(1) If you are not receiving public assistance, you can apply for support enforcement services. Your case is called a nonassistance case. A nonassistance case receives the same level of services as a case that was opened because of the payment of public assistance.

(2) Generally, the person applying for nonassistance support enforcement services is the custodial parent or former custodial parent of a child. However, the noncustodial parent may apply for services as well, as provided in WAC 388-14A-2000 (2)(b), (c) and (f).

(3) A person wishing to apply for nonassistance support enforcement services must submit a written application for support enforcement services except as provided in WAC 388-14A-2000 (2)(d); and

(a) Have or have had physical custody of the child for whom support is sought, or for whom a support debt has accrued, or be the person with whom the child resided the majority of the time for which support is sought; or

(b) Be the noncustodial parent.

(4) The applicant must:

(a) Give consent for the division of child support (DCS) to take an assignment of earnings from the noncustodial parent (NCP) if the parents are still married;

(b) Agree to send to DCS any support payments received directly from the NCP within eight days of receipt;

(d) Agree not to hire an attorney or collection agency, or apply to any other state's IV-D agency to collect the same support obligation or support debt, without notifying DCS;

(e) Complete, sign, date and submit to DCS the application form and any other required documents;

(f) Supply copies of divorce and dissolution decrees, support orders and modification orders, and any related documents affecting a support obligation;

(g) Provide a statement of the amount of support debt owed by the NCP;

(h) Include or attach a list, by date, of the support payments received from the NCP during the time period for which the CP seeks support; and

(i) Pay any applicable fee imposed by state or federal law.

(5) If someone other than the CP has legal custody of the child under a court order, the CP must affirm that:

(a) The CP has not wrongfully deprived the legal custodian of custody; and

(b) The person with legal custody has not been excused from making support payments by a court or administrative tribunal.

(6) See WAC 388-14A-2015 regarding requests for intergovernmental child support services received from a foreign reciprocating country (FRC) or from a custodial parent who is a resident of an FRC.

(7) See WAC 388-14A-7660 regarding the assessment of costs in an intergovernmental case where the initiating jurisdiction is an FRC.

PDFWAC 388-14A-2010

Can I apply for support enforcement services if I do not receive public assistance?