28-7A-7. Assignment of support rights.Application for or receipt of assistance under this chapter or of foster care maintenance payments under the Title IV-E state plan shall operate as an assignment by operation of law of all support rights from any person, which such applicant or recipient may have on the applicant's or recipient's own behalf or on behalf of any other family member for whom the recipient is receiving assistance or Title IV-E foster care maintenance payments, including any support payments accrued and unpaid at the time of the assignment. Source: SL 1997, ch 166, §8.
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