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SECTION 2 SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT

Citation §§454 (6) (B) and 457 (a) (3) of the Act; and §7310 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005

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Services to Individuals Mandatory Annual Fee Applicable to IV-D Cases for Individuals Who Have Never Received IV-A Assistance The State shall impose an annual fee of $25 for each case that receives IV-D services and meets both of the following two criteria: the individual receiving IV-D services has never received assistance under a State program funded under title IV-A of the Act. the State has collected at least $500 of support during the year. The State shall impose the annual $25 fee and the fee will be collected by one or more of the methods below. The fee shall be: Retained by the State from support collected on behalf of the individual (but not the 1st $500 collected) Paid by the individual applying for services Recovered from the absent parent Paid by the State out of its own funds If the State elects to pay the mandatory $25 annual fee out of its own funds, that payment shall not be considered an administrative cost of the State for the operation of the plan. The mandatory $25 annual fee shall be considered income to the State’s IV-D program.

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