§ 15.808

15.808 Assignment -- Subrogation -- Distribution of child support payments -- Effect of termination of Title IV -D services. (Effective July 1, 2025) (1) By applying for Title IV -D services or accepting public assistance for or on behalf of a n eedy dependent child, the recipient shall be deemed to have made an assignment to the office of the right to any child support or maintenance owed up to the amount of public assistance paid by the Office of the Attorney General to the recipient. The office shall be subrogated to the right of the child or the person having custody to collect and receive all child support payments and to initiate any support action existing under the laws of this state. (2) The Office of the Attorney General shall distribute all child support payments and assigned arrearages as required by 42 U.S.C. sec. 651 et seq. (3) When Title IV -D services on behalf of a dependent child are terminated, current and past due court -ordered or administratively determined child support owed th e child shall be payable to the physical custodian of the dependent child for the period of time the dependent child was in the physical custody of that custodian.

ly determined child support owed th e child shall be payable to the physical custodian of the dependent child for the period of time the dependent child was in the physical custody of that custodian. Effective: July 1, 2025 History: Repealed, reenacted, renumbered, and amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 124, sec. 12, effective July 1, 2025. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 255, sec. 6, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 330, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1994. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 277, sec. 2, effective June 17, 1978. -- Created 19 74 Ky. Acts ch. 343, sec. 4. Formerly codified as KRS 205.720. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/1/2025). 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 124, which reenacted KRS 205.710 to 205.802 in KRS Chapter 15 and moved administration of child support enforcement from the C abinet for Health and Family Services to the Office of the Attorney General, changed references to the 'cabinet' to the 'office' but overlooked one such reference in this section. The Reviser of Statutes has corrected this manifest clerical or typographica l error in codification under the authority of KRS 7.136.