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CHAPTER 5 CHILD SUPPORT 82 5.1 Child Support ...................................................................................................................................... 82 1. Termination of Parental Rights (TPR) ............................................................................................... 82 2. Assignment of Rights ........................................................................................................................ 82 3. Child Support Cooperation Requirement .......................................................................................... 82 4. Minimum Parent/Caretaker Relative Requirements ......................................................................... 82 5. ES Worker Action on Grandparent Information ................................................................................. 83 6. Legal Paternity ................................................................................................................................... 83 7. Additional Parent/Caretaker Relative Requirements ........................................................................ 83 8. Third Party Liability Requirements ..................................................................................................... 84 5.2 Good Cause Claim for Child Support ............................................................................................... 84 1. ES Worker Responsibility (Good Cause Child Support) .................................................................... 85 2. CSSD Responsibility (Good Cause Child Support) ........................................................................... 86 5.3 Automated Referral to CSSD ............................................................................................................. 86 5.4 Child Support Sanction ...................................................................................................................... 87 1. ES Worker Action on Child Support Sanction.................................................................................... 88 2. Minimum TANF Cash Benefit Reduction ........................................................................................... 88 3. Third Party Liability Sanction ............................................................................................................. 88 4. ES Worker Determination Of Non-Cooperation ................................................................................. 88 5. Fair Hearing Requests ....................................................................................................................... 88 6. Blood Test Denies Paternity .............................................................................................................. 88 7. Action Prior to Sanction Request ....................................................................................................... 89 8. Sanction After Blood Test .................................................................................................................. 89 9. CSSD Sanction Request.................................................................................................................... 89 10. When to Lift a Sanction .................................................................................................................... 89 11. Cooperation With CSSD .................................................................................................................. 90 5.5 Definition of Non-TANF Child Support Cases .................................................................................. 90 CHAPTER 6 RESOURCES 91 6.1 Resource Types .................................................................................................................................. 91 6.2 Resource Value ................................................................................................................................... 91 6.3 Equity Value ......................................................................................................................................... 91 6.4 Maximum Resource Limit .................................................................................................................. 91 6.5 Resources to Count ............................................................................................................................ 91 6.6 Treatment of Liquid Resources ......................................................................................................... 92 6.7 Treatment of Non-Liquid Resources ................................................................................................. 94 6.8 Treatment of Vehicles ......................................................................................................................... 95 1. Ownership ......................................................................................................................................... 95 2. Vehicle Exemption ............................................................................................................................ 95 3. Determining Fair Market Value ......................................................................................................... 95 4. Leased Vehicles ................................................................................................................................ 95 5. Valid License and Registration .......................................................................................................... 95 6. Additional Vehicle Exclusions ........................................................................................................... 95 7. Non-Excluded Vehicles ..................................................................................................................... 95 8. Entering Vehicles on CHIP ............................................................................................................... 96 6.9 Treatment of Excluded Resources .................................................................................................... 96 6.10 Types of Inaccessible Resources ................................................................................................... 99 6.11 Reasons for Disqualification/Transfer of Resources .................................................................. 100 1. Determining Disqualification Periods ............................................................................................... 100 2. Reasons for Non-Disqualification/Transfer of Resources ................................................................ 101 6.12 When to Verify Resources ............................................................................................................. 101