Connecticut Department of Social Services Uniform Policy Manual: 2510.30P Deprivation of Parental Support or Care - Looking at Conditions Which Tend to Refute the Presumption that Deprivation Does Not Exist

CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF INCOME MAINTENANCEPRIVATE UNIFORM POLICY MANUAL ______________________________________________________________________________ Date: 1-1-88 Transmittal: UP-88-7 P-2510.30 ______________________________________________________________________________ Section: Type: Categorical Eligibility Requirements PROCEDURES ______________________________________________________________________________ Chapter: Program: Deprivation of Parental Support or Care AFDC _______________________________________________________________ Subject: Looking at Conditions Which Tend to Refute the Presumption that Deprivation Does Not Exist ______________________________________________________________________________

P-2510.30 1. You may find that the actual circumstances of the assistance unit tend to refute the presumption that deprivation does not exist. Consider the following examples as tending to refute the presumption that deprivation due to absence of the parent does not exist.

° The parents of the child are divorced or legally separated with an award of joint custody, but the parents are not following the court order and the absent parent is clearly not functioning in the parental role.

° The parents of the child are legally separated, but the joint custody arrangement provides for periods of time at least six months long between visitations of the absent parent with the child.

° The dwelling unit of the absent parent is contiguous to that of the child but the absent parent is clearly not functioning in the parental role, or the absent parent resides at this location for reasons other than a temporary purpose and there are no plans for the absent parent to return to the home or provide for the child's support and care.

2. After considering the circumstances presented, decide if the actual circumstances tend to refute the presumption.