Eligibility denial; child support noncompliance.
(a)#
In this subsection, what constitutes a refusal to cooperate is determined by the department in accordance with 7 USC 2015 (l) and (m) and any federal regulations promulgated under 7 USC 2015 (l) and (m).
(b)#
An individual is ineligible to participate in the food stamp program in a month in which any of the following is true: 1. The individual satisfies all of the following: a. The individual is a custodial parent of or lives with and exercises parental control over a child who is under the age of 18 and who has an absent parent. b. The individual refuses to cooperate fully, in good faith, with efforts directed at establishing or enforcing any support order or obtaining any other payments or property to which that individual or the child may have rights. c. The individual does not have good cause for refusing to cooperate, as determined by the department in accordance with 7 USC 2015 (l) (2) and any federal regulations promulgated under 7 USC 2015 (l) (2). 2. The individual is a noncustodial parent of a child under the age of 18 and the individual refuses to cooperate in providing or obtaining support for the child.
(b)(1)#
The individual satisfies all of the following: a. The individual is a custodial parent of or lives with and exercises parental control over a child who is under the age of 18 and who has an absent parent. b. The individual refuses to cooperate fully, in good faith, with efforts directed at establishing or enforcing any support order or obtaining any other payments or property to which that individual or the child may have rights. c. The individual does not have good cause for refusing to cooperate, as determined by the department in accordance with 7 USC 2015 (l) (2) and any federal regulations promulgated under 7 USC 2015 (l) (2).