110-137. Acceptance of public assistance constitutes assignment of support rights to the State or county.
By accepting public assistance for or on behalf of a dependent child or children, the recipient shall be deemed to have made an assignment to the State or to the county from which such assistance was received of the right to any child support owed for the child or children up to the amount of public assistance paid. The State or county shall be subrogated to the right of the child or children or the person having custody to initiate a support action under this Article and to recover any payments ordered by the court of this or any other state. (1975, c. 827, s. 1; 1977, 2nd Sess., c. 1186, s. 13.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
§ 110-129.1 - Additional powers and duties of the Department.
§ 110-130 - Action by the designated representatives of the county commissioners.
§ 110-130.1 - Non-Work First services.
§ 110-130.2 - Collection of spousal support.
§ 110-131.1 - Notice; due process requirements met.
§ 110-132 - Affidavit of parentage and agreement to motion to set aside affidavit of parentage.
§ 110-132.1 - Paternity determination by another state entitled to full faith and credit.
§ 110-132.2 - Expedited procedures to establish paternity in IV-D cases.
§ 110-133 - Agreements of support.
§ 110-134 - Filing of affidavits, agreements, and orders; fees.
§ 110-135 - Debt to State created.
§ 110-136 - Garnishment for enforcement of child-support obligation.
§ 110-136.1 - Assignment of wages for child support.
§ 110-136.2 - Use of unemployment compensation benefits for child support.
§ 110-136.3 - Income withholding procedures; applicability.
§ 110-136.4 - Implementation of withholding in IV-D cases.
§ 110-136.5 - Implementation of withholding in non-IV-D cases.
§ 110-136.6 - Amount to be withheld.
§ 110-136.7 - Multiple withholding.
§ 110-136.8 - Notice to payor; payor's responsibilities.
§ 110-136.9 - Payment of withheld funds.
§ 110-136.10 - Termination of withholding.
§ 110-136.11 - National Medical Support Notice required.
§ 110-136.12 - IV-D agency responsibilities.
§ 110-136.13 - Employer responsibilities.
§ 110-136.14 - Health insurer or health care plan administrator responsibilities.
§ 110-138 - Duty of county to obtain support.
§ 110-138.1 - Duty of judicial officials to assist in obtaining support.
§ 110-139 - Location of absent parents.
§ 110-139.1 - Access to federal parent locator service; parental kidnapping and child custody cases.
§ 110-139.2 - Data match system; agreements with financial institutions.
§ 110-139.3 - High-volume, automated administrative enforcement in interstate cases (AEI).
§ 110-140 - Conformity with federal requirements; restriction on options without federal funding.