Section R527-330-2 - Posting Priority of Payments Received(1) ORS shall determine the debt to be credited in instances where the obligor has more than one child support case, and the obligor has not expressly designated that the payment go to a specific debt.(2) For child support services cases, if the obligor designates the debt where the payment should be posted, ORS shall honor the obligor's expressed intent and credit the payment to the designated debt. (3) Absent a specific designation, ORS shall apply payments in the following order: (a) pro-rated among the obligor's current support obligations; and then(b) divided equally among child support cases with arrears.(4) A payment credited to a child support case with arrears shall be applied to the oldest debt, and arrears owed to the family shall be paid before arrears owed to the state pursuant to the priority designations specified in 42 U.S.C. 657.(5) The provisions in this section do not apply to payments received from the following as they have their own disbursement protocols:(a) Federal Tax Refund Intercept Program; and(b) discounted settlements.Utah Admin. Code R527-330-2
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2022-02, effective 10/23/2012