§ 9-14-806 - Electronic funds transfer and electronic data information election -- Arkansas Child Support Tracking System. - Arkansas Statutes

9-14-806. Electronic funds transfer and electronic data information election -- Arkansas Child Support Tracking System.

(a) Employers may remit income withholding for child support by electronic funds transfer and electronic data interchange transaction.

(b) Unless otherwise notified by the Title IV-D agency, all child support payments paid by income withholding and remitted via electronic funds transfer and electronic data interchange transactions shall be sent to the circuit clerk.

(c) The Title IV-D agency shall notify the employer when a case is assigned or transferred to the clearinghouse, at which time the employer shall begin or continue income withholding for child support and may remit such payments to the clearinghouse by electronic funds transfer and electronic data interchange transactions.

(d) (1) The circuit clerk is authorized to use the Arkansas Child Support Data Tracking System for all private cases, including alimony, in which there is an order to pay child support, without charge until January 1, 1996.

(2) After January 1, 1996, if the circuit clerk elects to use the system, the clerk may contract with the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration to pay for the costs of the use and operational expenses of the system.