- A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
- (1) “Financial Management Services (FMS)” means the unit of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, which, under federal law, offsets certain federal payments to satisfy support obligation arrears.
- (2) “Offset” means withholding by the FMS of all or part of certain federal payments due an individual, and remitting payments to OCSE for transmittal to the State.
Authority: Family Law Article, §10-114, Annotated Code of Maryland; 31 U.S.C. §3716, Debt Collection Improvement Act, Public Law 104-134
Effective date: September 20, 1999 (26:19 Md. R. 1447)
Regulation .03A amended effective February 26, 2007 (34:4 Md. R. 399)