N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 18 § 345.2

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 51, December 18, 2024

Section 345.2 - Definitions

(a) Applicant means an individual to whom past-due spousal support or spousal and child support is owed, and who applies for services under this Part.

(b) Certification means the annual request by the department, to the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, for the offset of tax refunds otherwise due to delinquent payors of child and/or spousal support.

(c) Money judgment means a certified copy of a court order for a sum certain for arrears accrued under an order of support directing the entry of a money judgment; provided, however, that such order has been filed in the office of the clerk in the county in which the proceeding was commenced.

(d) Order of support means any temporary or final order, judgment or decree in a matrimonial action or family court proceeding, or any foreign support order, judgment or decree, registered pursuant to section 37-a of the Domestic Relations Law, which directs the payment of alimony, maintenance, spousal support or child support.

(e) Respondent means an individual, estate or trust who is alleged to owe past-due court ordered child and/or spousal support.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 18 § 345.2