37.62.1707    CONTESTING ACCURACY OF REPORTED INFORMATION

(1) After service of notice specified in ARM 37.62.1701 which contains a statement of intent to report a support debt to a consumer reporting agency, the obligor may contest the accuracy of the intended report during a hearing conducted pursuant to the notice.

(2) Except as provided in (3), at any time after a reinvestigation conducted by a consumer reporting agency, an obligor dissatisfied with the results of the reinvestigation may request an administrative hearing to contest the accuracy of the support debt. Except as provided in (3) no hearing shall be denied for lack of timely request.

(3) An obligor may not be granted a hearing to contest the accuracy of a support debt whenever the amount of the debt:

(a) has previously been determined by a court or administrative final decision and order; or

(b) was at issue under a notice served upon the obligor under 40-5-222, 40-5-223, 40-5-225, 40-5-232, 40-5-413, and 40-5-702, MCA, and the obligor either failed to timely request a hearing or failed to appear at a scheduled hearing.

 

History: 40-5-262, MCA; IMP, 40-5-261, MCA; NEW, 1990 MAR p. 1337, Eff. 7/13/90; TRANS, from SRS, 2000 MAR p. 3551; AMD, 2017 MAR p. 135, Eff. 1/21/17.