Or. Admin. Code § 137-055-1160 - Confidentiality - Finding of Risk and Order for Nondisclosure of Information
(1) For the
purposes of this rule in addition to the definitions found in OAR 137-055-1020,
the following definitions apply:
(a) "Claim
of risk for nondisclosure of information" means a claim by a party to a
paternity or support case made to the administrator, an administrative law
judge or the court that there is reason to not contain or disclose the
information specified in OAR 137-055-1140(6) because the health, safety or
liberty of a party or child would unreasonably be put at risk by disclosure of
such information;
(b) "Finding of
risk and order for nondisclosure of information" means a finding and order by
the administrator, an administrative law judge or the court, which may be made
ex parte, that there is reason to not contain or disclose the information
specified in OAR 137-055-1140(6) because the health, safety or liberty of a
party or child would unreasonably be put at risk by disclosure of such
information.
(2) A claim
of risk for nondisclosure of information may be made to the administrator by a
party at any time that a child support case is open. Forms for making a claim
of risk for nondisclosure of information will be available from all child
support offices and be made available to other community resources. At the
initiation of any legal process that would result in a judgment or
administrative order establishing paternity or including a provision concerning
support, the administrator will provide parties an opportunity to make a claim
of risk for nondisclosure of information.
(3)
(a)
When a party makes a written and signed claim of risk for nondisclosure of
information pursuant to section (2) of this rule, the administrator will make a
finding of risk and order for nondisclosure of information unless the party
does not provide a contact address pursuant to section (5) of this
rule;
(b) When a party is accepted
into the Oregon Address Confidentiality Program, the administrator will make a
finding of risk and order for nondisclosure of information. The party's contact
address will be the Oregon Address Confidentiality Program substitute address
designated by the Attorney General pursuant to OAR 137-079-0150.
(4) An administrative law judge
will make a finding of risk and order for nondisclosure of information when a
party makes a claim of risk for nondisclosure of information in a hearing
unless the party does not provide a contact address pursuant to section (5) of
this rule.
(5) A party who makes a
claim of risk for nondisclosure of information under subsection (3)(a) or
section (4) must provide a contact address pursuant to ORS 25.011. The contact
address must be in the party's home state and releasable to the other parties
in legal proceedings. The claim of risk for nondisclosure of information form
provided to the party by the administrator must have a place in which to list a
contact address. If a requesting party does not provide a contact address, a
finding of risk and order for nondisclosure of information will not be
made.
(6) When an order for
nondisclosure of information has been made, the administrator must redact any
of the identifying information specified in section (1) from all pleadings,
returns of service, orders, or any other documents that would be sent to the
parties or would be available as public information in a court file. Any
document sent to the court that contains any of the information specified in
section (1) must be transmitted separately in a manner that notifies the court
of the confidential nature of the contents or as provided by UTCR
2.130.
(7) A finding of risk and
order for nondisclosure of information entered pursuant to this rule will be
documented on the child support case record and will remain in force until the
party who requested the claim of risk retracts it or requests dismissal in
writing except as provided in section (8).
(8) If the contact address of a party who
requested a claim of risk becomes invalid or is no longer available, the
administrator will send a written request to the party asking that the party
provide an updated contact address. The written request from the administrator
must advise the party that if an updated contact address is not provided within
14 days, the administrator will use the party's primary mailing or residence
address as the contact address, and the new contact address may be released to
the other parties.
(9) If an
incarcerated party has a claim of risk, the administrator will notify the party
in writing that the address of the correctional facility where the party is
currently incarcerated will be used as the contact address for the duration of
the party's incarceration. The administrator will notify the incarcerated party
14 days prior to updating the contact address to the correctional
facility.
(10) A party who
requested a claim of risk may retract the claim on a form provided by the
administrator. When a signed retraction form is received by the administrator,
the administrator will enter, or will ask the court to enter, a finding and
order terminating the order for nondisclosure of information.
(11) Any information previously protected
under an order for nondisclosure of information will be subject to disclosure
when the order for nondisclosure of information is terminated. The retraction
form provided by the administrator will advise the requestor that previously
protected information may be released to the other parties.
(12) In cases where the administrator is not
involved in the preparation of the support order or judgment establishing
paternity, or when child support services under ORS 25.080 are not being
provided, any claim of risk for nondisclosure of information pursuant to ORS
25.020 must be made to the court.
(13) Notwithstanding section (5) of this
rule, where the court has made a finding of risk and order for nondisclosure of
information and the case is receiving or subsequently receives child support
services pursuant to ORS 25.080, the administrator will implement the court's
finding pursuant to this rule. In such a case, the administrator will use, in
order of preference, the party's contact address as contained in the court
file, or the party's contact address previously provided to the administrator.
If no contact address is available through either of these sources, the
administrator will send a written request to the party, asking that the party
provide a contact address. The written request from the administrator must
advise the party that if no contact address is provided within 14 days, the
administrator will use the party's primary mailing or residence address as the
contact address, and the new contact address may be released to the other
parties.
(14) When the child of a
participant in the Oregon Address Confidentiality Program reaches the age of
18, and the child is eligible for or is receiving services as a child attending
school pursuant to ORS 107.108, a claim of risk for nondisclosure of
information regarding the child may be made by the administrator. If a claim is
made, the child will be asked to provide a contact address, which must be
certified as safe by the parent participating in the Oregon Address
Confidentiality Program. If the child does not provide a contact address
certified as safe by the parent participating in the Oregon Address
Confidentiality Program, no child support services will be provided for the
child.
(15) When the child of an
obligee with a claim of risk reaches the age of 18, they are subject to the
obligee's claim of risk. If the child is eligible for or receiving services as
a child attending school pursuant to ORS 107.108, the child may also make a
written and signed claim of risk and provide a contact address. If the child
provides a different address than the obligee's contact address, the
administrator will notify the obligee of the contact address provided by the
child and allow the obligee 14 days to object to the contact address provided
by the child because it is not safe for the obligee. If the child does not
provide an acceptable contact address, the obligee's contact address will be
used as the contact address for the child.
(16) Notwithstanding section (8), if the
contact address of an adult child or a child attending school who is the child
of an obligee with a claim of risk becomes invalid, the administrator will send
a written request to the child asking that they provide an updated contact
address. The written request from the administrator must advise the child that
if an updated contact address is not provided within 14 days, the administrator
will use the obligee's contact address as the contact address for the child,
and the new contact address may be released to the other parties.
Notes
Forms referenced are available from the agency.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 25.020 & 180.345
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 25.011, 25.020 & 192.820 - 192.858
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