Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 290 - RULES OF DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 290-7 - OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY › Subject 290-7-1 - RECOVERY AND ADMINISTRATION OF CHILD SUPPORT › Rule 290-7-1-.07 - Eligibility for Services (Non-intergovernmental Cases)

Current
				through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(a) The Department is authorized by law to
				accept applications for services only in circumstances where a dependent child
				is involved. If there is no dependent child involved, the Department is not
				authorized to accept a new application for services. For example, if all
				children owed support under an order have emancipated, married, or turned 18
				years of age and only arrears are owed, the Department cannot accept a new
				application for services. However, if the Department is already providing
				services under the CSRA when the child or children emancipate(s), the
				Department may continue to provide any services allowed by law.
(b) The Department may accept applications
				for services from any parent of a child residing in Georgia (meaning the
				natural or adoptive parents of a child who resides in Georgia).
(c) The Department is authorized to accept an
				application for establishment services from a father of a child born out of
				wedlock only if his paternity of the child has been established in a judicial
				proceeding or if he has acknowledged paternity under oath either in open court,
				in an administrative hearing, an acknowledgement of paternity as defined in
				O.C.G.A. §
				19-7-46.1, or in a notarized
				affidavit attached to an application for services.
(d) The Department is authorized to accept an
				application for services from a nonparent custodian of a child or children
				residing in Georgia.
(e) The
				Department is authorized to accept any application for services from a parent
				or nonparent custodian of a child residing anywhere if the putative obligor is
				located within the boundaries of the State of Georgia.
(f) The Department will not accept an
				application for services submitted by any individual or entity on behalf of
				someone else unless the individual or entity submitting the application is a
				legal guardian of the obligee or a private collection agency duly registered
				and authorized under Georgia law.
(g) The Department is authorized to accept an
				application for any and all services available under the CSRA from an obligee
				or an obligor, including applications for review and modification of a support
				order.
(h) The Department is
				authorized to dictate the form and substance of its application for services
				and shall accept only those applications made on approved forms or through the
				Department's web portal.
(i) Any
				applicant who fails to provide information requested by the Department as
				needed to accurately calculate an amount of child support under Georgia's child
				support guidelines shall be deemed to be non-cooperative and the application
				shall be subject to rejection at the Department's sole discretion.
(j) The applicant must pay all fees required
				under these rules at the time the application for services is submitted unless
				federal law provides otherwise.
O.C.G.A. §§
				  19-11-3,
				  19-11-6,
				  19-11-7,
				  19-11-8,
				  19-11-12,
				  50-13-1
et
				  seq.