OAR 137-055-2060: Cases with Contradictory Purposes

(1) Cases with contradictory purposes are defined as two or more child support cases in which the same person is, or has been, both an obligee and obligor in those cases and the cases are, or have been, assigned to the same Oregon Child Support Program office. (2) The administrator represents the interests of the state. There is no conflict of interest when the same office is assigned cases where the same person is, or has been, both an obligor and an obligee. The administrator is responsible for impartial application of the law. Nothing in this rule precludes an office from having cases assigned to them in which the same person is, or has been, both an obligor and obligee. (3) It is recognized that a person receiving child support services or a person eligible to receive child support services may be reluctant to pursue those services because the office through which they do or would receive services is, or has been, the same office in another case where the person is, or has been, the opposite party. (4) A person who has cases in which that person is, or has been, or upon application would be, both an obligor and obligee with cases assigned to the same office may ask the office manager to transfer one of the cases to a different office. The office manager will consider the request and either grant the transfer or explain to the requestor why the transfer is not granted. (5) If a case is transferred, the assignment to a different office will take into consideration the needs of the requestor and the other parties. (6) If the CSP office manager denies the request for transfer, the requestor may ask the program director to review the decision and facilitate a resolution.