Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Children and Families
DCF 101-199 - Family and Economic Security
Chapter DCF 152 - Child Support Administrative Enforcement
Section DCF 152.07 - Financial record review

(1) In accordance with s. 49.854(3) (ag), Stats., a payer may request a financial record review within 10 business days of the date of the notice of lien. The request shall be made in writing to the child support agency. The purpose of the financial record review is to determine the correctness of the financial records in a case. The financial record review shall cover only the period of time after the last judicial review or other account review.

Note: The procedure for a financial records and court order review is specified in s. 49.854(3)(ag), Stats.

(2) Upon receiving a request for a financial record review, the child support agency shall provide the payer with the relevant financial records and any other financial records requested in writing by the payer. Financial records include the account history report and any county child support account records from the period prior to the implementation of the statewide automated child support enforcement system. The child support agency shall also provide the payer with information explaining how to interpret the records and a form the payer may use to identify any alleged errors in the records.

Note: Under s. 49.854(3) (ag), Stats., the department shall conduct the financial records and court order review at no charge to the payer.

Note: The account history report is a document generated by the statewide automated child support enforcement system. The report includes a payment history which lists the date payments were received, the source of payments (except tax intercepts), the amount of payments, the debt to which the payment was applied, and any adjustments made to the payment. The report also includes the court order obligations in a case as well as a list of debts owed in a case and the current balance of each debt.

(3) Within 20 days after receiving the relevant financial records, the payer may request a meeting with the child support agency to review the financial records and to discuss any alleged errors. If the payer requests a meeting, the payer shall use the form provided by the child support agency in sub. (2). After reviewing the financial records and any alleged error, the child support agency shall issue a determination as to whether the lien against the payer is in the correct amount.

(4) If the payer provides a statement of alleged error on the document provided by the department or child support agency in sub. (2) within 20 days after receiving the financial records and does not request a meeting with the child support agency, the child support agency shall review the records to determine whether the alleged error is correct and provide a written determination as to whether the lien against the payer is in the correct amount.

(5) The child support agency shall provide the written determination in subs. (3) and (4) within 60 days after the date the payer's request for a financial record review is received under sub. (2).