Sec.52-362e-1. Definitions

All definitions in section 52-362d-1 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall apply to sections 52-362e-1 through 52-362e-3, except as otherwise indicated in this section. As used in sections 52-362e-1 through 52-362e-3:

(a) "DAS" means the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services; the agency authorized to transmit the Department's requests for the withholding of state income tax refunds to the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services.

(b) "Defense" means those described in subdivision (1) of section 52-362d-1 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies in addition to, but not limited to, the following:

(1) the persons for whom BCSE is collecting child support did not legally assign their support rights to the state or apply for IV-D services;

(2) the child support debt assigned to the state was discharged by a U.S. bankruptcy court at a time when federal law allowed for such debt to be discharged in bankruptcy; and

(3) the defense created by section 52-362h of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(c) "Distribution" means the allocation and payment of child support collections to individuals and/or the State of Connecticut.

(d) "IRS" means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

(e) "Qualified child" means a child who is a minor as of December 31 of the year in which the case is submitted for the withholding of a federal income tax refund or one who, while a minor, was determined to be disabled under title II or XVI of the Social Security Act, and for whom a support order is in effect.

(f) "OCSE" means the Office of Child Support Enforcement within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; the agency authorized to transmit state IV-D agency requests for the withholding of federal income tax refunds to the IRS.

(Effective June 1, 1993; Amended June 8, 1988)