Collections from Maine state income tax refund offset shall be applied first to the satisfaction of any support currently due, then to past-due support for public assistance owed by the responsible parent to the Department or other payor of public assistance, and then toward reduction of any past-due support due a non-TANF client by the responsible parent. The Department shall inform persons applying for services under 45 C.F.R. § 302.33 of the foregoing by means of its non-welfare contract, and shall inform persons entitled to support enforcement services under Section 3.5 of this manual by means of the notice informing them of their entitlement to such services.
10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 351, § 17-7