Child Support Requirements for Parents and Caretaker Relatives

Child Support Requirements for Parents and Caretaker Relatives. A. Referral to and cooperation with child support is required as a condition of the adult’s eligibility if the deprivation reason for at least one child is continued absence. B. The parent or caretaker relative must cooperate with child support requirements and assist the state by cooperating with enforcement of existing court orders or in obtaining at least medical support from the absent parent. C. A referral to the State IV-D agency is made whether or not there is an existing court order and regardless of whether child support is being paid by the absent parent.