Table of Contents TITLE 40. FAMILY LAW CHAPTER 5. ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT Part 2. Administrative Enforcement of Support

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40-5-201 — Definitions 2 40-5-202 — Department of public heal... 40-5-203 — Child support enforcement... 40-5-204 — Cooperation by obligee 40-5-205 — Payment of support money... 40-5-206 — Central unit for informat... 40-5-207 — Department authorized to... 40-5-208 — Medical support -- obliga... 4 40-5-209 — Child support guidelines... 40-5-210 — Standardized fee schedule... 40-5-211 — Petition for support orde... 40-5-212 — Petition for support orde... 40-5-213 — Financial statements by o... 40-5-214 — Scale of suggested minimu... 40-5-221 — Debt to state by obligor... 40-5-222 — Support debt based upon s... 40-5-223 — Notice of support liabili... 40-5-224 — Finding of support liabil... 1 40-5-225 — Notice of financial respo... 1 40-5-226 — (Bracketed language termi... 40-5-227 — Filing and docketing of f... 40-5-231 — Jurisdiction and venue 1 40-5-232 — Establishment of paternit... 40-5-233 — Establishment of paternit... 40-5-234 — Paternity blood tests --... 1 40-5-235 — Effect of order establish... 40-5-236 — Referral of paternity iss... 40-5-237 — District court paternity... 40-5-238 — Confidentiality of patern... 1 40-5-242 — Notice of support lien --... 40-5-243 — Release of excess to obli... 40-5-244 — Banks and savings and loa... 1 40-5-247 — Warrant for distraint --... 1 40-5-248 — Lien against real and per... 40-5-251 — Debt payment schedule 40-5-252 — Interest on debts due --... 40-5-253 — Administrative findings a... 40-5-254 — Statutory limitations 40-5-255 — Charging off child suppor... 40-5-256 — Employee debtor rights pr... 40-5-257 — Assignment of earnings to... 1 40-5-261 — Procedures for making inf... 40-5-262 — Rules 40-5-263 — Central clearinghouse --... 40-5-264 — Cooperative agreements 1 40-5-271 — Registration of support o... 2 40-5-272 — Application for review of... 1 40-5-273 — Administrative review of... 40-5-274 — Child support payments to... 40-5-275 — Order to seek employment

Mont. Code Ann. § 40-5-222

(1997)

Support debt based upon support order -- notice -- contents -- action to collect

(1) The department may issue a notice of a support debt accrued or accruing based upon a support order. The notice may be served upon the obligor in the manner prescribed for the service of a summons in a civil action in accordance with the provisions of the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure, demanding payment within 20 days of the date of receipt.

(2) The notice of debt shall include:

(a) a statement of the support debt accrued or accruing, computable on the amount required to be paid under any support order;

(b) a statement that the property of the debtor is subject to collection action;

(d) a statement that the net proceeds will be applied to the satisfaction of the support debt; and

(e) a statement that the obligor is entitled to a fair hearing.

(3) Action to collect the support debt by distraint and seizure and sale is lawful after 20 days from the date of service upon the obligor or 20 days from the receipt or refusal by the debtor of the notice of debt.

(4) Within 20 days of the date of service of notice of support debt, the obligor may request a fair hearing as provided in 40-5-226.

Official Annotations archive.org, 1997 edition

History:

EnactedEn. SectionSec. 12, ChapterCh. 612, Laws ofL. 1979

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 2, ChapterCh. 188, Laws ofL. 1981

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 41, ChapterCh. 439, Laws ofL. 1981

AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 11, ChapterCh. 549, Laws ofL. 1989

Source text on leg.mt.gov