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(f) {+Verification of utility expenses shall be made as specified in Sections 63- 300.51(f) and 63-504.341.+}

.37 Shared Living Expense Deductions (Continued)

.38 [-Child Support Deduction-]

(a) [-The child support deduction is the monthly amount of child support payments that a household member, with a legal obligation to pay child support payments to or for an individual living outside of the household, actually makes.-]

(b) [-The payments shall be verified as specified in Section 63-300.51(j).-]

(c) [-Households that fail or refuse to cooperate by supplying the necessary verifications shall have their eligibility and benefit level determined without a child support deduction.-]

(d) [-Payments are deductible only to the extent that they represent the household's child support obligation which has been ordered by a court or administrative authority.-]

(e) [-Child support payments made to a third party (e.g., a landlord or utility company) on behalf of the nonhousehold member in accordance with the support order shall be included in the child support deduction. Payments made by a household with a legal obligation to obtain health insurance for a child shall also be included as part of the child support deduction.-]

(f) [-Amounts paid toward arrearages shall be deductible.-]

Authority cited: Sections 10553, 10554, 11209, 18900, 18901 and 18904, Welfare and Institutions Code.

Reference: Sections 10554, 18901, and 18904, Welfare and Institutions Code; Public Law (P.L.) 99-603, Section 201(a), Section 245A(h)(1)(A)(iii), Immigration Reform and Control Act; 100-50, Sections 22(e)(4) and 14(27), enacted June 3, 1987; P.L. 100-77; P.L. 101-201; P.L. 101-508, Section 11111(b); P.L. 103-66, Section 5(c), (d) and (e) and Section 8(a); 7 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 271.2; 7 CFR 273.1(c)(6); 7 CFR 273.4(a) and (c)(2); 7 CFR 273.7(f); 7 CFR 273.9; 7 CFR 273.9(b)(1), (b)(1)(v), (c), (c)(1)(i)(E), and (c)(1)(ii); (c)(1)(ii)(G), (c)(8), (c)(11)(i) and (ii), (d), (d)(6), {+(d)(6)(iii),+} (d)(6)(iii)(F), and proposed (d)(7) as published in the Federal Register, Vol. 59, No. 235 on December 8, 1994, 7 CFR