DCF 152.06(7)
(7) Lien priority. The child support lien shall have priority over all other liens on property except tax and special assessment liens, purchase money mortgages, construction liens, environmental liens, liens that are filed or recorded before the child support lien becomes effective, and any other lien given priority under the law.
DCF 152.06(8)(a)
(a) At the end of the 5 year effective period of a lien, the department or a child support agency may renew the lien if the lien-eligible amount equals or exceeds the lien threshold. When a lien is renewed, the date on which the lien is renewed shall become the effective date of the lien, and a new five-year period shall commence.
DCF 152.06 Note
Note: Under s.
49.854 (12) (a), Stats., a child support lien is effective for a period of five years from the effective date.
DCF 152.06(8)(b)
(b) When a lien is renewed, the department or the child support agency shall send the payer a notice that the lien has been renewed.
DCF 152.06 Note
Note: Upon receiving notice, the payer has the opportunity to request a financial records review and a court review under s.
49.854 (3) (ag), Stats., or a direct appeal for a court review under s.
49.854 (3) (ar), Stats.
DCF 152.06(9)
(9) Lien procedures. The department shall develop procedures for releasing a lien and releasing specific property from a lien.
DCF 152.06 History
History: Cr.
Register, July, 1999, No. 523, eff. 8-1-99; corrections in (5) (c) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register January 2003 No. 565;
corrections in (4), (5) (c) and (d) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register November 2008 No. 635;
CR 19-070: am. (5) (b), (c), r. (5) (d) Register February 2020 No. 770, eff. 3-1-20. DCF 152.07(1)(1)
In accordance with s.
49.854 (3) (ag), Stats., a payer may request a financial record review within 10 business days of the date of the notice of lien. The request shall be made in writing to the child support agency. The purpose of the financial record review is to determine the correctness of the financial records in a case. The financial record review shall cover only the period of time after the last judicial review or other account review.
DCF 152.07 Note
Note: The procedure for a financial records and court order review is specified in s.
49.854(3)(ag), Stats.
DCF 152.07(2)
(2) Upon receiving a request for a financial record review, the child support agency shall provide the payer with the relevant financial records and any other financial records requested in writing by the payer. Financial records include the account history report and any county child support account records from the period prior to the implementation of the statewide automated child support enforcement system. The child support agency shall also provide the payer with information explaining how to interpret the records and a form the payer may use to identify any alleged errors in the records.
DCF 152.07 Note
Note: Under s.
49.854 (3) (ag), Stats., the department shall conduct the financial records and court order review at no charge to the payer.
DCF 152.07 Note
Note: The account history report is a document generated by the statewide automated child support enforcement system. The report includes a payment history which lists the date payments were received, the source of payments (except tax intercepts), the amount of payments, the debt to which the payment was applied, and any adjustments made to the payment. The report also includes the court order obligations in a case as well as a list of debts owed in a case and the current balance of each debt.
DCF 152.07(3)
(3) Within 20 days after receiving the relevant financial records, the payer may request a meeting with the child support agency to review the financial records and to discuss any alleged errors. If the payer requests a meeting, the payer shall use the form provided by the child support agency in sub.
(2). After reviewing the financial records and any alleged error, the child support agency shall issue a determination as to whether the lien against the payer is in the correct amount.
DCF 152.07(4)
(4) If the payer provides a statement of alleged error on the document provided by the department or child support agency in sub.
(2) within 20 days after receiving the financial records and does not request a meeting with the child support agency, the child support agency shall review the records to determine whether the alleged error is correct and provide a written determination as to whether the lien against the payer is in the correct amount.
DCF 152.07(5)
(5) The child support agency shall provide the written determination in subs.
(3) and
(4) within 60 days after the date the payer's request for a financial record review is received under sub.
(2).
DCF 152.07 History
History: Cr.
Register, July, 1999, No. 523, eff. 8-1-99.
DCF 152.08(1)(a)(a) The department or a child support agency may not issue a notice of levy under s.
49.854 (5) (b), Stats., unless the sum of the funds in all of the payer's financial accounts, minus the $5 levy fee under s.
49.854 (11) (a), Stats., and any early withdrawal penalty under s.
49.854 (5) (e), Stats., exceeds $500.
DCF 152.08(1)(b)1.
1. The maximum amount frozen in an account at the time the notice of levy is received may not exceed the amount specified by the department or child support agency in the notice.
DCF 152.08(1)(b)2.
2. The maximum amount frozen in an account at the time the levy notice is received may not exceed the payer's ownership interest.
DCF 152.08 Note
Note: According to s.
224.40 (3) (c), Stats., a financial institution is not liable for encumbering or surrendering any assets held by the financial institution in response to instructions from the department or a county child support agency for the purpose of enforcing a child support order.
DCF 152.08(1)(c)
(c) The department, child support agency, and financial institution shall presume that a payer's ownership interest in an account is an equal pro-rata share of the account based on the number of individuals with a recorded ownership interest in the account.
DCF 152.08(2)
(2) Seizure of personal property other than financial accounts. DCF 152.08(2)(a)(a) The department or a child support agency may not seize personal property under s.
49.854 (6), Stats., unless the payer's equity in the property, minus expected levy fees, exceeds $500 per item total.
DCF 152.08(2)(b)
(b) The department and child support agency shall presume that a payer's equity in the property is an equal pro-rata share of the equity based on the number of individuals with a recorded ownership interest in the property.
DCF 152.08(3)(a)
(a) The department or child support agency may not seize real property under s.
49.854 (7), Stats., unless both of the following conditions are met:
DCF 152.08(3)(a)1.
1. The payer's equity in the property, minus expected levy fees, exceeds 10% of the property's fair market value.
DCF 152.08(3)(b)
(b) The department or child support agency shall presume that a payer's equity in the property is an equal pro-rata share of the equity based on the number of individuals with a recorded ownership interest in the property.
DCF 152.08(4)
(4) Intercept of lump-sum pension payments, judgments and settlements. DCF 152.08(4)(a)(a) When initiating the intercept of lump-sum pension payments under s.
49.852, Stats., the department or child support agency shall specify in the notice provided under s.
49.852 (1m), Stats., that the amount withheld from the lump-sum pension payment may not exceed the payer's ownership interest in the lump-sum pension payment.
DCF 152.08(4)(b)
(b) When initiating the intercept of judgments and settlements under s.
49.856, Stats., the department or child support agency shall specify in the notice provided under s.
49.856 (2), Stats., that the amount withheld from the judgment or settlement payment may not exceed the payer's ownership interest in the judgment or settlement payment.
DCF 152.08(4)(c)
(c) The department or child support agency shall presume that the payer's ownership interest in the property is an equal pro-rata share of the equity based on the number of individuals with a recorded ownership in the property.
DCF 152.08(5)
(5) Notice to individuals other than the payer with a recorded ownership interest in property. The department or child support agency shall provide notice related to the seizure of property to any individual other than the payer with a recorded ownership interest in property subject to seizure under s.
49.854 (5),
(6), or
(7), or
49.856, Stats., as follows:
DCF 152.08(5)(a)
(a) Account seizure. For account seizure under s.
49.854 (5), Stats., notice shall be sent to the mailing address of record at the financial institution.
DCF 152.08(5)(b)
(b) Personal property seizure. For personal property seizure under s.
49.854 (6), Stats., notice shall be sent to the mailing address of record at a state agency that titles personal property.
DCF 152.08(5)(c)
(c) Real property seizure. For real property seizure under s.
49.854 (7), Stats., notice shall be sent to the mailing address of record on the tax bill for the property subject to seizure.
DCF 152.08(5)(d)
(d) Judgment and settlement intercept. For judgment and settlement intercept under s.
49.856, Stats., notice shall be sent using the mailing address or addresses of record provided by the person ordered to pay the judgment or settlement.
DCF 152.08 Note
Note: Pursuant to s.
49.854 (5) (d),
(6) (a) and
(e), and
(7) (a) and
(e), Stats., the department or child support agency is required to provide a notice to any individual with a recorded ownership interest in a property subject to seizure. Individuals other than the payer who have a recorded ownership interest in the property subject to seizure have 20 business days after the date of the notice to request a hearing to protect the portion of the property that is attributable to their net contributions to the property.
DCF 152.08(6)(a)(a) If an individual other than the payer has a recorded ownership interest in property subject to seizure under s.
49.852,
49.854 (5),
(6), or
(7), or
49.856, Stats., the individual may request a hearing under s.
49.854 (7m), Stats., for a determination of the proportion of the value of the property that is attributable to his or her net contribution to the property in any county that initiated property seizure.
DCF 152.08(6)(b)
(b) When seizing property, the department or child support agency shall proceed based on the presumption under sub.
(1) (c),
(2) (b),
(3) (b), or
(4) (c) unless an individual other than a payer with a recorded ownership interest in the property requests a hearing under s.
49.854 (7m), Stats., within 20 business days of the date of notice that seizure has been initiated under s.
49.854 (5),
(6), or
(7), or
49.856, Stats.
DCF 152.08 Note
Note: According to s.
49.854 (7m), Stats., if the court determines that a portion of the property is attributable to the contributions of an individual other than the payer with an ownership interest in the property, the court shall direct the department or child support agency to pay the individual, from the net balance of the account or the net proceeds of the sale of the real or personal property, the proportion of the gross value of the account or real or personal property that is attributable to that person's interest.
DCF 152.08 History
History: Cr.
Register, July, 1999, No. 523, eff. 8-1-99; correction in (4) (a) made under s.
13.92 (4) (b), Stats.,
Register November 2008 No. 635.
DCF 152.09
DCF 152.09
Notice to the payee of enforcement proceedings. DCF 152.09(1)(1)
If the child support agency is aware that a payer is subject to a protective order with respect to a payee or child in his or her case, the child support agency has reason to believe that a payee or child in a payer's case may be harmed physically or emotionally by the payer or the payee made a written request to be notified of all administrative enforcement actions, the department or the child support agency shall provide written notice to the payee when an administrative enforcement action has been initiated against the payer. The notice to the payee shall be sent at the same time notice is sent to the payer in accordance with s.
49.852 (2),
49.854 (5) (b),
(6) (a), or
(7) (a),
49.856 (2), or
49.857 (3) (a), Stats.
DCF 152.09 History
History: Cr.
Register, July, 1999, No. 523, eff. 8-1-99.
DCF 152.10
DCF 152.10
Thresholds for administrative enforcement actions. DCF 152.10(1)(1)
License suspension. The department or child support agency may initiate license suspension under s.
49.857, Stats., if there is a lien against a payer, and the lien amount in the payer's case equals or exceeds 300% of the monthly amount due in the court order.
DCF 152.10(2)
(2) Account seizure. The department or child support agency may initiate an account seizure under s.
49.854 (5), Stats., if there is a lien against a payer, and the lien amount in the payer's case equals or exceeds 300% of the monthly amount due in the court order or $1,000, whichever is greater.
DCF 152.10(3)
(3) Real and personal property seizure. The department or child support agency may initiate personal property seizure under s.
49.854 (6), Stats., or real property seizure under s.
49.854 (7), Stats., if there is a lien against a payer, and the lien amount in the payer's case equals or exceeds 600% of the monthly amount due in the court order.
DCF 152.10(4)
(4) Intercept of lump-sum pension payments, judgments, and settlements. The department or child support agency may initiate the intercept of lump-sum pension payments under s.
49.852, Stats., or the intercept of judgments and settlements under s.
49.856, Stats., when a payer has been placed on the child support lien docket.
DCF 152.10 History
History: Cr.
Register, July, 1999, No. 523, eff. 8-1-99;
correction in (5) (b) made under s.
13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register November 2008 No. 635;
CR 19-070: r. (5) Register February 2020 No. 770, eff. 3-1-20. DCF 152.11(1)(1)
Applicability of alternative payment plans. When the department or a child support agency enforces a lien through seizure of real property or personal property, seizure of financial accounts, or denial, nonrenewal, restriction, or suspension of licenses, the payer may negotiate an alternative payment plan with the child support agency.
DCF 152.11(2)
(2) Negotiation of an alternative payment plan after receiving notice of an administrative enforcement action. DCF 152.11(2)(a)(a) The notices issued under s.
49.854 (5) (d),
(6) (a), or
(7) (a), or
49.857 (3) (a) or
(am), Stats., shall inform the payer of the opportunity to negotiate an alternative payment plan, and shall notify the payer of the circumstances under which the payer may request a court hearing under s.
49.854 (5) (f),
(6) (c), or
(7) (c), or
49.857 (3) (ac) or
(ar), Stats.
DCF 152.11 Note
Note: Under ss.
49.854 (5) (d),
(6) (b), and
(7) (b), and
49.857 (3) (a) and
(am), Stats. notices must inform the payer of his or her opportunity to request a hearing within 20 business days after the date of the notice.
DCF 152.11(2)(c)
(c) If the child support agency and the payer are unable to reach agreement on the terms of a plan, and the payer requested a court hearing within 20 business days after the date of notice under s.
49.854 (5) (d),
(6) (a), or
(7) (a), or
49.857 (3) (a) or
(am), Stats., a hearing shall be conducted. If the court determines that the plan is not reasonable, it may order a plan by setting payments pursuant to s.
767.77 (1), Stats., in the amounts and at the times it considers expedient.
DCF 152.11(3)
(3) Negotiation of an alternative payment plan after court determination of mistake of fact. If a court determines that a payer owes arrears as a result of a review of alleged mistake of fact under s.
49.854 (5) (f),
(6) (c), or
(7) (c), or
49.857 (3) (ac) or
(ar), Stats., and the payer did not attempt to negotiate a plan prior to the court review, the payer may, within 10 business days of the court determination, submit a written request to the child support agency to negotiate a plan.
DCF 152.11(4)
(4) Negotiation of an alternative payment plan after the restriction, limitation, suspension or refusal of a license. Pursuant to s.
49.857 (3) (d) 1., Stats., a payer may negotiate a plan with the department or child support agency to have a license issued or renewed after it has been restricted, limited, suspended or refused.
DCF 152.11(5)
(5) Staying administrative enforcement actions. Administrative enforcement actions shall be stayed by the child support agency that initiated an action while the payer and the agency are negotiating a plan, or, if a court review of the reasonableness of the plan is requested, until the court determination has been made. To stay an administrative enforcement action means the following:
DCF 152.11(5)(a)
(a) License suspension and denial. The payer may not be certified to state licensing agencies or authorities for denial, nonrenewal, restriction, or suspension of professional, occupational, recreational, or driver licenses.
DCF 152.11(5)(c)
(c) Personal property seizure. Personal property that has been seized under s.
49.854 (6), Stats., shall be held by the department or the sheriff and may not be sold.
DCF 152.11(5)(d)
(d) Real property seizure. Real property may not be seized and sold.
DCF 152.11(6)
(6) Suspension of administrative enforcement actions. DCF 152.11(6)(a)(a) When a plan has been negotiated between the payer and the child support agency, or the court has determined that a plan is reasonable or has ordered a plan pursuant to s.
767.77 (1), Stats., the child support agency in the county in which the plan is set shall suspend administrative enforcement actions as long as the payer complies with the plan.
DCF 152.11(6)(b)
(b) If a payer makes a full arrearage debt payment, prior to the completion of the administrative enforcement action, the action shall be suspended.
DCF 152.11(7)
(7) Proceeding with administrative enforcement actions. If the court determines under sub.
(2) (c) that a plan is not reasonable and does not set a plan, or the payer and child support agency are unable to negotiate a plan under sub.
(3), the child support agency may continue with the administrative enforcement action.
DCF 152.11(8)
(8) Disclosure of income and assets. The request to negotiate a plan shall include an agreement by the payer to provide the child support agency with a full disclosure of income and assets available. The payer shall provide complete income and assets information to the child support agency within 5 business days of the request to negotiate a payment plan.
DCF 152.11(9)
(9) Case-by-case basis. A child support agency shall negotiate a plan with a payer only on cases venued in its county.
DCF 152.11(10)(a)(a) An alternative payment plan may include a lump-sum payment, or periodic payments on the arrearage debt, or both, subject to the following standards:
DCF 152.11(10)(a)1.
1. The sum of any periodic payment established under the plan and any other court-ordered payment of support, when subtracted from the payer's gross income, may not leave the payer below 100% of the poverty line established under
42 USC 9902 (2) unless the payer agrees otherwise.
DCF 152.11(10)(a)2.
2. When establishing an alternative payment plan, the child support agency shall consider the factors used by the court in determining whether the use of the percentage standard is unfair to the child or any of the parties, as specified in s.
46.10 (14),
767.511, or
767.89, Stats.
DCF 152.11(10)(b)
(b) In a case in which the conditions in par.
(a) 1. cannot be met, the child support agency may negotiate a lump-sum payment with the payer, or may elect to suspend administrative enforcement action.
DCF 152.11(10)(c)
(c) Upon agreement by the payer, periodic payments under the plan may be made through income withholding in amounts in addition to the amount ordered under s.
767.75 (1) (b), Stats.
DCF 152.11(11)
(11) Default on an alternative payment plan. In the event that the payer defaults on the plan by failure either to make the full lump-sum payment within one month of the date that the payment is due, or to pay an amount equal to the amount due in one month under the plan, the child support agency shall notify the payer in writing that an administrative enforcement action shall be implemented unless the lien is paid in full.
DCF 152.11(12)
(12) Renegotiation of an alternative payment plan. After the entry of an alternative payment plan, the plan may be renegotiated upon the written request of the payer or child support agency if the requesting party can show a substantial change in circumstances. A substantial change in circumstances includes any of the following:
DCF 152.11(12)(a)
(a) A change in the payer's income or assets, including the sale or purchase of real or personal property.
