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(a) The Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration may charge a nonrefundable application fee of up to twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to any person who contracts with the office for any services under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act for whom an assignment under § 9-14-109 is not in effect.
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(b) The fee shall be known as a “non-Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program application fee” and shall be a flat fee in an amount to be determined by the manager that shall be paid by the applicant at the time the application for assistance is submitted.
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(1) Non-Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program services shall be provided to an applicant on a cost recovery/fee-for-services basis as provided under Title IV-D program requirements.
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(A) The Administrator of the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration shall establish and publish a schedule of such fees that shall be administratively incorporated into child support enforcement policy.
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(B) Copies of the fee schedule shall be provided to all applicants for child support services.
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(d) Any fee or cost for services generated because of either a breach by the noncustodial parent of an agreement or of an order of the court shall be incorporated into the request for relief and reduced to a judgment in favor of and payable to the office.
