40-5-709. Nondisciplinary suspension for failure to pay child support. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the support enforcement entity has the authority to suspend a license or privilege to obtain a license under this part without any action by the licensing authority. The licensing authority shall, upon receipt of notice of suspension of the license under 40-5-703(5) from the support enforcement entity, suspend the license or privilege to obtain a license of the named individual. The suspension must be nondisciplinary for professional or occupational licenses, and the provisions of 2-4-631 do not apply.

Terms Used In Montana Code 40-5-709

  • Child: means :

    (i)a person under 18 years of age who is not emancipated, self-supporting, married, or a member of the armed forces of the United States;

    (ii)a person under 19 years of age who is still in high school;

    (iii)a person who is mentally or physically incapacitated when the incapacity began prior to that person reaching 18 years of age; and

    (iv)in IV-D cases, a person for whom:

    (A)support rights are assigned under 53-2-613;

    (B)a public assistance payment has been made;

    (C)the department is providing support enforcement services under 40-5-203; or

    (D)the department has received a referral for IV-D services under the provisions of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. See Montana Code 40-5-701

  • License: means a license, certificate, registration, permit, or any other authorization issued by an agency of the state of Montana granting a person a right or privilege to engage in a business, occupation, profession, conservation activity, or any other privilege that is subject to suspension, revocation, forfeiture, termination, or a declaration of ineligibility to purchase by the licensing authority prior to its date of expiration. See Montana Code 40-5-701
  • Licensing authority: means any department, division, board, agency, or instrumentality of this state that issues a license. See Montana Code 40-5-701
  • Support enforcement entity: means :

    (a)in IV-D cases, the department; or

    (b)in all other cases, the district court that entered the support order or a district court in which the support order is registered. See Montana Code 40-5-701

  • Suspension: includes the withdrawal, withholding, revocation, forfeiture, or nonissuance of a license and license privileges. See Montana Code 40-5-701
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