(1) Before the state may assist another state or jurisdiction with a high-volume automated administrative enforcement of an interstate case, the requesting state must certify that:

Terms Used In Washington Code 74.20A.188

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • earnings: means compensation paid or payable for personal services, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus, or otherwise, and, notwithstanding any other provision of law making such payments exempt from garnishment, attachment, or other process to satisfy support obligation, specifically includes periodic payments pursuant to pension or retirement programs, or insurance policies of any type, but does not include payments made under Title 50 RCW, except as provided in RCW 50. See Washington Code 74.20A.090
  • 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.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • State: means any state or political subdivision, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Washington Code 74.20A.020
(a) The requesting state has met all due process requirements for the establishment of the support order;
(b) The requesting state has met all due process requirements for the enforcement of the support order, including that the obligor has been notified that another state may take action against the obligor’s wages, earnings, assets, or benefits, and may enforce against the obligor’s real and personal property under the child support statutes of this state or any other state without further notice; and
(c) The amount of arrears transmitted by the requesting state is due under the support order.
(2) Receipt of a request for assistance on automated enforcement of an interstate case by the state constitutes certification under this section.