3005.1 Cooperation Responsibilities

Clients must cooperate with the Division of Child Support Enforcement (DCSE) as a condition of eligibility. All families are required to provide sufficient information to permit Delaware to obtain Child Support on behalf of the family. Exceptions can be made when the caretaker demonstrates that pursuit of Child Support would create a danger to the caretaker or the child(ren). It is the responsibility of the client to provide documentation to verify such a Good Cause claim. In order to identify and locate absent parents, establish paternity, and obtain support payments and/or other property, applicants or recipients of TANF are required to participate in the following activities, if relevant: 1. To appear at an office of DSS or the Division of Child Support Enforcement to provide verbal or written information or documentary evidence known to or possessed by the applicant or recipient; 2. To appear as a witness at judicial or other hearings or proceedings; 3. To provide information or to attest to the lack of information under penalty of perjury; 4. To pay to the Division of Child Support Enforcement any child support payments received from an absent parent after an assignment has been made.