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eligible to receive ATAP payments. (Eff. 8/5/92, Register 123; am 10/1/97, Register 143) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.27.020

AS 47.27.005 AS 47.27.040 7 AAC 45.245. Child support cooperation. (a) The caretaker relative must cooperate with the child support services agency of the Department of Revenue in

(1) identifying and locating the absent parent of each child for whom the applicant desires ATAP benefits, and of each child who is included in the ATAP assistance unit;

(2) establishing the paternity of each child, if the birth of the child occurred while the mother was not married; and

(3) obtaining from the absent parent any other payments or property due each child and its caretaker relative. (b) A caretaker relative is considered to have failed to cooperate under this section if

(1) the department or the child support services agency has asked the caretaker relative to cooperate, and the caretaker relative fails to do so; or

(2) the caretaker relative fails to turn over to the child support services agency a child support payment the caretaker relative has received directly for a child eligible for ATAP benefits. (c) If a caretaker relative fails to cooperate as required by this section, the department will reduce the amount of ATAP assistance by imposing the penalty required by AS 47.27.085(a) and 7 AAC 45.980. (d) The caretaker relative shall complete an absent-parent information form unless the caretaker relative is a parent of the child for whom ATAP benefits are sought or received and

(1) the other parent is in the home;

(2) the other parent is deceased; or