R527-430-1. Authority and Purpose

(1) The Department of Health and Human Services is authorized to create rules necessary for social services pursuant to Section 26B-1-202. The Office of Recovery Services (ORS) is authorized to adopt, amend, and enforce rules pursuant to Section 26B-9-108. (2) The purpose of this rule is to provide a process for an unobligated spouse to contest a Notice of Lien-Levy placed by ORS on a jointly owned financial account or a non-means tested lump sum payment, judgment, settlement or lottery, where the unobligated spouse is a joint recipient. This rule establishes procedures for ORS to determine the amount that a financial institution or payor should release to the unobligated spouse.