Title 46, Welfare
8 chapters · 136 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 46-401 Purpose
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It is the public policy of this state that parents shall be responsible for the support of their dependent children in order to relieve or avoid the burden often borne by the general citizenry through public assistance programs. The existing remedies pertaining to family desertio…
A.R.S. § 46-402 Definitions
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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Absent parent" means the non-custodial natural or adoptive father or mother of a dependent child. 2. "Business day" has the same meaning prescribed in section 25-500. 3. "Court" means any court in this or any other state…
A.R.S. § 46-403 Authorization of department to act
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Commencing with the payment of public assistance by the department, the director may take action as provided in this chapter to collect child support.
A.R.S. § 46-404 Notice; service; order
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A. At any time after the department is assigned support rights or a public assistance payment is made, the director may issue a notice to be served upon the absent parent in the manner prescribed for service or summons in a civil action. B. The notice shall include: 1. The name o…
A.R.S. § 46-406 Funding for administration of public assistance services of child support enforcement program; expenditure limitation
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A. Subject to legislative appropriation, the department of economic security shall administer the child support enforcement program from the state's share of the child support collections received on public assistance cases. B. Monies appropriated to the department of economic se…
A.R.S. § 46-407 Assignment of rights to support; definition
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A. The right to support of a child and spouse who receive temporary assistance for needy families pursuant to Public Law 104-193 and chapter 2, article 5 of this title and the right to medical support of a child who receives medical assistance under title XIX of the social securi…
A.R.S. § 46-408 Assignment of support rights; priority; definitions
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A. The assignment under section 46-407 is subject to all of the following: 1. Terminates with respect to current support when the person entitled to receive support is no longer receiving temporary assistance for needy families. 2. While receiving temporary assistance for needy f…
A.R.S. § 46-441 Support payment clearinghouse; records transfer; payment; definition
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A. The department shall establish a central support payment clearinghouse to receive, disburse and monitor support payments pursuant to title IV-D of the social security act. B. Unless the court orders that support or maintenance be paid directly to the party entitled to receive …
A.R.S. § 46-442 Child support case registry; data sharing; unauthorized disclosure; civil penalty
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A. The department shall establish a registry of child support orders to receive information on each title IV-D case and on each case with a support order established, modified or registered in the state beginning on October 1, 1998. The clerk of the superior court shall assist th…
A.R.S. § 46-443 Child support case registry; location information; presumptions concerning notice
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A. Beginning on October 1, 1998, on establishment of paternity or issuance of a support order in a title IV-D case, each party to any child support action shall file with the child support case registry and update, as appropriate, the following information: 1. Full name. 2. Socia…
A.R.S. § 46-444 Transfer of support rights; disbursement of support payments
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A. In a title IV-D case in which an order of child support has been established and the obligee under the order surrenders physical custody of the child to a caretaker for thirty consecutive days, whether or not there is a custody order, the obligee's right to child support for t…
A.R.S. § 46-445 Electronic transfer of support payments; warrants; definition
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A. The department shall establish a mandatory process to transfer support payments electronically. Under this process, the department or its agent shall disburse support payments electronically to an account designated by the obligee or an alternate account that can be accessed b…