1. By accepting public assistance for or on behalf of a dependent child or a dependent child's caretaker, the recipient is deemed to have made an assignment to the department of any and all right, title, and interest in any support obligation and arrearages owed to or for the child or caretaker up to the amount of public assistance paid for or on behalf of the child or caretaker.
2. The payment of public assistance to or for the benefit of a dependent child or a dependent child's caretaker creates a support debt due and owing to the department by the responsible person in an amount equal to the public assistance payment, except that the support debt is limited to the amount of a support obligation established by court order or by the administrator. The administrator may establish a support debt as to amounts accrued and accruing pursuant to section 598.21, subsection 4. However, a support debt is not created in favor of the department against a responsible person for the period during which the responsible person is a recipient on the person's own behalf of public assistance for the benefit of the dependent child or the dependent child's caretaker.
3. The provision of child support collection or paternity determination services under chapter 252B to an individual, even though the individual is ineligible for public assistance, creates a support debt due and owing to the individual or the individual's child or ward by the responsible person in the amount of a support obligation established by court order or by the administrator. The administrator may establish a support debt in favor of the individual or the individual's child or ward and against the responsible person, both as to amounts accrued and accruing, pursuant to section 598.21, subsection 4.
4. The payment of medical assistance pursuant to chapter 249A for the benefit of a dependent child or a dependent child's caretaker creates a support debt due and owing to the department. The administrator may establish an order for medical support.
5. The department is subrogated to the rights of a dependent child or a dependent child's caretaker to bring a court action or to execute an administrative remedy for the collection of support. The administrator may petition an appropriate court for modification of a court order on the same grounds as a party to the court order can petition the court for modification.
84 Acts, ch 1278, § 2; 89 Acts, ch 166, § 4; 92 Acts, ch 1195, § 401, 402; 94 Acts, ch 1171, §20
Referred to in § 252C.3, 598.21
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