{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-237a","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-237A","heading":"Notice to obligor - Administrative procedures","body":"A. In all cases being enforced by the Department of Human\n\nServices pursuant to the state child support plan, unless the amount\n\nof past due support has been determined in a court proceeding within\n\nthe past twelve (12) months, the Department shall serve a notice\n\nupon the obligor no less than once every twelve (12) months\n\ninforming the obligor of the following:\n\n1. The style and case number of the support order or orders\n\nbeing enforced by the Department;\n\n2. The amount of the current support obligation and the total\n\namount of alleged past due support pursuant to the support order or\n\norders;\n\n3. That all payments for current support and payments for past\n\ndue support owed to the Department or to the obligee shall be paid\n\nto the Centralized Support Registry at the address specified in the\n\nnotice, and thereafter, any payments made other than to the Support\n\nRegistry shall not be credited to the amount owed;\n\n4. The obligor’s street address and mailing address as stated\n\nin the notice shall be the obligor’s address or addresses of record\n\nfor service of process on file in the central case registry provided\n\nfor in Section 112A of Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and\n\nthereafter, the obligor must inform the central case registry at the\n\naddress specified in the notice in writing within thirty (30) days\n\nof any change;\n\n5. That if the information contained in the notice is incorrect\n\nor incomplete concerning the name and address of the obligor’s\n\ncurrent employer or other payors of income, dependent health\n\ninsurance information, or other information requested by the\n\nDepartment, the obligor is required to inform the central case\n\nregistry in writing of any changes or additions to the information\n\nwithin thirty (30) days of service of the notice and thereafter to\n\ninform the central case registry within thirty (30) days of any\n\nchange;\n\n6. An income assignment is in effect and that the amounts\n\nspecified in the notice shall be withheld from the obligor’s income\n\nfor current support and past due support;\n\n7. The income assignment will be served upon all current and\n\nsubsequent payors of income without further notice to the obligor;\n\n8. The income assignment will remain in effect regardless of\n\nwhether any past due amounts are owed, for as long as the order upon\n\nwhich it is based, or for as long as past due support is owed,\n\nwhichever is later, and payment of any amount will not prevent the\n\nincome assignment from taking effect;\n\n9. That if there is no order for payment of the past due\n\namount, when any amount of support becomes thirty (30) days past\n\ndue, the Department is authorized to direct the obligor’s payor of\n\nincome to withhold an amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of\n\nthe current support obligation, and that this amount shall continue\n\nto be withheld until the past due support is paid in full, or until\n\nfurther order;\n\n10. That if the obligor has failed to comply with an order to\n\nprovide health insurance, the obligor’s employer will be required to\n\nenroll the obligor’s minor children who are the subject of the\n\nreferenced order in any dependent health insurance plan offered by\n\nthe employer to the obligor, and to deduct the amount of the premium\n\nfrom the obligor’s income;\n\n11. A list of all actions and remedies the Department may take\n\nto enforce the order and to collect past due support. The list may\n\ninclude a specific payment plan;\n\n12. That the obligor will be given this notice no less than\n\nonce every twelve (12) months, and after initial service of the\n\nnotice as provided in subsection C of this section, subsequent\n\nnotices will be mailed by regular mail to the last address for the\n\nobligor on file in the central case registry;\n\n13. That the obligor may request an administrative review on a\n\nform attached to the notice within twenty (20) days of the date the\n\ns, and after initial service of the\n\nnotice as provided in subsection C of this section, subsequent\n\nnotices will be mailed by regular mail to the last address for the\n\nobligor on file in the central case registry;\n\n13. That the obligor may request an administrative review on a\n\nform attached to the notice within twenty (20) days of the date the\n\nnotice is served upon the obligor which will be granted only on the\n\nfollowing grounds:\n\na. a mistake of identity, or\n\nb. the existence or the amount of current support or past\n\ndue support is incorrect;\n\n14. That the obligor has been given notice and opportunity to\n\ncontest the past due amount stated in the notice and that the\n\nobligor will not be entitled to another opportunity to contest that\n\namount; and\n\n15. That the notice will have the same effect as a court order\n\nand will be enforceable as a court order.\n\nB. The notice shall be filed, at the option of the Department,\n\nwith the clerk of the district court in the county of residence of\n\nthe custodian of the child, in the county of residence of the\n\nobligor, or in the county of the underlying support order or in any\n\nother county in which the obligor has real or personal property.\n\nC. The initial notice provided for in this section shall be\n\nserved by the Department upon the obligor as provided in Section\n\n2005 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or if there is an address\n\nof record on file with the central case registry pursuant to Section\n\n112A of Title 43 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the notice may be served\n\nby regular mail at the address of record. The Department shall\n\nserve the obligor subsequent notices by regular mail with a\n\ncertificate of mailing to the last address of record for service of\n\nprocess for the obligor on file with the central case registry. The\n\nDepartment shall send the initial and subsequent notice to the\n\ncustodian of the child by regular mail with a certificate of\n\nmailing.\n\nD. An obligor may request an administrative review pursuant to\n\nthis section by delivering a request to the Department in writing or\n\non the form provided within twenty (20) days of the date the notice\n\nis served upon the obligor. If the notice is a subsequent notice as\n\nprovided in subsection C of this section, the date of service shall\n\nbe the date the notice is mailed to the obligor, and the notice\n\nshall state the date it is being mailed.\n\nE. 1. Upon receipt of a timely request for an administrative\n\nreview, the Department shall schedule a review to be held within\n\nthirty (30) days of receipt of the request. The obligor shall be\n\nserved with notice of the administrative review as provided in\n\nsubsection B of Section 2005 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nThe review shall be conducted by an employee of the Department who\n\nwill attempt to resolve all disputed issues without the necessity of\n\na hearing. If all issues are resolved at the review, the obligor\n\nshall sign an agreed administrative or district court order which\n\nshall be filed, at the option of the Department, with the clerk of\n\nthe district court in the county of residence of the custodian of\n\nthe child, in the county of residence of the obligor, in the county\n\nof the underlying support order, or in any other county in which the\n\nobligor has real or personal property.\n\n2. If all disputed issues are not resolved at the\n\nadministrative review, the Department shall set the matter for a\n\nhearing. The obligor shall be served with notice of the hearing as\n\nprovided in subsection B of Section 2005 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes. The district or administrative court shall hear the\n\nmatter and shall enter an order determining the contested issues and\n\naffirming the other provisions of the notice. An administrative\n\norder shall be filed, at the option of the Department, with the\n\nclerk of the district court in the county of residence of the\ng as\n\nprovided in subsection B of Section 2005 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes. The district or administrative court shall hear the\n\nmatter and shall enter an order determining the contested issues and\n\naffirming the other provisions of the notice. An administrative\n\norder shall be filed, at the option of the Department, with the\n\nclerk of the district court in the county of residence of the\n\ncustodian of the child, in the county of residence of the obligor in\n\nthe county of the underlying support order, or in any other county\n\nin which the obligor has real or personal property.\n\n3. If the obligor fails to request a timely administrative\n\nreview, or fails to appear for a review or a hearing, the obligor\n\nmay no longer contest the contents of the notice, and the obligor\n\nshall be obligated to make payments pursuant to the payment plan as\n\nstated in the notice to collect the past due support and those\n\namounts shall be subject to income withholding. The notice shall\n\nhave the same legal effect as a court order and be enforceable as a\n\ncourt order. The notice with proof of service upon the obligor and\n\nthe custodian of the child shall be filed, at the option of the\n\nDepartment, with the clerk of the district court in the county of\n\nresidence of the custodian of the child, in the county of residence\n\nof the obligor, in the county of the underlying support order, or in\n\nany other county in which the obligor has real or personal property.\n\n4. The district or administrative court may order an obligor to\n\npay all costs involved in proceedings under this subsection.\n\n5. A final order entered pursuant to this section shall be\n\nserved upon the obligor in accordance with subsection B of Section\n\n2005 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\n6. A final administrative order entered pursuant to this\n\nsection may be appealed pursuant to Section 240.3 of this title.","path":["OK Code","Title 56"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os56.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"eec7226e0628bc31ecc523d461f02be6e2e6d64d4d63797c43b71714a170cbb7","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-237.9a","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-237b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}