OAR 461-105-0120: Release of Information on Child Support and Paternity Cases

(1) For the purposes of this rule, the following terms have the following definitions: (a) "Alleged father" means any male who has been named as a possible father of a child for whom paternity has not been established or has been contested. (b) "Obligee" means a caretaker parent or custodian, spouse, former spouse or other dependent person for whose benefit a court or hearing officer has ordered payment of support. (c) "Obligor" means any person who has been ordered by a court or hearing officer to make payments for the support of a child or a caretaker parent or custodian, spouse, former spouse or other dependent person. (2) For any program covered by chapter 461 of the Oregon Administrative Rules, in the absence of a specific and current client authorization that covers the applicable information and identifies the recipient, the Department may release to the Department of Justice, Oregon Child Support Program, the names of the alleged father, the obligor, and the obligee, the amount of support ordered, and the amount of current and past due support owed at any given time from its electronic files.