If you owe past−due child support (a child support "arrearage") and have a driver's license or other professional license, such as for being a plumber, electrician, or attorney, the DOR can take action to have that license suspended, revoked, not issued, or not renewed.
You have a right to a hearing
The DOR may give you notice that unless you request a hearing within 30 days of the notice the DOR can Issue a "final determination of delinquency" and notify the particular licensing authority (such as the Registry of Motor Vehicles)to suspend, revoke, not issue, or not renew the license. Before the DOR can take such an action, DOR must give you a hearing if you request one. At the hearing you would need to show that no child support arrearage exists, or that you are not the person who owes the arrearage, or that you are complying with a payment plan that has been approved by the DOR.
The DOR can also seek to have licenses revoked or suspended if you have failed to comply with a subpoena, warrant, or summons concerning a paternity or child support case. If you request and have a hearing in a case like this, you would have to show at the hearing that you did comply with the subpoena, warrant, or summons; that you were not properly served with the subpoena, warrant, or summons; or that the failure to comply was for a reasonable cause.If, after the hearing, the DOR decides that you owe the child support arrearage or that you failed to comply with the subpoena, warrant, or summons, and also decides that you have not shown any of the explanations described above, the DOR can issue a "final determination of delinquency" and notify the particular licensing authority to revoke, suspend, not issue, or not renew the license.
Your right to have a court review the decision of the DOR
If, after the hearing and decision, you want to further contest the decision (the "final determination of delinquency"), you can have the decision reviewed by the court that issued the child support order, which can register it, or which issued the subpoena, warrant, or summons. You must file your complaint for judicial review within 45 days of the notice from the licensing authority to you that it has taken action to suspend, revoke, not issue, or not renew your license. The complaint for judicial review is filed against the DOR, not against the licensing authority.