tennessee • Virgin Islands • Wisconsin
Attaching Social Security Benefits • Withhold Child Support from Title II Benefits • e-IWO or paper IWO • Freeze/seize lump sum payments • Some states request 100% of payment • When IWO in place, SSA contacts states to determine how much to withhold
Insurance Match Programs • OCSE • Child Support Lien Network (CSLN) • Insurance Match/Intercept Issues • Priorities • Exemptions • Perfecting
Alaska Permanent Dividend Funds • Alaska Citizens Receive Percentage of State Revenues • Must reside in Alaska for full calendar year • States work with Alaska Child Support Agency • Submission options • Funds disbursed in October
Gulf Coast Clean-up Fund • BP Claims and Settlements • Paid over $11 billion from Deepwater Horizon oil spill through the Gulf Coast Claims Facility • Interstate Issues
Get Paid—Collaborate to Collect • Oklahoma Grant to Automate Intercepting Tax Refunds for Texas and Chickasaw Nation • TX submits caseload to OK child support agency • OK child support agency provides cases to OK Tax Commission (OTC) • OTC automatically intercepts and distributes OK state tax refund offsets • Chickasaw Nation submits caseload to OTC and OK child support agency • OTC automatically intercepts and distributes state and federal tax refunds
Get Paid—Collaborate to Collect • Transparent Process • No new case numbers created in OK • OK Claims $$ Collected • Child support debt not carried on system • Next Steps • OK hopes to expand process with other neighboring states and tribal partners
Contacts Barry Brooks, AAG TX Special Collections Barry.Brooks@texasattorneygeneral.gov Sherri Grigsby, OCSE Federal Manager sherri.grigsby@acf.hhs.gov Colby Poteat, OCSE MSFIDM Liaison colby.poteat@acf.hhs.gov