10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 351, § 10-1

Current through 2024-44, October 30, 2024
Section 144-351-10-1 - PROCEDURE IN GENERAL
A. A Notice of Support Debt ("Notice of Debt") is an adjudication of debt accrued and accruing for the support of the dependent child(ren) of the responsible parent. The Division may proceed under 19-A M.R.S. §2352 and/or 19-A M.R.S. §2359 as required, empowered, or so authorized on behalf of the Department, any other state, any other state's IV-D Agency, any non-TANF client of any other state's IV-D Agency or any non-TANF client of the Department, regardless of whether TANF is being or has been expended for the responsible parent's child(ren) by the Department or by any other state or subdivision/instrumentality thereof. In the event that public assistance has been paid by the Department or by any other state (or sub-division/ instrumentality thereof) for the benefit of the dependent child(ren) of the responsible parent, the responsible parent's arrearage/debt may not be limited by the amount of such public assistance. The Division may proceed under §2352 and §2359 simultaneously.
B. In the case of an ongoing support debt, the debt continues to accrue after the liquidation by the Notice of Debt (See Section 3 [A], below). Any subsequent debt is continually added to the original adjudication to determine the total amount accrued and accruing. The absence of subsequent Notices of Debt does not invalidate the ongoing debt accrued and accruing since the original Notice of Debt was liquidated, even when/if the order is later modified or reduced to zero.

10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 351, § 10-1