The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise:
Arrears-Past due and unpaid
support.
BCSE-Bureau of Child Support
Enforcement-The organizational unit in this Commonwealth responsible
for supervising the State Plan for Child Support Enforcement under Title IV-D
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.A. §§
651 -
669b.
Budget group-One or more related or
unrelated individuals who occupy a common residence or would occupy a common
residence if they were not homeless and whose needs and eligibility are
considered together in determining eligibility for cash assistance under one
category of assistance.
CAO-County assistance office-The local
office of the Department responsible for the determination of eligibility for
cash, Food Stamps and MA Programs.
Cash assistance allowance-The monthly
family size allowance, reduced by the net income of the budget group. The
family size allowance is described under §
175.23(a)
(relating to requirements).
DRS-Domestic Relations Section-The
division of a court of common pleas responsible for establishing and enforcing
support orders.
Establishing paternity-The process that
determines the legal father of a child.
LRR-Legally responsible relative-The
spouse, including common-law, of the applicant or recipient of cash assistance,
or the biological or adoptive parent of an unemancipated minor child for whom
cash assistance is sought or received.
Obtaining support-Establishing,
modifying or enforcing a support order.
Support-A judgment, decree or order
whether temporary, final or subject to modification, imposed or imposable by a
court or an administrative agency of competent jurisdiction for the support and
maintenance of a child or spouse, or both, which provides for monetary support,
health care, arrears or reimbursement, and which may include other
relief.
Unemancipated minor child-An individual
who is under 18 years of age, or an individual 18 years of age or older but
under 21 years of age, who has not graduated from high school, is not married
and is in the care and control of a parent or caretaker.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 187.22 adopted August 4, 1977,
effective 8/5/1977, 7 Pa.B. 2180;
amended October 22, 1982, effective 10/23/1982, 12 Pa.B. 3782; amended February
15, 1985, effective 2/16/1985,
15 Pa.B. 573; amended September 13, 2002, effective retroactively to March 3,
1997, 32 Pa.B. 4435; amended May 28, 2010, effective
5/29/2010, 40 Pa.B.
2762.
The provisions of this § 187.22 amended under sections
201(2), 403(b) and 432 of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. §§
201(2),
403(b) and 432); the Support
Law (62 P. S. §§
1971-1977); Titles I and III of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No.
104-193) (PRWORA), creating the Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program, and amending
42 U.S.C.A. §§
601-619,
651-669(b) and
1396u-1;
5543 of the Balanced Budget Act of
1997 (Pub. L. No.
105-33) (42 U.S.C.A. §
653(p)); the Federal TANF
regulations in 45 CFR
260.10-265.10; and the
Domestic Relations Code,
23 Pa.C.S. §§
4301-4381,
5103,
7101-7901 and
8101-8418.
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
141.53 (relating to eligibility
based on domestic violence); and 55 Pa. Code §
281.2 (relating to
definitions).
