North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT
Subchapter T - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
Section 71T .0104 - HEARINGS AS MANDATED BY THE SET OFF DEBT COLLECTION ACT

(1) Within 30 days of the date of the mailing of the notice of proposed set-off action, an absent parent may request a hearing; This request shall be in writing and mailed or delivered to the address set forth in the notice;

(2) If the county which is responsible for management of the absent parent's case has a county-operated IV-D program, then the hearing shall be conducted by a hearing officer designated by the Director of the Division of Social Services;

(3) If the county which is responsible for management of the absent parent's case has a state-operated IV-D program, the Office of Administrative Hearings shall conduct the hearing and the hearing procedures specified in Ch. 150B, Article 3 and 26 NCAC Chapter 3 shall apply;

(4) The hearing shall be conducted at the local IV-D agency in the county which is responsible for management of the case whenever feasible or other suitable location as designated by the hearing officer;

(5) All hearings under this Rule and under G.S. 105A-8, the Set-Off Debt Collection Act, shall be conducted in accordance with G.S. 150B, Article 3, the Administrative Procedure Act, and 10 NCAC 01B .0200, or 26 NCAC Ch. 3 as appropriate.