New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 18 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter II - Regulations of the Department of Social Services
Subchapter A - General Welfare
Article 5 - Miscellaneous
Part 344 - Income Withholding for Persons Not Served by the Title Iv-d Child Support Enforcement Program
Section 344.2 - Duties of the office
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) For purposes of this Part, the office of temporary and disability assistance (office), through its State disbursement unit, is authorized to collect, record and disburse any support payments paid pursuant to any order of child support or combined child and spousal support issued on or after the first day of January, 1994 under the provisions of article 3-A or section 236 or 240 of the Domestic Relations Law, or article 4, 5, 5-A, or 5-B of the Family Court Act, for which a court has ordered such amounts to be paid pursuant to an income execution issued by the sheriff, the clerk of the court, or the attorney for the creditor pursuant to section 5241 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules or an income deduction order issued pursuant to section 5242 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules (income withholding order).
(b) The State disbursement unit will record, collect, and disburse support to the creditor within two business days of the State disbursement unit's receipt of a payment.
(c) The State disbursement unit will maintain records of its collection and disbursement of each support payment, and will furnish copies of such records to the court and/or parties to the order upon request.
(d) The State disbursement unit is responsible for the collection and disbursement of support payments only if:
(e) The State disbursement unit may collect from the creditor an annual service fee for its provision of services; such fee will not exceed the actual costs incurred by the office in the delivery of such services.
(f) The office may not furnish to the parties any additional services beyond the services described herein; however, a party seeking other services may apply for child support services pursuant to section 111-g of the Social Services Law.
