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See Chapter 6, Marriage Disregard for instructions for correct coding of MAVERICS screens during disregard period. NOTE: Alien status of the new spouse does not affect eligibility for the marriage disregard. Once the 6-month period ends, the TANF case must be reviewed: a new MDHS-EA-348 must be completed; the spouse will be added to the case; and the disregard of income and resources will be removed. If the addition of the spouse and his /her income to the case at the end of the 6- month marriage disregard period causes case closure, the family does not qualify for the 3-month disregard. MAVERICS notice, A415, Marriage Disregard Closure Notice, will be sent advising the recipient of the case closure and the reason for the closure. After the 6-month disregard ends and the spouse is added to the TANF case, if the new spouse then gets a new job and his/her income makes the family ineligible, the TANF case must close. NOTE: The end of the marriage disregard period does not qualify the family for the 6-month or 3- month total disregards. If the payee’s new spouse leaves the home during the disregard period, the marriage disregard ends with the next possible month and the recipient loses any future entitlement to this disregard. Legal Parent Situations If the TANF recipient marries the legal parent of at least one of the children in the TANF case after October 1, 1999, the worker should first determine whether the family would qualify for TANF based on unemployed parent or incapacity deprivation factors. If the Assistance Unit will qualify, then process the new spouse for TANF and not the marriage disregard, and the deprivation information in the case will remain the same until the end of the disregard period. Child Support Enforcement will be notified via the change reporting procedure for the MAVS-