Alabama § 38-10-31 Assignment to Department of Right to Support Owed to Child in Custody of Department or Receiving Maintenance Payments

Alabama Statutes

§ 38-10-31 — Assignment to Department of Right to Support Owed to Child in Custody of Department or Receiving Maintenance Payments

Alabama § 38-10-31

Title 38Public Welfare

Ch. 10Child Support Programs

Art. 2Right of Department to Support Owed by Parents to Child

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 38-10-31 (2026).

Text

Either upon granting of custody of a child to the department and the provision of foster care or upon the department’s making foster care maintenance payments on behalf of a child under provisions of Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, the department shall by operation of law be assigned the right to any support owed to or for such child. The assignment:

(1)shall be effective as to both current and accrued support obligations; and

(2)shall terminate when the department is no longer providing foster care, except with respect to the amount of any unpaid support obligation accrued under the assignment.

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Either upon granting of custody of a child to the department and the provision of foster care or upon the department’s making foster care maintenance payments on behalf of a child under provisions of Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, the department shall by operation of law be assigned the right to any support owed to or for such child. The assignment:
(1) shall be effective as to both current and accrued support obligations; and
(2) shall terminate when the department is no longer providing foster care, except with respect to the amount of any unpaid support obligation accrued under the assignment.