HAR §17-676-32. Child support payments

(a) Child support payments shall be considered unearned income for the financial assistance and food stamp programs. §17-676-33 676-19 (b) In the financial assistance program, the child support payments received by the family from the month of application through the month the first payment is authorized shall be considered unearned income in determining the amount of the financial assistance payment. (c) In the financial assistance program, the child support payments received by the family in subsequent months shall be paid to the department and shall not be considered in determining the amount of the financial assistance payment. (d) In the financial assistance program, the child support payments received directly by the department shall not be considered in determining the amount of the financial assistance payment. (e) In the financial assistance program, the department shall budget the child support payments that the family fails to pay to the department as required in subsection (c) and shall recover any overpayments. (f) The amounts collected as support by the IV-D agency for children and the parents of such children who are current recipients of financial assistance and for whom an assignment under chapter 17-656 is effective shall be retained by the State to reimburse, in whole or in part, the assistance payment for the month in which the support was collected or the next month. [Eff 3/19/93; am 8/01/94; am 12/15/95; am 1/25/97; comp 11/09/06] (Auth: HRS §346-53) (Imp: HRS §346-29; 45 C.F.R. §§233.20, 302.51; Administration for Children and Families - Department of Human Services)