Wyo. Code R. 049-0009-9
Child Support Program
Chapter 9: Financial Institution Data Match
Effective Date: 11/01/2007 to 01/08/2015
Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations
Reference Number: 049.0009.9.11012007
(a) CSED's employees or contractors shall determine whether to proceed with seizure of the asset upon receiving notification of a match between an obligor and an account from an in-state or multistate financial institution.
(b) Notice of the action shall be sent to the financial institution by first class mail. After determination that a lien and levy or other garnishment action is appropriate, the notice shall direct that payment be made to the SDU.
(c) Copies of the notice shall be sent via first class mail to the last known address of the obligor and all other parties, within five (5) business days.
(i) The notice shall advise the obligor of the right to request in writing an administrative records review within twenty (20) calendar days from the date printed on the notice.
(ii) Lack of actual notice shall not prevent seizure of the asset.
(d) The SDU shall suspend distribution and disbursement of payment resulting from a seizure action for not less than twenty (20) calendar days from the date printed on the notice and the payment shall remain suspended until after completion of the administrative records review, if requested.
(e) CSED shall notify the obligor of the results of the administrative records review within thirty (30) calendar days.
(f) Subsection (c), (d), and (e) satisfy the due process safeguards required by Wyo. Stat. §20-6-106(s).
Any information obtained from a financial institution is not a public record. Information from a financial institution concerning an account holder shall not be disclosed for purposes other than the establishment, modification or enforcement of a support order. A financial institution and its officers, directors and employees shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability for disclosing or releasing information concerning an account holder to a Title IV-D agency, or for any other action taken in good faith to comply with requirements of these rules.