Collection of spousal support after child support ends

(1) An obligee may request that the office continue to collect spousal support on behalf of the obligee if: (a) the office has been collecting spousal support for the obligee as a part of child support; and (b) the office is no longer collecting child support for the obligee and has closed the case related to the child support. (2) Upon a request described in Subsection (1), the office shall collect spousal support until: (a) the spousal support is no longer enforceable; or (b) the obligee requests that the office no longer collect the spousal support on the obligee's behalf. (3) For a spousal support only case, the office shall collect and enforce spousal support for the obligee in the same manner and to the same extent as child support, including: (a) initiating and ordering income withholding in accordance with Part 3, Income Withholding in IV-D Cases; (b) subpoenaing financial or other information needed to enforce the spousal support including: (i) the name, address, and employer of an obligor that appears on the customer records of public utilities and cable television companies; and (ii) information held by financial institutions on such things as the assets and liabilities of the obligor; (c) requiring a public or private employer to promptly disclose information to the office on the name, address, date of birth, social security number, employment status, compensation, and benefits, including health insurance, of any person employed as an employee or contractor by the employer; (d) obtaining access to information in the records and automated databases of other state and local government agencies; (e) securing assets to satisfy spousal support that is past due by: (i) intercepting or seizing periodic or lump-sum payments from: (A) a state or local government agency, including unemployment compensation, workers' compensation, and other benefits; and (B) judgments, settlements, and lotteries; and (ii) attaching and seizing assets of an obligor held in financial institutions; (f) attaching public and private retirement funds if the obligor is: (i) receiving periodic payments; or (ii) has the authority to withdraw some or all of the funds; and (g) imposing liens against real and personal property. (4) Any action taken under Subsection (3) shall comply with the requirements described in this chapter for taking that same action with regard to child support.