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Division/Section Family Support Chapter No./Name 4 – Economic Stability (ES) Part No./Name B – ELIGIBILITY FACTORS Section No./Name B-1200-FITAP SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT SERVICES Document No./Name B-1220-FITAP Notification To Client of Support Enforcement Requirement Effective Date August 15, 2019

2 of 5 B-1224-FITAP - PO PENALTIES FOR NOT COOPERATING WITH CSE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

*** Failure to sign the OFS Flyer 6 will result in ineligibility for the applicant. * Unless Good Cause is verified, ** failure to cooperate with ongoing support requirements will result in a penalty (Refer to B- 1224-FITAP-PR).

II. PROCEDURES

Explain to the client:

● the automatic assignment of support,

● the requirement to cooperate with CSE,

● that he may claim good cause for not cooperating with CSE, and

● the penalties for not cooperating with program requirements.

B-1221-FITAP - PR THE AUTOMATIC ASSIGNMENT OF SUPPORT

The client acknowledges the automatic assignment by signing (manually or electronically) the OFS Flyer 6. Refer to B-620-8-FITAP and B-1270-FITAP for two-parent households.

B-1222-FITAP - PR REQUIREMENTS TO COOPERATE WITH CSE

Cooperation includes:

● appearing at an office of CSE or contract District Attorney to provide information he has or can secure,

● appearing as a witness, providing information, or attesting to lack of information under penalty of perjury, and

● repaying to CSE all child support payments received and retained after certification. (See B-1252- FITAP.)

B-1223-FITAP - PR GOOD CAUSE CLAIM

The good cause provision is not meant to be a blanket waiver of the child support requirements. It serves to protect families at risk of physical or emotional harm because of these requirements.