2) Non-FA Recipient Requesting Child Support
Services:
(a) Provided all conditions of eligibility are met
on application for services, the Department will take
action to locate the noncustodial parent(s) or alleged
parent(s), establish paternity where applicable, obtain
court order(s) for child support, (including medical
support), enforce court order(s) for child and medical
support, modify court orders, and collect support.
Services will be provided whether or not there is an
assignment to the Department of rights to child
support.
Applicants may request all of the aforementioned
services or location-only services. Services requested
must be identified on the application form.
(b) Conditions of Eligibility.
1. The Department will recover costs for the
provision of services to non-FA clients through fee
s assessed against the client. Such fees will be based
on periodic computation of such costs.
2. An applicant is not eligible for services to
establish paternity and support after a child reaches
the age of 19. However, if a support order already
exists and all children subject to the order are age
19 or older, an applicant is eligible to receive services
to pursue collection of arrearages which accrued during
the children’s minority.
(i) Services for the establishment of post-minority
support for education expenses (Bayliss cases) are
no longer available through the Alabama Department of Human
Resources.
(ii) If the applicant claims to be the person having
responsibility for and exercising control of the child(ren),
(s)he must provide birth certificate(s), proof of
guardianship or custody, or proof of control and maintenance
of the child(ren) for whom services are being sought.
Except that in the case of an alleged or noncustodial
parent applying for services, the birth certificate,
proof of guardianship or custody, or proof of
control and maintenance shall not be required if (s)he is not
claiming to be the person having responsibility for
and exercising control of the child(ren).
3. The applicant must be one of the following:
(i) The parent or alleged parent of a child born
out of wedlock or born in wedlock;
(ii) The parent or guardian entitled to, but not
receiving a court ordered amount of child support;
(iii) The legal custodian of a child(ren) who has
or potentially has a child support obligation owed to
them by the parent(s) of said child(ren); or
(iv) The custodial parent of a child(ren) born in
wedlock who has or potentially has a child support
obligation owed to them by the applicant’s spouse or ex-spouse;
(v) A person having day-to-day responsibility for
the care, control, and maintenance of a child (example
– child reared by grandparents even though they do not
have legal custody).
(vi) A representative of an agency holding custody
of a child by order of the court.
