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Social Services Public Assistance: Repeal "Aid To Dependent Children Act"; Create "Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Act", Margaret Ann Shannon
Social Services Public Assistance: Repeal "Aid To Dependent Children Act"; Create "Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Act", Margaret Ann Shannon
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act repeals the Aid to Dependent Children Act and enacts Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Act (TANF). The Act provides for electronic transfer of payments, changes hearing provisions, and changes fraud and subpoena issuance provisions. It defines TANF terms, provides for TANF's purpose, for administration, and for assistance limits. The Act authorizes and requires the promulgation of rules and regulations, and provides guidelines for rules and regulations. It provides for the duties of the Board and Department of Human Resources. It provides ineligibility criteria, and provides for conduct authorizing reduction and termination. It provides for appeals, hearings, and a …
Domestic Relations Alimony And Child Support Generally; Enforcement Of Duty To Support; Parent And Child Relationship Generally, Jaimie Johnson
Domestic Relations Alimony And Child Support Generally; Enforcement Of Duty To Support; Parent And Child Relationship Generally, Jaimie Johnson
Georgia State University Law Review
The Act makes sweeping changes to Georgia's child and spousal support enforcement procedures by shifting the bulk of enforcement authority from the court system to the Child Support Enforcement Agency of the Department of Human Resources (DHR). First, the Act amends several of Georgia's alimony and child support statutes. It removes the statute of limitations for foreign judgments of child or spousal support orders and provides that child or spousal support orders cannot be changed retroactively or become dormant. It makes late child support payments judgments by operation of law, sets a time limit for contempt hearings, and allows for …