40-5-203. Child support enforcement services. (1) The department may accept applications for child support enforcement services on behalf of persons who are not recipients of public assistance and may take appropriate action to establish or enforce support obligations against persons owing a duty to pay support.
     (2) The department may establish by rule the terms and conditions by which services are provided under this section.
     (3) If child support enforcement services are provided under this part to or for a child as a result of the payment of public assistance, the department may continue to provide services after public assistance is no longer being paid, without requiring an application. An obligee's acceptance of continued services constitutes the obligee's agreement to the terms and conditions set for applicants by the department under this section.
     (4) The department may terminate services under this section if it:
     (a) receives a written request from the obligee for termination of services;
     (b) receives notice that the child is receiving public assistance; or
     (c) determines that an obligee has violated any term or condition set by the department for an applicant under this section.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 612, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 672, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 549, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 702, L. 1989.