R495-879-5. Good Cause Deferral and Waiver Request

(1) If collections interfere with family re-unification, a division may, using the Good Cause-Deferral/Waiver (form 602), request a deferral or waiver of arrears payments once a support order has been established. The request may be applied to current support when an undue hardship is created by an unpreventable loss of income to the present family. A loss of income may include non payment of child support from the other parent for the children at home, loss of employment, or loss of monthly pension or annuity payments. The request shall be initiated by the responsible case worker and forwarded to his or her supervisor, regional director, division director/superintendent, or designee for approval.

(2) After a support order has been established, the Good Cause Deferral and Waiver request may be denied or approved by the referring agency at any stage in the process. Once the waiver has been approved at all levels in the referring agency, the division director (or designee) shall send the waiver to the ORS director (or designee) for review and decision. If the requesting agency disagrees with the ORS director's (or designee's) decision, the request may be referred to the Executive Director of the Department of Human Services for a final decision. The requesting agency will notify the family of the final decision. The request shall not be approved when it proposes actions that are contrary to state or federal law.