Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) The purpose of
this rule is to describe distribution in a Title IV-D public assistance
case.
(B) In a current assistance
case, support collections shall be distributed as follows:
(1) Current obligation.
(a) The amount collected for and applied to
the current obligation that is less than or equal to the current month's public
assistance grant shall be retained and used to reimburse the current month's
public assistance grant.
Following reimbursement, the balance of the current month's
public assistance grant shall be added to the unreimbursed assistance (URA)
amount.
(b) The amount
collected for and applied to the current obligation that exceeds the current
month's public assistance grant shall be retained and used to reimburse the
URA.
(c) The amount collected for
and applied to the current obligation that exceeds the current month's public
assistance grant and the URA amount shall be owed to the
obligee.
(2) Arrears.
(a) The amount collected for and applied to
assigned arrears that is less than or equal to the URA amount shall be retained
and used to reimburse the URA.
(b)
The amount collected for and applied to assigned arrears that is greater than
the URA amount shall be owed to the
obligee.
(c) The amount collected for and applied to
unassigned arrears shall be owed to the obligee.
(3) Futures.
The amount collected for and applied to assigned futures shall
be held and applied to the current obligation(s) in the following
month(s).
(C) In
a former assistance case, support collections shall be distributed as follows:
(1) Current obligation.
The amount collected for and applied to the current obligation
shall be issued to the obligee.
(2) Arrears.
(a) The amount collected and applied to
unassigned arrears shall be issued to the obligee.
(b) The amount collected and applied to
permanently assigned arrears shall be retained and used to reimburse the
URA.
(c) The amount collected from
a federal tax refund offset and applied to conditionally assigned arrears shall
be retained and used to reimburse the URA.
