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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 18

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 46 Chapter 18 WV WORKS Activities/Requirements

The Child Support Specialist must notify the Case Manager, in writing, of the following: • The participant refuses to cooperate in child support activities and the reason for the refusal. • Information which affects eligibility or the amount of the payment. • Change of address. • Paternity is established. • Participant refuses to redirect child support payments and/or refuses to repay child support payments which were not redirected. Changes in case circumstances are automatically referred to BCSE through the data systems. When health insurance information is entered by BCSE, an eligibility system alert is sent to the Case Manager.

BCSE closes a case after referral for reasons such as, but not limited to, the following: • The non-custodial parental rights and responsibilities are terminated, and no arrears are owed. • The non-custodial parent or alleged father is deceased and no further action, including a levy against the estate, can be taken. • Paternity cannot be established because the alleged father’s identity is unknown • The non-custodial parent’s location is unknown and BCSE has been unsuccessful in locating the person after exhausting all efforts. • The non-custodial parent is a citizen of, and lives in, a foreign country, does not work for the federal government or a company with headquarters or offices in the United States, and has no reachable domestic income or assets; and there is no reciprocity with the other country. • The non-custodial parent cannot pay support for the duration of the child’s minority and the person has no income or assets which can be levied or attached for support for one of the following reasons: o The non-custodial parent is incarcerated and there is no chance for parole for the duration of the child’s minority; o The non-custodial parent is receiving SSI and there is no income or assets to pay support and a doctor’s statement or statement from SSA is provided to state that the non-custodial parent is permanently and totally disabled; or o The non-custodial parent has a medically verified permanent and total disability