Family Services, Dept. of

Child Support Program

Chapter 11: Distribution of Support Collections

Effective Date: 06/01/1999 to 11/01/2007

Rule Type: Superceded Rules & Regulations

Reference Number: 049.0009.11.06011999

WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY SERVICES

CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT DIVISION CHAPTER 11 DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPORT COLLECTIONS

Section 1. Authority.

Section 457 of the Act prescribes the manner in which support collections on all obligations are to be distributed.

Section 2. Assignment of Child and Medical Support.

(a) By signing an application for, or being a recipient of public assistance under the Wyoming POWER Program, an obligee shall be deemed to have assigned to the Department all rights they and all other members of the household have to child and spousal support, whether accrued, present, or future, and their right to medical support. The assignment shall be governed by the standards set forth in federal and state laws and regulations.

(b) The Department is the assignee of support rights. No act or omission of the obligee shall prejudice the rights of the Department.

Section 3. Limitation on Agreements.

No agreement between any obligee and any obligor purporting to relieve the obligor of any duty of support will reduce or terminate any rights of the Department unless the Department has consented to a written agreement or unless approved by the Court in proper proceeding with legally sufficient notice to the Department.

Section 4. Statutory Power of Attorney.

The Department has the power of attorney to act in the name of any recipient of public assistance in endorsing and negotiating all drafts, checks, money orders, or other negotiable instruments received by the Department representing support payments for children in whose behalf public assistance is being paid or has been previously paid.