§ 52-06-06.1 — Weekly benefit reduction for child support

North Dakota § 52-06-06.1

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 52: Social Security
• Ch. 52-06: Benefits

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1. An individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation shall, at the time of
filing such claim, disclose whether or not the individual owes child support obligations
as defined under subsection 7. If any such individual discloses that the individual owes
child support obligations, and is determined to be eligible for unemployment

compensation, the bureau shall notify the state or local child support enforcement
agency enforcing such obligation that the individual has been determined to be eligible
for unemployment compensation.
2. The bureau shall deduct and withhold from any unemployment compensation payable
to an individual that owes child support obligations as defined under subsection 7:
a. The amount specified by the individual to the bureau to be deducted and withheld
under this subsection, if neither subdivision b nor c are applicable;
b. The amount, if any, determined pursuant to an agreement submitted to the
bureau under section 454(20)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 654(20)
(B)(i)] by the state or local child support enforcement agency, unless subdivision c
is applicable; or
c. Any amount otherwise required to be so deducted and withheld from such
unemployment compensation pursuant to legal process, as that term is defined in
section 459(i)(5) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 659(i)(5)], properly served
upon the bureau.
3. Any amount deducted and withheld under subsection 2 must be paid by the bureau to
the appropriate state or local child support enforcement agency.
4. Any amount deducted and withheld under subsection 2 must for all purposes be
treated as if it were paid to the individual as unemployment compensation and paid by
such individual to the state or local child support enforcement agency in satisfaction of
the individual's child support obligations.
5. For purposes of subsections 1 through 4, the term "unemployment compensation"
means any compensation payable under the North Dakota unemployment
compensation law, including amounts payable by the bureau pursuant to an
agreement under any federal law providing for compensation, assistance, or
allowances with respect to unemployment.
6. This section applies only if appropriate arrangements have been made for
reimbursement by the state or local child support enforcement agency for the
administrative costs incurred by the bureau under this section which are attributable to
child support obligations being enforced by the state or local child support enforcement
agency.
7. The term "child support obligations" is defined for purposes of these provisions as
including only obligations which are being enforced pursuant to a plan described in
section 454 of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 654] which has been approved by the
secretary of health and human services under part D of title IV of the Social Security
Act.
8. The term "state or local child support enforcement agency", as used in these
provisions, means any agency of this state or a political subdivision thereof operating
pursuant to a plan described in subsection 7.