518A.44 NOTICE TO PUBLIC AUTHORITY. The petitioner shall notify the public authority of all proceedings for dissolution, legal separation, determination of parentage, or for the custody of a child, if either party is receiving public assistance or applies for it subsequent to the commencement of the proceeding. The notice must contain the full names of […]
518A.45 FAILURE OF NOTICE. If the court in a dissolution, legal separation, or determination of parentage proceeding finds before issuing the order for judgment and decree, that notification has not been given to the public authority, the court shall set child support as provided in section 518A.35. In those proceedings in which no notification has […]
518A.46 PROCEDURES FOR CHILD AND MEDICAL SUPPORT ORDERS AND PARENTAGE ORDERS IN THE EXPEDITED PROCESS. Subdivision 1. General. This section applies in cases in which support rights are assigned under section 256.741, subdivision 2, or where the public authority is providing services under an application for child support services. Subd. 2. Role of nonattorney employees; […]
518A.47 PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES BY THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY. Subdivision 1. General. (a) The provision of services under the child support enforcement program that includes services by an attorney or an attorney’s representative employed by, under contract to, or representing the public authority does not create an attorney-client relationship with any party other than the […]
518A.48 SUFFICIENCY OF NOTICE. Automated child support notices sent by the public authority which do not require service are sufficient notice when issued and mailed by first class mail to the person’s last known address. History: 1997 c 245 art 1 s 12; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
518A.49 ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS; JUDGMENT. (a) The public agency responsible for child support enforcement is joined as a party in each case in which rights are assigned under section 256.741, subdivision 2. The court administrator shall enter and docket a judgment obtained by operation of law under section 548.091, subdivision 1, in the name of […]
518A.50 PAYMENT TO PUBLIC AGENCY. (a) This section applies to all proceedings involving a support order, including, but not limited to, a support order establishing an order for past support or reimbursement of public assistance. (b) The court shall direct that all payments ordered for maintenance or support be made to the public authority responsible […]
518A.51 FEES FOR IV-D SERVICES. (a) When a recipient of IV-D services is no longer receiving assistance under the state’s title IV-A, IV-E foster care, or medical assistance programs, the public authority responsible for child support enforcement must notify the recipient, within five working days of the notification of ineligibility, that IV-D services will be […]
518A.52 OVERPAYMENTS. If child support or maintenance is not assigned under section 256.741, and an obligor has overpaid a child support or maintenance obligation because of a modification or error in the amount owed, the public authority shall: (1) apply the amount of the overpayment to reduce the amount of any child support or maintenance-related […]
