Mo. Code Regs. tit. 13 § 40-2.335
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, May 1, 2024
Section 13 CSR 40-2.335 - Assignment of Certain Support Rights as a Condition for the Receipt of Temporary AssistancePURPOSE: This rule provides for the assignment of certain support rights as a condition for the receipt of Temporary Assistance.
(1) For the purpose of the administration of the Temporary Assistance Program the Division of Family Services shall require, as a condition to eligibility for the receipt of assistance, that a member of the family assign to the Division of Family Services any rights the family member may have (on behalf of the family member or of any other person for whom the family member has applied for or is receiving such assistance) to support from any other person, not exceeding the total amount of assistance so provided to the family, which accrue (or have accrued) before the date the family leaves the program. Such assignment of support, on or after the date the family leaves the program, shall not apply with respect to any support (other than support collected pursuant to section 664 of Title 42, United States Code) which accrued before the family received such assistance and which the Division of Child Support Enforcement has not collected within the time limits set forth in section 608(a)(3)(i) and (ii) of Title 42, United States Code.(2) The Division of Family Services shall not require, as a condition of providing Temporary Assistance to any family, that a member of the family assign any rights to support described in section (1) which accrue after the date the family leaves the program.(3) For purposes of the administration of this rule, an application or receipt of Temporary Assistance shall constitute an assignment of such support rights which shall take effect, by operation of law, upon a determination that the applicant is eligible for assistance. AUTHORITY: sections 207.020 and 208.040.5, RSMo 1994.* Emergency rule filed Feb. 18, 1998, effective March 1, 1998, terminated Aug. 10, 1998. Original rule filed Jan. 16, 1998, effective Aug. 1, 1998. *Original authority: 207.020, RSMo 1945, amended 1961, 1965, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1993 and 208.040.5, RSMo 1949, amended 1955, 1969, 1982, 1985.