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ineligible for assistance for herself and the child for whom parental information was not provided, unless the applicant or recipient asserts, and the Department verifies, there is good cause for not providing this information. (b) Upon legal establishment of paternity of the child in question, FI benefits may be established or reinstated if all other eligibility requirements are met. (c) If an applicant or recipient claims good cause for refusing to cooperate with child support requirements, the Department’s determination of good cause is to be made within forty-five days from the day the good cause claim is made. (d) If the Department determines that good cause exists, it also makes the determination of whether child support enforcement could proceed without risk of harm to the child or caretaker relative if the enforcement or collection activities would not involve their participation. (2) Sanctions. If the applicant or recipient fails to provide the information requested in N(1)(a) above the parent and child for whom the information is requested are sanctioned by having their needs left out of the FI budget. (3) Assignment of Rights to Child Support and Spousal Support. By the act of accepting FI benefits, the applicant assigns any right he or she has to child support or spousal support monies from responsible absent parents whose children are receiving FI benefits to the Department of Social Services in accordance with § 43-5-65 of the 1976 South Carolina Code. The Department may take action to collect child and/or spousal support from absent parents with or without the permission of the applicant or recipient. The Department may retain these support collections up to the amount allowed under federal laws and regulations. O. Time Limited Benefits. (1) Family Independence benefits are limited to no more than twenty-four months in a one hundred twenty month period and to no more than sixty months in a recipient’s lifetime. (2) Twenty-four and sixty month time limits apply to benefit groups containing adult parent/care- taker relatives receiving benefits for themselves and minor children. (3) Minor children living in the home with the adult caretaker under their daily parental care and guidance are ineligible for benefits within that family unit once the adult has received sixty months of FI regardless of the number of months of benefits the child(ren) has received. (4) Once a minor child reaches age eighteen, he/she may apply to receive FI, and if eligible, may receive under the time limit standards without regard to the amount of FI he/she received as a child. (5) Children who have received benefits and who are terminated due to the adult in the household reaching the time limit may not receive benefits in the care of another caretaker relative unless it is established that the child(ren) is abandoned. The presumption will be made by the Department that the child(ren) is not abandoned, except in the case of the death of the parent/care- taker relative. This presumption may be rebutted by the applicant only through the Fair Hearing process. (6) Additional exceptions to the time limits set forth in paragraph P(1) above are as follows and as such do not cause the adult FI recipient to accumulate countable benefit months against the time limits: (a) The head of household is permanently and totally disabled, whether physical or mental. (b) The head of household is providing full-time care for a disabled individual in the home. (c) The parent of the child for whom benefits are received is a minor under the age of eighteen who has not completed high school. Benefits may be provided for a period of up to twenty-four months after the minor parent attains age eighteen or completes high school, whichever occurs first. (d) The individual is involved in an approved training program which will not be completed by the twenty-fourth month may receive up to a maximum six month extension of benefits. No extension may be granted beyond the thirtieth month except with the express permission of the county director. To be extended beyond thirty months, the recipient must be currently enrolled in a training or educational program, making satisfactory progress toward completion and comple-