Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.120 (2026)
Obligor liable for public assistance furnished obligee
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Sec. 25.27.120. Obligor liable for public assistance furnished obligee.
(a) An obligor is liable to the state in the amount of assistance granted under AS 47.07 and AS 47.27 to a child to whom the obligor owes a duty of support except that, if a support order has been entered, the liability of the obligor for assistance granted under AS 47.27 may not exceed the amount of support provided for in the support order, and, if a medical order of support has been entered, the liability of the obligor for assistance granted under AS 47.07 may not exceed the amount of support provided for in the medical order of support.
(b) An obligor is liable to the state in the amount of the cost incurred if the state is maintaining a child to whom the obligor owes a duty of support in a foster home or institution, except that if a support order has been entered, or an agreement for payment of that cost executed between the obligor and the state, the liability of the obligor may not exceed the amount provided in the support order or agreement.
(c) Within 30 days after the agency knows the identity and address of an obligor who resides in the state and who is liable to the state under this section, the agency shall send written notification by certified mail to the obligor and the obligee of the obligor's accruing liability and that the obligor shall make child support payments to the agency. The notice required under this subsection must be in clear, concise, and easily readable language. The notice may accompany other communications by the agency.
(d) If the agency fails to comply with (c) of this section, interest does not accrue on the liability to the state unless a support order or medical support order, as applicable, has been entered.
(e) The agency's failure to comply with (c) of this section does not bar an action by the state to recover amounts owed by the obligor.
(a) An obligor is liable to the state in the amount of assistance granted under AS 47.07 and AS 47.27 to a child to whom the obligor owes a duty of support except that, if a support order has been entered, the liability of the obligor for assistance granted under AS 47.27 may not exceed the amount of support provided for in the support order, and, if a medical order of support has been entered, the liability of the obligor for assistance granted under AS 47.07 may not exceed the amount of support provided for in the medical order of support.
(b) An obligor is liable to the state in the amount of the cost incurred if the state is maintaining a child to whom the obligor owes a duty of support in a foster home or institution, except that if a support order has been entered, or an agreement for payment of that cost executed between the obligor and the state, the liability of the obligor may not exceed the amount provided in the support order or agreement.
(c) Within 30 days after the agency knows the identity and address of an obligor who resides in the state and who is liable to the state under this section, the agency shall send written notification by certified mail to the obligor and the obligee of the obligor's accruing liability and that the obligor shall make child support payments to the agency. The notice required under this subsection must be in clear, concise, and easily readable language. The notice may accompany other communications by the agency.
(d) If the agency fails to comply with (c) of this section, interest does not accrue on the liability to the state unless a support order or medical support order, as applicable, has been entered.
(e) The agency's failure to comply with (c) of this section does not bar an action by the state to recover amounts owed by the obligor.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1992–2025 · leading case: State, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Enf't Div. v. Green, 983 P.2d 1249 (Alaska 1999).
State, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Enf't Div. v. Green, 983 P.2d 1249 (Alaska 1999). “Green argues that because he has already paid his future child support by making the direct payment to Burton, CSED can collect nothing more from him without violating AS 25.27.120(a), which limits his liability to CSED to "the amount of support provided for in the support order.”
Hendren v. State, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Enf't Div., 957 P.2d 1350 (Alaska 1998). “INTRODUCTION This appeal involves an action for reimbursement of child support brought pursuant to AS 25.27.120(a) by the Child Support Enforcement Division (CSED) against David Hendren.”
State, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Enf't Div. v. Pealatere, 996 P.2d 84 (Alaska 2000). “Green, 1 holding that CSED possesses an independent statutory right under AS 25.27.120(a) to recoup the cost of public assistance payments from an obligor parent, even when the obligor has prepaid child support pursuant to an agreement executed at divorce.”
Douglas v. State, Dep't of Revenue, 880 P.2d 113 (Alaska 1994). “AS 25.27.120. As a result of DOR’s adoption of Rule 90.”
Paxton v. Gavlak, 100 P.3d 7 (Alaska 2004). “AS 25.27.120. 16 . Paxton cites Amendment VIII of the United States Constitution.”
Agen v. State, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Enf't Div., 945 P.2d 1215 (Alaska 1997). “Action under this subsection may be undertaken upon application of an obligee, or at the agency’s own discretion if the obligor is liable to the state under AS 25.27.120(a) or (b). Agen admits that he is the natural father of Andrea, but argues that these statutory provisions do…”
State, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Enf't Div. Ex Rel. Hawthorne v. Rios, 938 P.2d 1013 (Alaska 1997). “270 to establish a duty of support; or (3) enforce by execution, in accordance with AS 25.27.230-25.27.270, or otherwise, a support order entered in favor of the obligee.”
State, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Enf't Div. v. Leitch, 999 P.2d 782 (Alaska 2000). “See AS 25.27.120; AS 25.27.130. . AS 25.27.120(a).”
Ferguson v. Ferguson, 195 P.3d 127 (Alaska 2008). “" We held in Green that the state possesses an independent statutory right under AS 25.27.120(a) to recoup the cost of public assistance payments from an obligor parent, even when the obligor has prepaid child support pursuant to an agreement executed at divorce.”
Kilpper v. State, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Enf't Div., 983 P.2d 729 (Alaska 1999). “In my view Kilpper's opposition did not adequately raise a defense which would have *736 required a hearing pursuant to AS 25.”
Robert Wills v. Aniela Humphries, f/k/a Aniela Whah-Wills, 564 P.3d 272 (Alaska 2025). “Under AS 25.27.120, “[a]n obligor parent who ‘owes a duty of support’ ‘is liable to the state’ for public assistance paid to the child.”
Ferguson v. State, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Enf't Div. Ex Rel. P.G., 977 P.2d 95 (Alaska 1999). “(d) If a decision under this section disestablishes paternity, the petitioner's child support obligation or liability for public assistance under AS 25.27.120 is modified retroactively to extinguish arrearages for child support and accrued liability for public assistance based…”
— Alaska Stat. § 25.27.120(a) — 12 cases
State, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Enf't Div. v. Green, 983 P.2d 1249 (Alaska 1999). “Green argues that because he has already paid his future child support by making the direct payment to Burton, CSED can collect nothing more from him without violating AS 25.27.120(a), which limits his liability to CSED to "the amount of support provided for in the support order.”
Hendren v. State, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Enf't Div., 957 P.2d 1350 (Alaska 1998). “INTRODUCTION This appeal involves an action for reimbursement of child support brought pursuant to AS 25.27.120(a) by the Child Support Enforcement Division (CSED) against David Hendren.”
State, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Enf't Div. v. Pealatere, 996 P.2d 84 (Alaska 2000). “Green, 1 holding that CSED possesses an independent statutory right under AS 25.27.120(a) to recoup the cost of public assistance payments from an obligor parent, even when the obligor has prepaid child support pursuant to an agreement executed at divorce.”
State, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Enf't Div. Ex Rel. Hawthorne v. Rios, 938 P.2d 1013 (Alaska 1997). “270 to establish a duty of support; or (3) enforce by execution, in accordance with AS 25.27.230-25.27.270, or otherwise, a support order entered in favor of the obligee.”
Paxton v. Gavlak, 100 P.3d 7 (Alaska 2004). “AS 25.27.120. 16 . Paxton cites Amendment VIII of the United States Constitution.”
— Alaska Stat. § 25.27.120(c) — 1 case
Agen v. State, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Enf't Div., 945 P.2d 1215 (Alaska 1997). “Action under this subsection may be undertaken upon application of an obligee, or at the agency’s own discretion if the obligor is liable to the state under AS 25.27.120(a) or (b). Agen admits that he is the natural father of Andrea, but argues that these statutory provisions do…”
— Alaska Stat. § 25.27.120(e) — 1 case
Agen v. State, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Enf't Div., 945 P.2d 1215 (Alaska 1997). “Action under this subsection may be undertaken upon application of an obligee, or at the agency’s own discretion if the obligor is liable to the state under AS 25.27.120(a) or (b). Agen admits that he is the natural father of Andrea, but argues that these statutory provisions do…”
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