Montana Title 40. Family Law § 40-5-901. Definitions

[(1) “Date of hire” means the first day that an employee starts work for which the employee is owed compensation by the payor of income.]

(2) “Department” means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201.

(4) “Employer” means a person, firm, corporation, association, governmental entity, or labor organization that engages an employee for compensation and withholds federal or state tax liabilities from the employee's compensation.

(5) “Foreign support order” means a support order entered or last modified by a court or administrative agency of another state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, an Indian tribe, or a foreign jurisdiction.

(6) “Income withholding” generally means procedures for directing a payor to withhold from an obligor's income an amount sufficient to pay the obligor's support obligation and to defray arrears that are or may become due. Specifically:

(7) “Interstate case” means a case referred to the department by, or from the department to, another IV-D agency.

[(8) “Labor organization” means a labor union, union local, union affiliate, or union hiring hall.]

(9) “Obligee” means the payee under a support order or a person or agency entitled to receive support payments.

(10) “Obligor” means a person who is obligated to pay support under a support order.

(11) “Payor” means:

[(12) “Rehire” means the first day, following a termination of employment, that an employee begins to again perform work or provide services for a payor. Termination of employment does not include temporary separations of less than 60 days from employment, such as unpaid medical leave, an unpaid leave of absence, or a temporary or seasonal layoff.]

(13) “Support order” means a judgment, decree, or order, whether temporary or final, that:

(14) “IV-D” or “IV-D case” means a case in which the department is providing services under the provisions of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act and the regulations promulgated under that act. A IV-D case also includes a case in which the department is collecting a support debt assigned to this or another state or an Indian tribe under Title IV-D.