8199. DEFINITIONS

8199 DEFINITIONS 8199.1 The following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed: Account - a demand deposit account, checking or negotiable withdrawal order account, savings account, time deposit account, or money-market mutual fund account held in any financial institution. Active Case - a case in which a current support order exists requiring the obligor to make periodic payments on behalf of his or her minor child. Arrears - past due current child support payments. Arrears Only Case - a case without a current support order in which arrears are owed. Current support - amount of ongoing payments owed for a minor child under a support order. Data match - the process of identifying assets held in financial institutions by obligors who owe child support. DCCSES - the District of Columbia Child Support Enforcement System, the computer system used by CSSD to manage and enforce child support cases. Federal Parent Locator Service or FPLS - the national system for locating custodial and non-custodial parents operated by the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement. The FPLS includes the database of Administrative Financial Institution Data Match. Financial institution - a depository institution, institution-affiliated party, any Federal or State credit union, any benefit association, insurance company, safe deposit company, money-market mutual fund, or similar entity. Freeze - to retain an obligor’s assets at the financial institution without allowing the obligor access to the assets. Funds - monetary assets. Judgment support - a court ordered amount that reflects a set period in the past during which child support should have been paid. Obligee - the person or entity to whom child support is owed. Obligor - a person who is required pursuant to a court or administrative order to pay child support. Wage withholding - the direct retention of ongoing support payments from the wages or earnings of an obligor ordered to pay support. Writ of Attachment - legal document that enforces a debt incurred by an obligor by freezing funds at a financial institution. SOURCE: As amended by Final Rulemaking at 55 DCR 11165 (October 24, 2008).