HF 1436 Summary

• Individuals may appeal good cause determinations for child support cooperation requirements by requesting a state agency hearing in writing within 30 calendar days of denial notice.

• Child support agencies must cease all enforcement efforts and cannot report noncooperation to public assistance agencies until a human services judge issues a decision on the appeal.

• Public authorities may report an individual's noncooperation to assistance agencies only after 30 calendar days have passed since the initial denial or post-hearing denial, and only if the individual failed to cooperate as required.

• Creates a process allowing parties or tribal IV-D agencies to file motions transferring postjudgment child support, custody, or parenting time actions to tribal courts when concurrent jurisdiction exists and the tribal IV-D agency provides services.

• Requires district courts to transfer cases to tribal courts unless objections are filed, with mandatory hearings and written findings when objections are raised; mandates automatic transfer to Red Lake Nation Tribal Court if case participants and child resided in the Red Lake Reservation for six months before the motion.