Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-7-715 - Unassigned Arrearages

A. If a family stops receiving cash assistance, the Title IV-D Agency shall compare unreimbursed cash assistance and assigned arrearages as of the last day of the month when the family leaves assistance. If the total amount of assigned arrearages and accrued interest exceeds unreimbursed cash assistance, the Title IV-D Agency shall unassign the excess amount. These amounts are unassigned arrearages. The Title IV-D Agency shall unassign arrearages as follows:

1. First, from the interest owed on temporarily assigned arrearages;

2. Second, from the corresponding principal of the temporarily assigned arrearages;

3. Third, from the interest owed on permanently assigned arrearages; and

4. Fourth, from the corresponding principal on the permanently assigned arrearages.

B. On and after October 1, 2000, if the Title IV-D Agency unassigns arrearages from temporarily assigned amounts, these amounts are unassigned pre-assistance arrearages. The Title IV-D Agency shall first unassign the interest on arrearages and second unassign the corresponding principal on arrearages.

C. On and after October 1, 2000, if the Title IV-D Agency unassigns arrearages from permanently assigned amounts, these amounts are unassigned during-assistance arrearages. The Title IV-D Agency shall first unassign the interest on arrearages and second unassign the corresponding principal on arrearages.

D. For arrearages assigned before the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, the federal government did not require states to track periods of assignment. If the Title IV-D Agency cannot determine whether the unassigned arrearages were from a pre-assistance period or a during-assistance period, the Title IV-D Agency shall treat those unassigned arrearages as unassigned pre-assistance arrearages.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-7-715

New Section made by final rulemaking at 11 A.A.R. 5201, effective November 15, 2005 (Supp. 05-4).