Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 504 – Assignment and collection of support payments; powers and duties of …
(a) Any law of the State to the contrary notwithstanding, the application and/or receipt of public assistance under § 503(d) of this title shall act as an automatic and immediate assignment of all rights of support for the applicant and/or recipient and any dependent child. Such assignment shall have the full force and effect of law to the State and shall be collectible by the Division of Child Support Services. All money collected pursuant to such assignment shall be deposited directly to the credit of the Division of Child Support Services Account for distribution in accordance with § 457 of the Social Services Amendments of 1974 (42 U.S.C. § 657).
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 504
- Applicant: means any person or family who applies for assistance or welfare services or on whose behalf such application is made under the terms of this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 502
- Assistance: means assistance to or on behalf of eligible needy persons or eligible families to enable them to improve their standard of living, including money payments, child care, job training, education, other support services, medical or surgical care, dental care, nursing, burial, board and care in a private institution, adult foster care, rest residential facility for adults, public medical institution as a patient, or such other aid as may be deemed necessary. See Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 502
- Child: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Recipient: means any person or family to whom or for whom assistance is paid under this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 31 Sec. 502
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) Whenever it appears to the Family Court or the Department of Health and Social Services that a child support obligor of any dependent child or children cannot comply with a support order, the Court or the Department may act to improve the earning capacities of a child support obligor by cooperating with the appropriate state agencies to provide the necessary training, job upgrading, or both.
31 Del. C. 1953, § ?503A; 57 Del. Laws, c. 250, § ?1; 60 Del. Laws, c. 280, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 65, § ?15; 80 Del. Laws, c. 234, § 31; 81 Del. Laws, c. 78, § 14;