1. (a) Unless good cause for refusal to cooperate has been claimed or has been determined to exist, the transitional employment assistance (TEA) casehead must provide information for the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration referral on each parent who is absent from the home or the putative father when both parents are living in the home with the child and legal paternity has not been established.

2. (b) Note.

   1. (1) Arkansas state law, Acts 1995, No. 1091, amended by Acts 1997, No. 1296, requires both parents to sign an affidavit acknowledging paternity or obtain a court order before the father’s name can be added to the birth certificate of any child born April 10, 1995, or later.
   2. (2) Therefore, if the father’s name is on the birth certificate of any child born April 10, 1995, or later, paternity has been established.
   3. (3) A referral to the Office of Child Support Enforcement will not be made when both parents are in the home and paternity has already been established.
3. (c) If the casehead refuses to provide the necessary information to make the Office of Child Support Enforcement referral, the application will be approved with the twenty-five percent (25%) reduction for noncooperation with the child support enforcement requirements.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: “12/06/11”