Montana Code 40-5-923. Information and records — disclosure
40-5-923. Information and records — disclosure. Information in the case registry and payment processing unit that contains the social security number, residential address, income sources, and employers of an obligee or obligor [and the employee W-4 forms or similar forms transmitted to the department] is private and confidential and may be disclosed only:
Terms Used In Montana Code 40-5-923
- Department: means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201. See Montana Code 40-5-901
- Employee: means a person 18 years of age or older who performs labor in this state for an employer in this state for compensation and for whom the employer withholds federal or state tax liabilities from the employee's compensation. See Montana Code 40-5-901
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Obligee: means the payee under a support order or a person or agency entitled to receive support payments. See Montana Code 40-5-901
- Obligor: means a person who is obligated to pay support under a support order. See Montana Code 40-5-901
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(1)to courts, tribunals, and administrative agencies in this and any agency of another state or an Indian tribe having jurisdiction over child support, custody, visitation, and welfare pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 651, et seq.;
(2)to public assistance and medicaid agencies and the revenue, workers’ compensation, and employment security programs of this or any other state for the purpose of determining eligibility, continued eligibility, or fraud by programs operated by those agencies and programs;
(3)to the obligor or obligee who is the subject of the information;
(4)to the state vital statistics agency for the purposes of 50-15-302;
(5)to the department of revenue;
(6)for any other use permitted or required by the federal Social Security Act. (Bracketed language terminates on occurrence of contingency–sec. 1, Ch. 27, L. 1999.)