Code of Massachusetts Regulations
106 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE
Title 106 CMR 703.000 - Transitional Cash Assistance Programs: Nonfinancial Eligibility
Section 703.522 - TAFDC Circumstances under Which Cooperation May Be Against the Best Interests of the Child
Universal Citation: 106 MA Code of Regs 106.703
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(A) Requirements. Cooperation in establishing paternity and securing support is only against the best interests of the child if cooperation of the grantee, or a teen parent who is not the grantee, is reasonably anticipated to result in:
(1)
physical harm of a serious nature to the child for whom support is sought, or
to the relative with whom the child is living which would reduce his or her
capacity to care for the child adequately; or
(2) an emotional impairment that
substantially affects the functioning of the child for whom support is sought,
or of the relative with whom the child is living, and which would reduce his or
her capacity to care for the child adequately.
(B) For every good cause determination which is based in whole or in part upon anticipation of emotional harm to the child or relative, the worker must consider the following:
(1) the present emotional state of the
individual subject to harm;
(2) the
emotional health history of the individual subject to harm;
(3) the intensity and probable duration of
the harm;
(4) the degree of
cooperation to be required; and
(5)
the extent of the child's involvement in the paternity establishment or support
enforcement activity to be undertaken.
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