1. A. In cases in which SES is providing services and the client hires a private attorney, SES may enter into a cooperative agreement with the attorney. The purpose of the agreement is to provide the private attorney with information on the payor so that the attorney can assist the client in collecting child support. Information to be released is as follows:

   1. 1. Social Security number;
   2. 2. address;
   3. 3. driver's license number;
   4. 4. information from hunting licenses;
   5. 5. tax records; and
   6. 6. information from professional licenses.
2. B. SES may provide the private attorney a certification that the obligor is in arrears at least six months or that the whereabouts of the obligor have been unknown for longer than six months. Upon review by the court, the court may authorize DSS to enter into a cooperative agreement with the attorney for collecting unpaid child support.
3. C. Before SES enters into an agreement with the private attorney, the obligee must sign a statement that the attorney is providing services and that he/she wishes the agency to enter into a cooperative agreement. The client may also request that child support payments collected by SES be sent directly to the private attorney.

4. D. The agreement between SES and the attorney shall be in writing and shall provide for the following:

   1. 1. that information concerning the obligor shall be provided to the attorney to the extent allowed by state and federal laws and regulations;
   2. 2. that all child support payments collected on behalf of the client shall be sent directly to SES and not to the attorney; and
   3. 3. that information furnished to the attorney must be safeguarded and used exclusively for IV-D child support purposes.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 46:237.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Social Services, Office of Family Support, LR 25:2456 (December 1999).