Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-2-801: Child support obligations

CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS.

A. The Commission may enter into an agreement with the

Department of Human Services for information required pursuant to

Section 240.12 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes to identify

persons that owe child support obligations.

B. The Commission shall deduct and withhold from any

unemployment compensation payable to an individual that owes child

support obligations the amount, if any, determined by the Department

of Human Services pursuant to an agreement submitted to the

Commission under 42 U.S.C., Section 654(19)(B)(i) by the state child

support enforcement agency.

C. Any amount deducted and withheld under subsection B of this

section shall be paid by the Commission to the Centralized Support

Registry pursuant to Section 413 of Title 43 of the Oklahoma

Statutes.

D. Any amount deducted and withheld under subsection B of this

section shall for all purposes be treated as if it were paid to the

individual as unemployment compensation and paid by such individual

to the state child support enforcement agency in satisfaction of the

individual's child support obligations.

E. For purposes of subsections A through D of this section, the

term "unemployment compensation" means any compensation payable

under the Employment Security Act of 1980, Section 1-101 of this

title, including amounts payable by the Commission pursuant to an

agreement under any federal law providing for compensation,

assistance or allowances with respect to unemployment.

F. This section applies only if appropriate arrangements have

been made for reimbursement by the state child support enforcement

agency for the administrative costs, as determined by the

Commission, incurred by the Commission under this section which are

attributable to child support obligations being enforced by the

state child support enforcement agency.

G. For purposes of this section:

(1) "Child support obligations" means only obligations which

are being enforced pursuant to a plan described in 42 U.S.C.,

Section 654, which has been approved by the Secretary of Health and

Human Services under 42 U.S.C., Section 651 et seq.

(2) "State child support enforcement agency" means the Oklahoma

Department of Human Services, which pursuant to Section 237 of Title

56 of the Oklahoma Statutes is the single state agency in Oklahoma

operating pursuant to a plan described in 42 U.S.C., Section 654,

which has been approved by the Secretary of Health and Human

Services under 42 U.S.C., Section 651 et seq.

(3) Deductions from unemployment insurance authorized by

subsection B of this section in satisfaction of child support

obligations are only those obligations defined in paragraph (1) of

this subsection, and the recipient of the deductions shall be

defined as only a state child support enforcement agency operating

pursuant to an approved plan described in 42 U.S.C., Section 654 and

referenced in paragraph (2) of this subsection.