Arkansas

Family Law

Section 9-14-207 – Office of Child Support Enforcement – Administrator – Child support officers

(a) The Administrator of the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with county judges, court clerks, and prosecuting attorneys concerning the establishment, enforcement, collection, monitoring, and distribution of support obligations.

(b) The administrator is further authorized to appoint child support officers, in counties where the court grants at least two thousand five hundred (2,500) divorces each year, as law enforcement officers in the duties and obligations as set forth in § 9-14-206(c).

(c)

(1) The administrator or his or her designee is authorized to issue an administrative subpoena for any financial or other information needed to establish, modify, or enforce a child support order to any individual or organization reasonably believed to have information on the financial resources of a parent or presumed or alleged father.

(2) A court may compel compliance with an administrative subpoena, impose penalties as authorized by § 9-14-208(c), and award attorney’s fees and costs to the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration upon proof that an individual or organization failed to comply with the subpoena without cause.

(3) Subpoenas issued pursuant to the authority of the office shall be substantially in the following form:

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(d)

(1) Subpoenas provided for in this section shall be served in the manner as now provided by law and returned and a record made and kept by the office.

(2) The fees and mileage of officers serving the subpoenas and witnesses in answer to subpoenas shall be the same as now provided by law.

Ark. Code § 9-14-207

Acts 1985, No. 989, § 21; A.S.A. 1947, § 34-1239; Acts 1989, No. 808, § 2; 1997, No. 1296, § 20

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