Validation
Validations are computed Audits on Child Support & Spousal Support cases. These are requested by the Petitioner, Respondent, attorneys, Child Support Enforcement, or other agencies.
- A Validation is conducted by ordering the court file.
- It is necessary to read the file in its entirety to gather the information needed to conduct a proper validation. Date orders were signed with start and stop dates, monetary obligation amounts due per month, birthdates of children, and any other pertinent information such as state assignments.
- It is necessary to have the payment records printed from the beginning of the orders to the conversion date of December 21, 2001, when Lincoln, Nebraska, began recording them on their CHARTS system. ***If case records are printed to the current date***.
- This information is then applied to the worksheet. The accrued due amount is filled in by each year, followed by the amount paid, the amount paid directly if any, and the arrears left due and owing.
- Upon a completed audit, the worksheet, payment history, and letter is sent per the request.
- If figures are incorrect, they are corrected, and the CDC staff submits a form to Lincoln so they can correct their records.
- Cases containing an arrearage amount can be subject to having interest calculated and added to the delinquency, if one of the parties on the case or an attorney sends us a Notarized Request Statement in writing.