Family Services, Dept. of

Child Support Program

Chapter 8: Consumer Credit Reports and Reporting

Effective Date: 11/01/2007 to 01/08/2015

Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations

Reference Number: 049.0009.8.11012007

WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY SERVICES

CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT DIVISION

CHILD SUPPORT RULES

CHAPTER 8

CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTS AND REPORTING

Section 1. Obtaining Consumer Reports.

CSED may request a consumer report, in PA and Non-PA cases, from a consumer reporting agency pursuant to Section 604 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681b, as amended. Requests for consumer reports shall be made in compliance with federal and state law.

Section 2. Reporting to Consumer Reporting Agencies.

(a) Information regarding an obligor who is delinquent in child support payments shall be provided monthly or upon request to consumer reporting agencies pursuant to federal and state law.

(b) Obligors shall be sent a notice of intent to report to consumer reporting agencies via first class mail at the obligor's last known address. Lack of actual notice shall not prevent reporting.

(c) Obligors may request an administrative records review within twenty (20) calendar days of the date printed on the notice.

(d) CSED shall notify obligors of the results of the administrative records review within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of the request.

(e) Subsections (b), (c), and (d) satisfy the due process safeguards required by Wyo. Stat. § 20-6-106(s).

(f) If the obligor disputes the findings of the administrative records review, the obligor's remedy is to petition the district court for relief.