Montana Code 40-5-443. Payors to provide information — exemption from liability
40-5-443. Payors to provide information — exemption from liability. (1) For the purposes of this part, upon written request by the department or by another IV-D agency, a payor or former payor and any labor union of which the obligor or obligee is or may have been a member shall provide the requester with the following information, if known, regarding the obligor or obligee:
Terms Used In Montana Code 40-5-443
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201. See Montana Code 40-5-403
- IV-D agency: means the agency responsible for the provision of services under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, 42 U. See Montana Code 40-5-403
- Obligee: means either a person to whom a duty of support is owed or a public agency of this or another state or an Indian tribe to which a person has assigned the right to receive current and accrued support payments. See Montana Code 40-5-403
- Obligor: means a person who owes a duty to make payments under a support order. See Montana Code 40-5-403
- Payor: means any payor of income to an obligor and includes any person, firm, corporation, association, employer, trustee, political subdivision, state agency, or any agent thereof who is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state under Rule 4(b) of the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure or any employer under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act contained in part 10 of this chapter. See Montana Code 40-5-403
(a)last-known residential address;
(b)social security number;
(c)dates of employment or union membership;
(d)amounts of wages, salaries, commissions, contract proceeds, and other earnings or amounts paid;
(e)whether health insurance coverage is or was available through the payor or union and, if so:
(i)the name of the insurer or health care provider;
(ii)the policy numbers or other identifiers; and
(iii)the persons covered; and
(f)names, telephone numbers, and addresses of current and former employers, payors, and unions.
(2)A payor or labor union that discloses information in compliance with this section is exempt from any liability to the obligor or obligee that may result from the disclosure.
(3)Failure to disclose information in compliance with this section subjects the payor or labor union to the sanctions provided in 40-5-226.
(4)The requester shall keep the information provided under subsection (1) confidential except for purposes of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act.