New Hampshire What Happens Next?

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1. A New Hampshire Child Support Officer will contact you and send you a “Notice of Lien and Order to Withhold.” A notice of lien will also be sent to the claimant/child support obligor at the same time the “Notice of Lien and Order to Withhold is sent. The notice of lien informs the claimant/child support obligor of the lien, and the process for appealing the lien.

2. Within 20 days of the receipt of the “Notice of Lien and Order to Withhold,” provide DCSS with an accounting of the assets due, owing or belonging to the claimant/child support obligor (I.e., the settlement payment amount) on the “Disclosure of Assets” form, which is enclosed with the “Notice of Lien and Order to Withhold.”

3. Your company should hold any settlement payment due the claimant until you receive a “Demand for Delivery of Withheld Property.” The “Demand for Delivery” will provide the current past-due amount (i.e., the amount due the State), as well as instructions on how and where to send the payment. An “Insurance Settlement Calculation Worksheet” is available on-line to assist in determining the payment amount. The worksheet allows for deductions for exemptions authorized under New Hampshire law. (Put hyper link in here to worksheet following Arkansas example. Text of worksheet is provided below.)

All states have new administrative lien and subpoena powers enacted into law by the U.S. Congress in 1996. State Child Support Agencies can issue subpoenas administratively to any person, business, or entity to determine assets and to access personal information belonging to persons who owe child support. States can issue liens and levies administratively against the assets of delinquent parents in order to collect past due child support. In addition, Congress required all states to pass legislation that recognizes each state's administrative authority and powers across state lines. Thus, the States belonging to the Child Support Lien Network are operating under new law in order to discover insurance claim data.

NOTE: The name and telephone number of the responsible Child Support Officer will be included in the notices you receive from DCSS.