2004 Minnesota Statutes

     518.5851 Child support payment center; definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Scope.  For the purposes of the child 
 support center established under sections 518.5851 to 518.5853, 
 the following terms have the meanings given. 

    Subd. 2.    Central collections unit.  "Central 
 collections unit" means the unit created under section 518.5852. 

    Subd. 3.    Local child support agency.  "Local child 
 support agency" means the entity at the county level that is 
 responsible for providing child support enforcement services. 

    Subd. 4.    Payment.  "Payment" means the payment of 
 child support, medical support, maintenance, and related 
 payments required by order of a tribunal, voluntary support, or 
 statutory fees. 

    Subd. 5.    Tribunal.  "Tribunal" has the meaning given 
 in section 518C.101. 

    Subd. 6.    Creditor collections.  The central 
 collections unit under this section is not a third party under 
 chapters 550, 552, and 571 for purposes of creditor collection 
 efforts against child support and maintenance order obligors or 
 obligees, and shall not be subject to creditor levy, attachment, 
 or garnishment. 

    Subd. 7.    Unclaimed support funds.  "Unclaimed support 
 funds" means any support payments collected by the public 
 authority from the obligor, which have not been disbursed to the 
 obligee or public authority. 

    HIST: 1995 c 257 art 2 s 1; 1999 c 245 art 7 s 9; 1Sp2001 c 9 
 art 12 s 10; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113