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Approve and authorize the Acting Director of Child Support Services (CSS) to sign a Plan of Cooperation (POC) with the Superior Court of California, County of Monterey, for the period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2017, to secure the assistance of the Court to perform the duties listed in California Code of Civil Procedure ?259 and California Family Code ?4251(d), in relation to the child support enforcement program under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Approve and authorize the Acting Director of Child Support Services (CSS) to sign a Plan of Cooperation (POC) with the Superior Court of California, County of Monterey, for the period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2017, to secure the assistance of the Court to perform the duties listed in California Code of Civil Procedure ?259 and California Family Code ?4251(d), in relation to the child support enforcement program under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Under Code of Federal Regulations Title 45 Part 303.107(c), IV-D of the Social Security Act, local agencies, such as the Monterey County Department of Child Support Services, enter into cooperative arrangements to obtain the assistance of courts and law enforcement officials in carrying out the functions of the IV-D program: the location of absent parents, the establishment of paternity and support obligations, and the collection and enforcement of those obligations.
To achieve the goals outlined by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act and in accordance with Family Code ?17304, the California Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) has provided a POC for use by each local child support agency (LCSA) and local court. The POC details the duties, functions and responsibilities, standards of performance, financial arrangements, records maintenance and records safeguarding for local child support agencies and the local court.
The Director of the California DCSS and the Direc...
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