<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 25-7A-1 - Definition of terms. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2050163Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2050163SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050163CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2050163Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2050163DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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However, for the purposes of income withholding, the term excludes:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000002"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    Any amount required by law or as a condition of employment to be withheld, other than creditor claims, including federal, state, and local taxes, social security, and other retirement contributions;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000002"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Any amount exempted by federal law; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000002"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    Public assistance payments;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(9)    "Need," the necessary costs of food, clothing, shelter, education, and medical care for the support of a dependent child;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(9A)    "Noncustodial parent," the parent who does not have primary care, custody, or control of the child, and has an obligation to pay child support;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(10)    "Obligee," any person or entity to whom a duty of support is owed;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(11)    "Obligor," any person who owes a duty to make payments under an order for support;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050163000003"> </span></p></div><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(12)    "Order for support," a judgment, decree, or order, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued by a court or an administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, which provides for the support and maintenance of a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state, or of the parent with whom the child is living, which provides for monetary support, health care, medical support, arrearages, or reimbursement, and which may include costs and fees, interest, and penalties, income withholding, attorney's fees, and other relief;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(13)    "Parent," the natural parent, adoptive parent, or stepparent of a dependent child;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(14)    "Payor," any person or other entity owing income or having personal property or money and credits belonging to an obligor;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(15)    "Person," a natural person, firm, limited liability company, corporation, association, political subdivision, or agency of government;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(16)    "Secretary," the secretary of social services;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(17)    Deleted by SL 2013, ch 119, § 5;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(18)    "Standard of need," the need established by the Department of Social Services;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(19)    "Support enforcement services," establishing and enforcing support obligations, locating support obligors, and establishing paternity under the Title IV-D state plan;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(20)    "Title IV-D agency," the agency established by Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 651 to 667) for the purpose of administering the state's plan for establishing and enforcing support obligations, locating support obligors, and establishing paternity;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(21)    "Medical support," the provision of a health insurance benefit plan or cash medical support payment, including any employer sponsored group health plan or self-insured plan, any individual health insurance policy, or public health care coverage, to meet the medical needs of a dependent child including the cost of any premium required by a health insurance benefit plan, an amount ordered to be paid toward the cost of health insurance provided by a public entity or by another parent through employment or otherwise, or for other medical costs not covered by insurance;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(22)    "Business day," a day on which state offices are open for regular business;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(23)    "Employee," any person who is an employee within the meaning of chapter 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 3401-3406, as of January 1, 1997;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(24)    "Employer," any person or entity who is an employer as defined in section 3401(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. § 3401-3406, as of January 1, 1997, and includes any governmental entity and any labor organization;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(25)    "Labor organization," the meaning given the term in section 2(5) of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., as of January 1, 1997, and includes any entity or hiring hall which is used by the organization and an employer to carry out the requirements described in section 8(f)(3) of the act;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(26)    "Date of hire," the date a person first provides services for an employer for pay;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(27)    "Newly hired employee" or "new hire," any person hired to provide services for an employer and required to provide an Internal Revenue Service W-4 form to the employer, including a person who is rehired, reemployed, or reinstated following thirty consecutive days of termination or layoff even if the person does not provide a new or revised W-4 form to the employer;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal-000001"><span class="s2050163DefaultParagraphFont">(28)    "Recreational or sporting license," any state issued hunting or fishing license.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050163000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050163Normal"><span class="s2050163SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050163SCL-000004"> SL 1982, ch 196, § 1; SL 1986, ch 218, § 1; SL 1989, ch 220, § 18; SL 1994, ch 351, § 45; SL 1994, ch 387, § 15; SL 1997, ch 155, § 5; SL 1998, ch 157, § 1; SL 2009, ch 130, § 12; SL 2013, ch 119, § 5; SL 2018, ch 162, § 1; SL 2019, ch 216, § 30.</span></p></div></body></html>