Texas Family Code

§ 231.305 — MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON CHILD SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN RECEIVING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE

FA § 231.305Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part D. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES · Ch. 231. TITLE IV-D SERVICES · Art. D. LOCATION OF PARENTS AND RESOURCES

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(a)The Title IV-D agency and the Texas Department of Human Services by rule shall adopt a memorandum of understanding governing the establishment and enforcement of court-ordered child support in cases involving children who receive financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code. The memorandum shall require the agency and the department to:

(1)develop procedures to ensure that the information the department is required to collect to establish and enforce child support:

(A)is collected from the person applying to receive the financial assistance at the time the application is filed;

(B)is accurate and complete when the department forwards the information to the agency;

(C)is not information previously reported to the agency; and

(D)is forwarded to the agency in an expeditious manner;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 341, Sec. 1.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, Sec. 57, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.