R6-12-311. Assignment of Support Rights; Cooperation

A. To qualify for CA, an applicant shall assign to the Department all rights to a support obligation from any other person the applicant or recipient may have in his or her own behalf or in behalf of any other family member for whom the applicant or recipient is applying for or receiving CA, including any unpaid support obligation or support debt which has accrued at the time the assignment is made. B. A refusal to execute such an assignment is a refusal to complete the application and shall result in denial of the CA application. C. An applicant or recipient shall cooperate with the Department to obtain support owing to the applicant or recipient, unless there is good cause for noncooperation, as described in R6-12- 312. D. After being approved for CA, the recipient shall transmit all monetary support received to the Department. E. At the time of the initial interview and at all review interviews, the Department shall explain: 1. The applicant’s duty of cooperation, 2. Good cause and how to establish it, 3. The duty to send the Department any support the assistance unit members receive, and 4. The consequences for breach of the duties set forth in this Section. F. Cooperation shall include the actions listed in this subsection. 1. Identifying and locating the parent of a child for whom CA is requested. 2. Establishing the paternity of a child born out-of-wedlock, for whom CA is requested. a. The applicant shall sign and complete an affidavit of paternity. b. The mother and father of a child may voluntarily acknowledge paternity in a signed, notarized statement. 3. Obtaining support payments, or other payments or property due the applicant or recipient for the benefit of the child. 4. Appearing at a child support enforcement office when requested, to provide oral or written information or documentary evidence known to, possessed by, or reasonably obtainable by the applicant or recipient. 5. Appearing as a witness at a judicial or administrative hearing or proceeding when requested. 6. Providing information, or attesting to the lack of information, when requested. 7. Paying to the Department any support payments received from the absent parent after the assignment of rights pursuant to subsection (A) has been made. G. If the applicant or recipient fails to cooperate as required by subsection (F) without good cause, the Department shall impose the penalties provided under R6-12-316.