NC General Statutes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 110-137 (2026)
Acceptance of public assistance constitutes assignment of support rights to the State or county
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By accepting public assistance for or on behalf of a dependent child or children, the recipient shall be deemed to have made an assignment to the State or to the county from which such assistance was received of the right to any child support owed for the child or children up to the amount of public assistance paid. The State or county shall be subrogated to the right of the child or children or the person having custody to initiate a support action under this Article and to recover any payments ordered by the court of this or any other state. (1975, c. 827, s. 1; 1977, 2nd Sess., c. 1186, s. 13.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19
cases, 1979–2016 · leading case: State by & Through Pender Cnty. Child Support Enf't Agency Ex Rel. Crews v. Parker, 354 S.E.2d 501 (N.C. 1987).
State by & Through Pender Cnty. Child Support Enf't Agency Ex Rel. Crews v. Parker, 354 S.E.2d 501 (N.C. 1987). “North Carolina complied with the federal requirements by enacting N.C.G.S. § 110-137 (Cum.Supp.1985). Consequently, the only assignment in the record before us is the one created by operation of state law: § 110-137.”
State Ex Rel. Tucker v. Frinzi, 474 S.E.2d 127 (N.C. 1996). “By accepting public assistance on behalf of the minor child, Ms.”
Jackson Cnty. Ex Rel. Child Support Enf't Agency v. Swayney, 352 S.E.2d 413 (N.C. 1987). “N.C.G.S. § 110-137 (1978 & Cum. Supp. 1985).”
Hunt v. Hunt, 784 S.E.2d 219 (N.C. Ct. App. 2016). “N.C. Gen.Stat. § 110-137 (2015). Persons not receiving public assistance may acquire child support collection services by submitting an application and paying the fee required by statute.”
Jackson Cnty. Ex Rel. Child Support Enf't Agency Ex Rel. Smoker v. Smoker, 445 S.E.2d 408 (N.C. Ct. App. 1994). “N.C.G.S. § 110-137 (1991). The State has a duty to “take appropriate action” to ensure that the responsible parent or parents support the child.”
Diggs v. North Carolina Dep't of Health & Human Servs., 578 S.E.2d 666 (N.C. Ct. App. 2003). “N.C. Gen. Stat. § 110-137 (2001). Thereafter, child support paid by a responsible party for such children is retained by the State until this debt is repaid.”
Jackson Cnty. Ex Rel. Child Support Enf't Agency v. Smoker, 459 S.E.2d 789 (N.C. 1995). “Smoker had for support, N.C.G.S. § 110-137 (1991), and that it is the real party in interest.”
Reynolds v. Motley, 385 S.E.2d 548 (N.C. Ct. App. 1989). “, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 110-137 (1988) (acceptance of public assistance constitutes an assignment of rights to the state or county).”
Hill v. Hill, 466 S.E.2d 322 (N.C. Ct. App. 1996). “See N.C. Gen. Stat. § 110-137 (1995); State ex rel.”
State ex. rel. Tucker v. Frinzi, 458 S.E.2d 729 (N.C. Ct. App. 1995). “We observe that North Carolina General Statutes § 110-137 (1991) states in pertinent part that “[b]y accepting public *393 assistance for or on behalf of a dependent child or children, the recipient shall be deemed to have made an assignment to the State or to the county from…”
Cox v. Cox, 260 S.E.2d 812 (N.C. Ct. App. 1979). “G.S. 110-137, the state, or the county on its behalf, has an interest in the order for the support of plaintiff’s children.”
Durham Cnty. v. Riggsbee, 289 S.E.2d 579 (N.C. Ct. App. 1982). “Plaintiff Capparella began receiving public assistance in the form of AFDC through the Durham County Department of Social Services and that resulted in the assignment of her right to obtain child support under the provisions of G.S. 110-137. In February 1981, plaintiff County…”
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