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o IPV, or o failure to comply with third party liability requirements, and • a parent excluded from the group because s/he is married to an individual who is not related to the children in the group (see Section 5.7: Step-Parents in Part IV). Do not consider the assets for any other person, including a step-parent. GC Consider the assets of the group members only. FS The asset group includes the following: • FS group members, and • persons disqualified due to: o IPV o refusal to provide a SSN o alien status, or o TANF work program noncompliance.

DEEMING ASSETS 2.4 ALL All or part of the assets of certain people outside an assistance unit is counted toward the asset limit. Those assets are 'deemed' available to a unit. Count assets deemed available to a unit even if the unit does not actually have access to the assets. MA AR (excluding Poverty Level Families and Children and Foster Care/Department Wards/Adoption Assistance Recipients): If a child is in the AR unit, the parents' assets are deemed available to the child even if the parent is not in the unit. If an adult is in an AR unit, the assets of the adult's spouse are deemed available to the unit even if the spouse is not in the unit. If a parent is not in the assistance unit (that is, the parent will not receive MA if the group is found eligible), then the assets of the parent's spouse who is not also the parent of a child in the unit (that is, a step-parent) are not deemed available to the unit. A stepparent's assets are only considered when the children's parent is included in the unit. A stepparent's assets are not included even if the parent is included provisionally in the unit for purposes of determining eligibility of actual assistance group members. Example Mrs. Belden applies for MA for her daughter, Tara. Mrs. Belden is included provisionally in the unit. However, no income from Mr. Belden, who is Tara's step-father, is deemed to Tara. If Mrs. Belden was also applying for MA, then Mr. Belden's income would be deemed to her and Tara. AX: N/A SR (excluding SSI Recipients): The assets of relatives who have financial responsibility for members of an SR assistance unit are deemed available to the SR group. The following is a list of individuals