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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXX
SOCIAL WELFARE
Chapter 409
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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F.S. 409.2572
409.2572 Cooperation.
(1) An applicant for, or recipient of, public assistance for a dependent child shall cooperate in good faith with the department or a program attorney in:
(a) Identifying and helping to locate the alleged parent or obligor.
(b) Assisting in establishing the paternity of a child born out of wedlock.
(c) Assisting in obtaining support payments from the obligor.
(d) Assisting in obtaining any other payments or property due from the obligor.
(e) Identifying another putative father when an earlier named putative father has been excluded by DNA, Human Leukocyte Antigen, or other scientific test.
(f) Appearing at an office of the department, or another designated office, as necessary to provide verbal or written information, or documentary or physical evidence, known to, possessed by, or reasonably obtainable by the applicant or recipient.
(g) Appearing as a witness at judicial or other hearings or proceedings.
(h) Providing information under oath regarding the identity or location of the alleged father of the child or attesting to the lack of information.
(i) Paying to the department any support received from the obligor after the assignment is effective.
(2) Noncooperation, or failure to cooperate in good faith, is defined to include, but is not limited to, the following conduct:
(a) Refusing to identify the father of the child, or where more than one man could be the father of the child, refusing to identify all such persons.
(b) Failing to appear for two appointments at the department or other designated office without justification and notice.
(c) Providing false information regarding the paternity of the child or the obligation of the obligor.
(d) All actions of the obligee which interfere with the state’s efforts to proceed to establish paternity, the obligation of support, or to enforce or collect support.
(e) Failure to appear to submit a DNA sample or leaving the location prior to submitting a DNA sample without compelling reasons.
(f) Failure to assist in the recovery of third-party payment for medical services.
(3) The Title IV-D staff of the department shall be responsible for determining and reporting to the staff of the Department of Children and Families acts of noncooperation by applicants or recipients of public assistance. Any person who applies for or is receiving public assistance for, or who has the care, custody, or control of, a dependent child and who without good cause fails or refuses to cooperate with the department, a program attorney, or a prosecuting attorney in the course of administering this chapter shall be sanctioned by the Department of Children and Families pursuant to chapter 414 and is ineligible to receive public assistance until such time as the department determines cooperation has been satisfactory.
(4) Except as provided for in s. 414.32, the Title IV-D agency shall determine whether an applicant for or recipient of public assistance for a dependent child has good cause for failing to cooperate with the Title IV-D agency as required by this section.
(5) As used in this section only, the term “applicant for or recipient of public assistance for a dependent child” refers to such applicants and recipients of public assistance as defined in s. 409.2554(12), with the exception of applicants for or recipients of Medicaid solely for the benefit of a dependent child.
History.s. 4, ch. 82-140; s. 147, ch. 86-220; s. 19, ch. 87-95; s. 93, ch. 96-175; s. 197, ch. 97-101; s. 41, ch. 97-173; s. 28, ch. 98-397; s. 39, ch. 2001-158; s. 16, ch. 2004-334; s. 7, ch. 2009-90; s. 186, ch. 2014-19; s. 8, ch. 2017-117.

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Cases Citing Statute 409.2572

Total Results: 3

Kelly v. DEPT. OF HEALTH & REHAB. SERV.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1992-03-16

Citation: 596 So. 2d 130, 1992 WL 48386

Snippet: virtually identical to the language found in section 409.2572(2)(a), Florida Statutes. [7] The appellee apparently

Bk v. Dept. of Health & Rehab. Serv.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-12-29

Citation: 537 So. 2d 633

Snippet: Administrative Code Rule 10C-25.006,[2] and Section 409.2572, Florida Statutes. B.K. first applied for public

Austin v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1986-09-16

Citation: 495 So. 2d 777, 11 Fla. L. Weekly 1968, 1986 Fla. App. LEXIS 9664

Snippet: promulgation of the rule is provided in Section 409.2572, Florida Statutes (1985), which states that any