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61.046  Definitions.--As used in this chapter:

(1)  "Custodial parent" or "primary residential parent" means the parent with whom the child maintains his or her primary residence.

(2)  "Department" means the Department of Revenue.

(3)  "Depository" means the central governmental depository established pursuant to s. 61.181 to receive, record, report, disburse, monitor, and otherwise handle alimony and child support payments.

(4)  "Income" means any form of payment to an individual, regardless of source, including, but not limited to: wages, salary, commissions and bonuses, compensation as an independent contractor, worker's compensation, disability benefits, annuity and retirement benefits, pensions, dividends, interest, royalties, trusts, and any other payments, made by any person, private entity, federal or state government, or any unit of local government. United States Department of Veterans Affairs disability benefits and unemployment compensation, as defined in chapter 443, are excluded from this definition of income except for purposes of establishing an amount of support.

(5)  "IV-D" means services provided pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. s. 1302.

(6)  "Local officer" means an elected or appointed constitutional or charter government official including, but not limited to, the state attorney and clerk of the circuit court.

(7)  "Noncustodial parent" means the parent with whom the child does not maintain his or her primary residence.

(8)  "Obligee" means the person to whom payments are made pursuant to an order establishing, enforcing, or modifying an obligation for alimony, for child support, or for alimony and child support.

(9)  "Obligor" means a person responsible for making payments pursuant to an order establishing, enforcing, or modifying an obligation for alimony, for child support, or for alimony and child support.

(10)  "Payor" means an employer or former employer or any other person or agency providing or administering income to the obligor.

(11)  "Shared parental responsibility" means a court-ordered relationship in which both parents retain full parental rights and responsibilities with respect to their child and in which both parents confer with each other so that major decisions affecting the welfare of the child will be determined jointly.

(12)  "Sole parental responsibility" means a court-ordered relationship in which one parent makes decisions regarding the minor child.

(13)  "State Case Registry" means a registry maintained by the Title IV-D agency for information related to paternity and child support orders for Title IV-D. Beginning October 1, 1998, information related to non-Title IV-D cases established or modified in the state shall be maintained in the registry.

History.--s. 113, ch. 86-220; s. 1, ch. 92-138; s. 1, ch. 93-188; s. 59, ch. 93-268; s. 8, ch. 94-124; s. 1363, ch. 95-147; s. 3, ch. 96-183; s. 1, ch. 97-170.