{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-30-3-170","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 30-3-170","heading":"Definitions.","body":"When used in this article, the following words shall have the following meanings:\n(1) COURT. A court of competent jurisdiction or administrative agency having the authority to issue and enforce support orders.\n(2) DELINQUENT or DELINQUENCY. A support debt or support obligation due and unpaid in an amount equal to or greater than six months support payments as of the date of service of a notice of intent to suspend or revoke a license.\n(3) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Human Resources, including the county departments of human resources.\n(4) LICENSE. Any license, certificate, registration, or authorization issued by a licensing authority which grants a person a right or privilege to engage in an occupational, professional, sporting, or recreational activity, or to operate a motor vehicle.\n(5) LICENSEE. The holder of a license.\n(6) LICENSING AUTHORITY. Any department, division, board, agency, or instrumentality of the State of Alabama or its political subdivisions that issues a license.\n(7) OBLIGEE. Either of the following:\na. A person to whom support benefits are ordered by the court.\nb. A public agency of this or another state that has the right to receive support payments or otherwise is providing support enforcement services under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. The term shall include the department.\n(8) OBLIGOR. A person ordered by a court to make periodic payments for the benefit and support of another person or child.\n(9) SUPPORT or SUPPORT ORDER. Support of a minor child and spousal support when the spousal support is collected pursuant to the requirements of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. Support order shall mean any order, decree, or judgment for the support of a child, or in the case of an order being enforced pursuant to the requirements of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, a spouse, or former spouse, issued by a court or other entity authorized to issue the orders.","path":["Title 30 Marital and Domestic Relations.","Chapter 3 Child Custody and Support.","Article 8 Driver’s License Suspension or Revocation for Failure to Pay Support Payments."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=30-3-170","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"12e5b4d5a6bc00560e62f898253e56dbb2eb99ca5960d455c2878e9b97d6e6c1","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-30-3-169.10","next":"us-al/ala.-code-30-3-171"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}