{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-240.23","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 56, § 56-240.23","heading":"Orders over signature of Director","body":"A. The Division has the authority to enter orders in the\n\nfollowing actions over the signature of the Director and without the\n\nnecessity of obtaining an additional signature of a district or\n\nadministrative court judge:\n\n1. To subpoena any financial or other information needed to\n\nestablish, modify, or enforce a support order and to impose\n\npenalties for failure to respond to a subpoena; provided, that the\n\nsubpoena shall comply with the provisions of Section 2204 of Title 6\n\nof the Oklahoma Statutes;\n\n2. In cases in which there is a support arrearage, to secure\n\nassets by:\n\na. intercepting or seizing periodic or lump-sum payments\n\nfrom:\n\n(1) a state or local agency, including unemployment\n\ncompensation, workers' compensation, and other\n\nbenefits, and\n\n(2) judgments, settlements, and lotteries,\n\nb. attaching and seizing assets of the obligor held in\n\nfinancial institutions,\n\nc. attaching public and private retirement funds, and\n\nd. imposing liens in accordance with Section 135 of Title\n\n43 of the Oklahoma Statutes;\n\n3. To increase the monthly payment of child support, for\n\npurposes of securing overdue support, in an amount not to exceed\n\nfive percent (5%) of the total child support order. This increase\n\nmay not be made more than once every twelve (12) months. This\n\nremedy is in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedy\n\nprovided by law or by court order;\n\n4. If an income assignment is not ordered or in place by\n\noperation of law for collection of support monies, the Division is\n\nauthorized to implement income withholding by sending a notice of\n\nincome assignment for support to any payor of income to the obligor;\n\nand\n\n5. To require both parents to appear for genetic testing in\n\ncases where paternity has not been established or admitted. The\n\nDivision shall send notice to the putative father containing\n\ninformation on how to appear and admit paternity or object to the\n\norder for genetic testing. An objection to genetic testing shall\n\nrequire the putative father to complete an affidavit contesting\n\npaternity on a form prescribed by the Division. An order for\n\ngenetic testing under this subsection may be docketed and enforced\n\nin the district court by indirect contempt.\n\nB. With respect to paragraphs 2 and 3 of subsection A of this\n\nsection, at the time of the action, the Division shall send a notice\n\nto the obligor explaining the obligor's rights to object to the\n\naction and the procedure to have it modified or reversed.","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":"cc8729709bbbf0b0429a3f57f8a5b3729ad61de3d80c83d215d062ca1a9bb81f","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-240.22g","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-56-56-240.24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}