218 R.I. Code R. 218-RICR-30-00-1.11

Current through December 3, 2024

Section 218-RICR-30-00-1.11 - Non-Custodial Parent Location

1.11.1 Location Standards

A. A non-custodial parent will be considered "located" when information regarding his/her physical whereabouts, or place(s) of employment, or other sources of income or assets have been verified, and the information is sufficient to allow the Office of Child Support Services to take the next appropriate action.

B. Within no more than seventy-five (75) calendar days of determining that location is necessary, the Office of Child Support Services will access all appropriate location sources, including transmitting appropriate cases to the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS) and ensuring that location information is sufficient to take the next appropriate action in a case.

C. Appropriate location sources include but are not limited to:

1. Credit Bureau;

2. The Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS);

3. Intergovernmental location networks;

4. Relatives and friends of the non-custodial parent;

5. Current or past employers;

6. The local telephone company;

7. The U.S. Postal Service;

8. Unions and fraternal organizations;

9. Police, parole, and probation records, if appropriate;

10. State agencies and departments as authorized by State law, including those departments which maintain records of:

a. Public assistance;

b. Wages, employment, and unemployment insurance;

c. Income taxation;

d. Driver's licenses, vehicle registration; and e. Criminal records.

1.11.2Notice Requirements

A. In cases where previous attempts to locate the non-custodial parent have failed, but for which adequate identifying and other information exists, the Office of Child Support Services will:

1. Exhaust all appropriate location resources within seventy-five (75) days of receiving new information;

2. Submit to the FPLS, at least annually, cases in which location is needed and for which a non-custodial parent's Social Security Number is known or every effort has been made to obtain it;

3. Document all location efforts including telephone contacts with the custodial parent and the non-custodial parent in the State's electronic eligibility system;

4. Record current, verified information; and

5. Repeat location attempts in cases in which previous attempts to locate non-custodial parents or sources of income and/or assets have failed, but adequate identifying and other information exists to meet requirements for submittal for location, either quarterly or immediately upon receipt of new information which may aid in location, whichever occurs sooner.

218 R.I. Code R. 218-RICR-30-00-1.11

Amended effective 3/29/2019
Amended effective 1/1/2021