WSR 05-07-087

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Economic Services Administration)

[ Filed March 16, 2005, 4:40 p.m. , effective April 16, 2005 ]


     

     Purpose: Correction of a typographical error in WAC 388-14A-4304(1).

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-14A-4304.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 26.19.080, 34.05.220, 74.08.090, 74.20A.310.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 05-02-019 on December 27, 2004.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: March 15, 2005.

Andy Fernando, Manager

Rules and Policies Assistance Unit

3499.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-03-089, filed 1/17/01, effective 2/17/01)

WAC 388-14A-4304   What happens if the judge determines that I have paid too much for day care and special expenses?   (1) If at a hearing under WAC 388-14A-4303, the administrative ((lay)) law judge (ALJ) decides that the custodial parent (CP) has not incurred costs in the amount paid by the noncustodial parent (NCP), any ordered overpayment reimbursement may be applied an as offset to any nonassistance child support arrears owed by the NCP on that case only. If there is no nonassistance debt owed on the case, the reimbursement must be in the form of a credit against the NCP's future child support obligation:

     (a) Spread equally over a twelve-month period starting the month after the administrative order becomes final; or

     (b) When the future support obligation will end under the terms of the order in less than twelve months, spread equally over the life of the order; or

     (c) With the consent of the CP, in the form of a direct reimbursement by the CP to the NCP.

     (2) The NCP may not pay more than his or her proportionate share of day care or other special child rearing expenses in advance and then deduct the overpayment from future support transfer payments unless:

     (a) Specifically agreed to by the CP; and

     (b) Specifically agreed to in writing by DCS for periods when the CP or the dependent child receives public assistance.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 34.05.220, 26.23.035, 74.20A.310. 01-03-089, § 388-14A-4304, filed 1/17/01, effective 2/17/01. Formerly WAC 388-14-376.]

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