Revised: 08/07/02

1100-10 ADDING A SUSPENSION ON AN ACCRUING OBLIGATION

This process is used in situations where, for whatever reason, the accrual on an obligation for a particular child/person should be suspended or reduced. The worker can set a suspension in the future, for a specific time frame (i.e. summer visitation). A suspense date can be entered without entering a resume date. Later the suspension be updated with the resume date.

Next to OPAY or OCTO:

1. On OPAY:

--Enter the AP/Payor Person number--

--Press PF2 Display--

--Type an "S" next to the obligation to suspend--

--Press PF15 to go to OACC for accruing obligations.--

OR

1. On OCTO:

--Enter the standard court order number. (Note: If the plus prompt is used the system will go to LACN, and the worker will need to enter the court order number, the classification, the state, and Trib. PF2 (Display), select the court order and PF9 return to OCTO.--

--Press PF2 Display--

--Type an "S" next to the obligation type to suspend--

--Press PF17 to go to OACC for accruing obligations--

2. On OACC:

--Enter "S" in the Sel field for the child/person whose obligation is to be suspended--

--Press PF18 List/Maintain Accruing Obligation Suspensions (ASUS)--

3. On ASUS:

--Enter--

    "A" in the Act field.

The suspend date in the "Suspend Date" field. (Must be greater than Date in Last Accrual Date field)

    The resume date in the "Resume Dt" field (not mandatory)

    A percent in the "Reduction Percent" field or an amount in the "Reduction Amount" field.

    Reason Text

--Press PF15 to process--

NOTE:

-When entering a resume date on ASUS for an obligation, if the court order has had previous AF, FC, NC or NF payments applied, the user should receive a message that states: "State retained collections exist, do you want to protect prior payments?" If the user enters "Y", all appropriate collections will be automatically protected from retro processing. The protected time frame can be viewed on COLP.

-If the user enters "N", collections will not be protected from retro processing.

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