1995 Alaska Statutes
TITLE 25 MARITAL AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 25.27. CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
Sec. 25.27.900. DEFINITIONS.

In this chapter

(1) "agency" means the child support enforcement agency;

(2) "department" means the Department of Revenue;

(3) "duty of support" includes a duty of support imposed or imposable by law, by a court order, decree or judgment, or by a finding or decision rendered under this chapter whether interlocutory or final, whether incidental to a proceeding for divorce, legal separation, separate maintenance, or otherwise, and includes the duty to pay arrearages of support past due and unpaid together with penalties and interest on arrearages imposed under AS 25.27.020 (a)(2)(C);

(4) "earnings" means compensation paid or payable for personal services, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus, or other similar description and includes the gain derived from the investment of capital, from labor, or from a combination of investment and labor;

(5) "obligee" means a person to whom a duty of support is owed;

(6) "obligor" means a person owing a duty of support;

(7) "support order" means any judgment, decree, or order of support in favor of an obligee whether temporary or final, or subject to modification, revocation, or remission, regardless of the kind of action or proceeding in which it is entered.