§ 5.22. CHILD SUPPORT/IV-D PROGRAM .

(1)

The Child Support/IV-D Program shall be a separate office, responsible for, without limitation because of enumeration, the following functions:

(a)

Determinations of paternity of children and the seeking and enforcement of child support orders under such determinations.

(b)

Enforcement of child support and maintenance obligations arising from divorce orders granted and filed in the County and the use of the law of contempt of court to enforce such orders.

(c)

Assumption of all responsibilities pertaining to URESA, Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act actions, including the collection of support monies from absent parents in other states with dependents in the County and the initiation of support actions for parents in the County for children who live outside the County. This includes contempt citations and prosecution for failure to comply with court orders.

(d)

Enforcement of medical support cases such as lying-in expenses on paternity cases and health insurance policies enforced where there is medical assistance involved and State reporting of these collections.

(2)

The director of the Child Support/IV-D Program shall be the administrative manager of the Child Support/IV-D Program.

(3)

The Assistant District Attorney/Child Support Attorney shall function as the Assistant Director of the Child Support/IV-D Program and shall provide such legal services to the Child Support/IV-D Program as is necessary to achieve the purposes of the agency.