Washington · Regulations
Chapter 388-14A — DIVISION OF CHILD SUPPORT RULES
272 sections
272 sections
- WAC 388-14A-1000WAC 388-14A-1000. The DSHS division of child support is the Title IV-D child support enforcement agency for the state of Washington
- WAC 388-14A-1005WAC 388-14A-1005. What is Washington's state plan under Title IV-D?
- WAC 388-14A-1010WAC 388-14A-1010. What are the other names that the division of child support has used?
- WAC 388-14A-1015WAC 388-14A-1015. What laws regulate the actions of the division of child support?
- WAC 388-14A-1020WAC 388-14A-1020. What definitions apply to the rules regarding child support enforcement?
- WAC 388-14A-1025WAC 388-14A-1025. What are the responsibilities of the division of child support?
- WAC 388-14A-1030WAC 388-14A-1030. What kinds of services can the division of child support provide?
- WAC 388-14A-1035WAC 388-14A-1035. What kinds of locate services does the division of child support provide?
- WAC 388-14A-1036WAC 388-14A-1036. Who can request DCS locate services?
- WAC 388-14A-1040WAC 388-14A-1040. What must a request for locate services contain?
- WAC 388-14A-1045WAC 388-14A-1045. What happens when I request locate services from the division of child support?
- WAC 388-14A-1050WAC 388-14A-1050. The division of child support cooperates with tribes and other states and countries for support enforcement purposes
- WAC 388-14A-1055WAC 388-14A-1055. Can the division of child support collect support owed or assigned to another state, tribe or country?
- WAC 388-14A-1060WAC 388-14A-1060. The division of child support cooperates with courts and law enforcement
- WAC 388-14A-2000WAC 388-14A-2000. Who can receive child support enforcement services from the division of child support?
- WAC 388-14A-2005WAC 388-14A-2005. When does an application for public assistance automatically become an application for support enforcement services?
- WAC 388-14A-2010WAC 388-14A-2010. Can I apply for support enforcement services if I do not receive public assistance?
- WAC 388-14A-2015WAC 388-14A-2015. Does DCS accept an application from someone who is not a resident of Washington state?
- WAC 388-14A-2020WAC 388-14A-2020. Can the division of child support deny my application for support enforcement services?
- WAC 388-14A-2025WAC 388-14A-2025. What services does the division of child support provide for a nonassistance support enforcement case?
- WAC 388-14A-2030WAC 388-14A-2030. Do I assign my rights to support when I apply for child support enforcement services?
- WAC 388-14A-2035WAC 388-14A-2035. Do I assign my rights to support when I receive public assistance?
- WAC 388-14A-2036WAC 388-14A-2036. What does assigning my rights to support mean?
- WAC 388-14A-2037WAC 388-14A-2037. What are permanently assigned arrears?
- WAC 388-14A-2038WAC 388-14A-2038. What are temporarily assigned arrears?
- WAC 388-14A-2039WAC 388-14A-2039. What are conditionally assigned arrears?
- WAC 388-14A-2040WAC 388-14A-2040. Do I have to cooperate with the division of child support in establishing or enforcing child support?
- WAC 388-14A-2041WAC 388-14A-2041. What happens if I don't cooperate with DCS while I receive public assistance?
- WAC 388-14A-2045WAC 388-14A-2045. What can I do if I am afraid that cooperating with the division of child support will be harmful to me or to my children?
- WAC 388-14A-2050WAC 388-14A-2050. Who decides if I have good cause not to cooperate?
- WAC 388-14A-2060WAC 388-14A-2060. Are there different kinds of good cause for not cooperating with DCS?
- WAC 388-14A-2065WAC 388-14A-2065. Does the division of child support provide support enforcement services if the community services division decides I have "good cause level A"?
- WAC 388-14A-2070WAC 388-14A-2070. Does the division of child support provide support enforcement services if the community services division determines I have "good cause level B"?
- WAC 388-14A-2075WAC 388-14A-2075. What happens if the division of child support determines that I am not cooperating?
- WAC 388-14A-2080WAC 388-14A-2080. Once DCS opens a support enforcement case, under what circumstances can it be closed?
- WAC 388-14A-2081WAC 388-14A-2081. Under what circumstances can DCS close a case when the application for services was made directly to DCS?
- WAC 388-14A-2083WAC 388-14A-2083. Under what circumstances can DCS close a case where the application for services was originally made to another state, tribe, territory or country, otherwise known as an intergovernmental case?
- WAC 388-14A-2085WAC 388-14A-2085. Under what circumstances may DCS keep a support enforcement case open despite a request to close it?
- WAC 388-14A-2090WAC 388-14A-2090. Who receives notice when DCS closes a case?
- WAC 388-14A-2095WAC 388-14A-2095. What if I don't agree with the case closure notice?
- WAC 388-14A-2097WAC 388-14A-2097. What happens to payments that come in after a case is closed?
- WAC 388-14A-2099WAC 388-14A-2099. When does DCS file a satisfaction of judgment with the superior court?
- WAC 388-14A-2105WAC 388-14A-2105. Basic confidentiality rules for the division of child support
- WAC 388-14A-2107WAC 388-14A-2107. Are there special rules for requests for whereabouts information?
- WAC 388-14A-2110WAC 388-14A-2110. How do I make a request for disclosure of DCS public records?
- WAC 388-14A-2112WAC 388-14A-2112. When I make a public disclosure request, do I get the information or records immediately?
- WAC 388-14A-2114WAC 388-14A-2114. Does DCS give notice to anyone before releasing information pursuant to a public disclosure request?
- WAC 388-14A-2115WAC 388-14A-2115. Can the custodial parent waive notice of a request for address?
- WAC 388-14A-2116WAC 388-14A-2116. How do I request a support order summary from DCS?
- WAC 388-14A-2120WAC 388-14A-2120. Can the noncustodial parent request notice before DCS releases address information to the custodial parent?
- WAC 388-14A-2125WAC 388-14A-2125. Can DCS ever release address information without notice?
- WAC 388-14A-2130WAC 388-14A-2130. What if I object to the release of my address?
- WAC 388-14A-2135WAC 388-14A-2135. When might DCS deny a request for address information without going through the notice and hearing process?
- WAC 388-14A-2140WAC 388-14A-2140. What happens at a hearing on objection to disclosure of address information?
- WAC 388-14A-2150WAC 388-14A-2150. How much does it cost to get copies of DCS records?
- WAC 388-14A-2155WAC 388-14A-2155. Can I appeal a denial of public disclosure by the division of child support?
- WAC 388-14A-2160WAC 388-14A-2160. On what authority does DCS share my confidential information with a credit bureau?
- WAC 388-14A-2200WAC 388-14A-2200. When does DCS charge a thirty-five dollar annual fee on a child support case?
- WAC 388-14A-2205WAC 388-14A-2205. How can a custodial parent be excused from payment of the annual fee?
- WAC 388-14A-2210WAC 388-14A-2210. What is the procedure for service by certified mail due to COVID-19?
- WAC 388-14A-3100WAC 388-14A-3100. How does the division of child support establish a child support obligation when there is no child support order?
- WAC 388-14A-3102WAC 388-14A-3102. When the parents have signed a paternity or parentage acknowledgment, which support establishment notice does the division of child support serve on the noncustodial parent?
- WAC 388-14A-3105WAC 388-14A-3105. How does the division of child support serve support establishment notices?
- WAC 388-14A-3110WAC 388-14A-3110. When can a support establishment notice become a final order?
- WAC 388-14A-3115WAC 388-14A-3115. The notice and finding of financial responsibility is used to set child support when parentage is not an issue
- WAC 388-14A-3120WAC 388-14A-3120. The notice and finding of parental responsibility was used to set child support when the father's duty of support was based upon an affidavit of paternity which was not a conclusive presumption of paternity
- WAC 388-14A-3125WAC 388-14A-3125. DCS may establish a medical support obligation when the custodial parent receiving medical assistance declines full child support enforcement services
- WAC 388-14A-3127WAC 388-14A-3127. How does DCS ask to add a monthly financial obligation to an existing administrative order for medical support only?
- WAC 388-14A-3130WAC 388-14A-3130. What happens if a party makes a timely request for hearing on a support establishment notice?
- WAC 388-14A-3131WAC 388-14A-3131. What happens if neither parent appears for the hearing?
- WAC 388-14A-3132WAC 388-14A-3132. What happens if only one parent appears for the hearing?
- WAC 388-14A-3133WAC 388-14A-3133. What happens when the noncustodial parent and the custodial parent both appear for the hearing?
- WAC 388-14A-3135WAC 388-14A-3135. Late hearings, or hearing on untimely objections to support establishment notices
- WAC 388-14A-3140WAC 388-14A-3140. What can happen at a hearing on a support establishment notice?
- WAC 388-14A-3200WAC 388-14A-3200. How does DCS determine my support obligation?
- WAC 388-14A-3205WAC 388-14A-3205. How does DCS calculate my income?
- WAC 388-14A-3275WAC 388-14A-3275. The division of child support may amend an administrative notice at any time before a final administrative order is entered
- WAC 388-14A-3300WAC 388-14A-3300. How does the division of child support require me to make my support payments to the Washington state support registry when my support order says to pay someone else?
- WAC 388-14A-3302WAC 388-14A-3302. How does the division of child support decide what notice to serve when there is already an existing order for child support?
- WAC 388-14A-3304WAC 388-14A-3304. The division of child support may serve a notice of support debt and demand for payment when it is enforcing a support order issued in Washington state, a foreign court order or a foreign administrative order for support
- WAC 388-14A-3305WAC 388-14A-3305. What can I do if I disagree with a notice of support debt and demand for payment?
- WAC 388-14A-3306WAC 388-14A-3306. Does a notice of support debt and demand for payment result in a final determination of support arrears?
- WAC 388-14A-3307WAC 388-14A-3307. How does the division of child support proceed when there are multiple child support orders for the same obligor and children?
- WAC 388-14A-3310WAC 388-14A-3310. What notice does the division of child support serve to establish a fixed dollar amount under an existing child support order?
- WAC 388-14A-3311WAC 388-14A-3311. How does DCS prepare a notice of support owed to determine amounts owed to establish a fixed dollar amount under an existing child support order?
- WAC 388-14A-3312WAC 388-14A-3312. The division of child support serves a notice of support owed to establish a fixed dollar amount owed by either parent for medical support
- WAC 388-14A-3315WAC 388-14A-3315. When DCS serves a notice of support debt or a notice of support owed, we notify the other party to the child support order
- WAC 388-14A-3316WAC 388-14A-3316. When can a notice of support owed become a final order?
- WAC 388-14A-3317WAC 388-14A-3317. What happens if a party makes a timely request for hearing on a notice of support owed?
- WAC 388-14A-3318WAC 388-14A-3318. What happens if a party makes an untimely request for hearing on a notice of support owed?
- WAC 388-14A-3320WAC 388-14A-3320. What happens at a hearing on a notice of support owed?
- WAC 388-14A-3321WAC 388-14A-3321. What happens if the custodial parent requests a hearing on a notice of support debt and demand for payment?
- WAC 388-14A-3323WAC 388-14A-3323. What happens in a hearing on a notice of support owed served under WAC 388-14A-3311 ?
- WAC 388-14A-3324WAC 388-14A-3324. What happens in a hearing on a notice of support owed served under WAC 388-14A-3312 ?
- WAC 388-14A-3330WAC 388-14A-3330. What are the procedures for the annual review of a notice of support owed?
- WAC 388-14A-3331WAC 388-14A-3331. What are the procedures for the accelerated review of a notice of support owed for daycare expenses?
- WAC 388-14A-3350WAC 388-14A-3350. Are there any limits on how much back support the division of child support can seek to establish?
- WAC 388-14A-3370WAC 388-14A-3370. What legal defenses are available to a noncustodial parent when DCS seeks to enforce a support obligation?
- WAC 388-14A-3375WAC 388-14A-3375. What kinds of credits does the division of child support give when establishing or enforcing an administrative support order?
- WAC 388-14A-3400WAC 388-14A-3400. Are there limitations on how much of my income is available for child support?