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9-14-211. Assigned support rights generally.
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9-14-211. Assigned support rights generally.
(a) Support rights assigned to the Department of Human Services under § 9-14-109 shall constitute an obligation owed to the State of Arkansas by the person responsible for providing the support, and the obligation shall be collectible under all legal processes.
(b) The amount of obligation owed to the state shall be the amount specified in a court order that covers the assigned rights or, when no court order exists, the amount of obligation owed to the state shall be the amount determined by a court based upon the noncustodial parent's income or ability to pay during the period of assignment as applied to the Arkansas child support guidelines and family support chart.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-14-211
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Source file: gov.ar.code.title.09.odt
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9-14-211. Assigned support rights generally.
(a) Support rights assigned to the Department of Human Services under § 9-14-109 shall constitute an obligation owed to the State of Arkansas by the person responsible for providing the support, and the obligation shall be collectible under all legal processes.
(b) The amount of obligation owed to the state shall be the amount specified in a court order that covers the assigned rights or, when no court order exists, the amount of obligation owed to the state shall be the amount determined by a court based upon the noncustodial parent's income or ability to pay during the period of assignment as applied to the Arkansas child support guidelines and family support chart.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
9-14-109. Automatic assignment of rights.
(a) By accepting public assistance for or on behalf of a dependent child, which public assistance is provided by the Department of Human Services under the Transitional Employment Assistance Program, i.e., Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, the recipient thereof shall be deemed to have assigned to the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services and the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration any rights to child support from any other person as the recipient may have:
(1) In his or her own behalf or on behalf of any other family member for whom the recipient is receiving such assistance; and
(2) Accrued at the time such assistance, or any portion thereof, is accepted, to the extent possible under federal law.
(b) The appropriate division of the Department of Human Services shall give notice in writing to each applicant for such assistance. The notice shall state that acceptance of the assistance will invoke the provisions of subsection (a) of this section and will result in an automatic assignment under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) When a child is placed in the custody of the Department of Human Services, any right to support from any person on behalf of the child shall be deemed to have been assigned to the appropriate division of the Department of Human Services and the office for the period of time that the child remains in the custody of the state.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-14-109
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 9-14-109. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.