Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 5, March 10, 2024
6.803.1
Distribution from a Title IV-A
Allocation
The Pass Through of current child support collections is
dependent upon legislative funding availability. When Pass Through is funded,
the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) distribution rules shall apply. When Pass
Through is not funded, standard distribution rules shall apply.
DRA Distribution of collections from a Title IV-A allocation
shall be as follows:
A. Amounts
applied to the monthly support obligation (MSO) shall be applied in the
following order:
1. First towards any
unfunded disbursement balance according to the agreement with the obligee, up
to 10% of the payment received or $10.00, whichever is greater, from current
support; to the family if there is no unfunded disbursement balance.
B. Amounts applied to a IV-A
arrears balance shall first apply towards any obligee unfunded disbursement
balance and then toward any unreimbursed public assistance and/or unreimbursed
specific medical dollar order amounts.
1.
Unreimbursed public assistance will be satisfied first in the enforcing county
for all periods of public assistance, then Last In First Out (LIFO) for all
other counties for all periods of public assistance for each county until all
IV-A assigned arrears are collected. Payments to other counties will be made by
means of an inter-county transfer of funds as prescribed by the
state.
2. In the event no other
county has such monetary interest in the case, excess over unreimbursed public
assistance will be paid to the obligee.
Standard Distribution of collections from a Title IV-A
allocation shall be as follows:
A.
Amounts applied to the monthly support obligation (MSO):
1. Shall apply towards any obligee unfunded
disbursement balance.
2. Shall be
used to reimburse the total unreimbursed public assistance (UPA) provided to
the family.
3. Shall be sent to the
family as excess over unreimbursed public assistance if there is no
unreimbursed public assistance (UPA) balance.
B. Amounts applied to a IV-A arrears balance
shall first apply towards any obligee unfunded disbursement balance, and are
then used to reimburse unreimbursed public assistance and/or unreimbursed
specific medical dollar order amounts.
1.
Unreimbursed public assistance will be satisfied first in the enforcing county
for all periods of public assistance, and then Last in First Out (LIFO) for all
other counties for all periods of public assistance for each county until all
IV-A assigned arrears are collected. Payments to other counties will be made by
means of an inter-county transfer of funds as prescribed by the
state.
2. In the event no other
county has such monetary interest in the case, excess over unreimbursed public
assistance will be paid to the obligee.
6.803.2
Distribution From a Title IV-E Allocation [Rev. eff. 9/15/12]
Distribution of collections from a Title IV-E allocation
shall be as follows:
A. Amounts
applied to the monthly support obligation (MSO):
1. Shall be used to reimburse the foster care
maintenance payment for the month in which the maintenance payment was
made.
2. Shall be forwarded to the
county business office to be applied according to the state's reporting and
accounting procedures, if the amounts applied to the monthly support obligation
exceed the foster care maintenance payment.
3. Amounts of the foster care maintenance
payment that exceed the monthly support collection are added to the balance of
unreimbursed maintenance payments (UMP).
B. Amounts applied to Title IV-E assigned
arrears balances:
1. Shall be used to
reimburse unreimbursed maintenance payments.
2. Shall be used to reimburse unreimbursed
public assistance, if any exists on the case and there is no unreimbursed
maintenance payments balance. Any remaining collections are paid to other
counties that have a monetary interest in the case.
Unreimbursed public assistance and/or unreimbursed
maintenance payments will be satisfied first in the enforcing county for all
periods of public assistance, then Last in First Out (LIFO) for all other
counties for all periods of public assistance for each county until all IV-A OR
IV-E assigned arrears are collected. Payments to other counties will be made by
means of an inter-county transfer of funds as prescribed by the state.
3. In the event no other county
has such monetary interest in the case:
a.
Any remaining collections are forwarded to the county business office if the
child is actively in placement at the time the payment was allocated;
or,
b. Forwarded to the obligee if
the child is not actively in placement at the time the payment was
allocated.
6.803.3
Distribution From a Non-IV-A
Allocation [Rev. eff. 9/15/12]
Distribution of collections from a non-IV-A allocation shall
be as follows:
A. Amounts applied to
the monthly support obligation (MSO) or any arrears balance:
1. Shall first apply towards any unfunded
disbursement balance according to the agreement with the obligee.
2. Shall then be applied to any non-PA
service fee still owed by the obligee, whether or not such fee has already been
reported to the federal government.
3. Shall be paid to the family.
4. Amounts that represent payment on the
required support obligation for future months shall be applied to those future
months and shall be paid to the family.
B. Non IV-A applicants shall be charged a
twenty-five dollar ($25) certification fee only if an actual federal tax
intercept occurs. The certification fee shall be deducted yearly from the first
Federal Income Tax refund intercept that occurs, regardless of the number of
obligors. If the total yearly amount of all tax refunds for a case is less than
twenty-five dollars ($25), that amount will satisfy the certification
fee.
6.803.4
Distribution From a Non-IV-E Allocation [Rev. eff. 9/15/12]
Distribution of collections from a non-IV-E allocation shall
be as follows:
All payments allocated to the current monthly amount due or
to any arrears balances shall be forwarded to the county business
office.
