child support
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ACL 10-29: CalWORKs Federal Deficit Reduction Act—Impact Of Change In Child Support Unassigned Arrears (7/16/10)
A tad late, but this provides notice of the changes to child support assignment of pre-assistance arrears resulting from the implementation of the Federal Deficit Reduction Act (FDRA) of 2005. The Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) issued…
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ACL 07-51: (CalWORKs) Notifications To The Local Child Support Agency (LCSA) (12/14/07)
This ACL addresses policy related to referrals to the LCSA, applicant/recipient cooperation requirements, good cause notifications to the LCSA and other notifications related to the county’s case actions. Reminders about how to handle the case when an applicant/recipient…
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ACIN I-44-06 – New Processes for the Automated Statewide Allocation of Child Support Payment Disbursements and the Redirection of Payments (September 28, 2006).
Only time will tell if this latest automation step will help or hurt, but read how child support wage assignment payments will now all go to the State Disbursement unit (SDU) instead of to the local child support…
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ACIN I-39-06 – Referral of Pregnant Women and Pregnant Minor Cases to Local Child Support Agencies (May 25, 2006)
A reminder to counties, in keeping with spirit but not the wording of Supreme Court decisions, that pregnant women and minor parents are not to be asked to assign support rights for the fetuses. Stating that unborn children…
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ACL 05-37 – Changes to Requirements Regarding Child Support Referrals (November 22, 2005)
CDSS issued regulations regarding whether it is in the best interests of a foster child to make a child support (collection) referrals. This All County Letter transmits a newly modified form for the documentation and transmission of a…
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CSS Letter 04-30: Set Aside of Paternity Judgment (12/15/04)
The Department of Child Support Services has issued CSS letter 04-30 which implements A.B. 252 regarding paternity disestablishment. The legislation and implementing instructions establish a two year time frame for a father to move for paternity disestablishment after…
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CSS Letter 04-27: Financial Institution Data Match and Bank Levy Program (12/1/04)
On December 1, 2004, DCSS issued CSS Letter 04-27, which implements the new requirement to do bank levies for child support arrears even when the the noncustodial parent is in compliance with the order for current support. The…