Wis. Admin. Code Department of Children and Families DCF 102.04 - Cooperation and good cause notice

(1) The W-2 agency shall provide a written notice describing the cooperation requirement and the right to good cause as an exception to the cooperation requirement to all applicants and participants of Wisconsin works. The notice shall be provided to applicants when they apply for W-2 and to participants when a child is added to the W-2 group, when a parent leaves the W-2 group, at reapplication for continued benefits, and if a participant discloses to his or her W-2 financial and employment planner that the participant is experiencing circumstances that may meet the good cause criteria in s. DCF 102.05.

(2) The notice shall include all of the following information:

(a) The potential benefits the child may derive from establishing paternity and securing support.

(b) Cooperation with efforts directed at establishing paternity and obtaining support payments or any other payments or property to which that parent and any minor child of that parent may have rights or for which the parent may be responsible is a condition of eligibility for the Wisconsin works program, ss. 49.141 to 49.161, Stats., unless the parent has good cause for failing to cooperate.

(c) A failure to cooperate is allowed when the W-2 agency determines that one of the good cause criteria apply.

(d) The good cause criteria in s. DCF 102.05.

(e) A good cause claim form is available from the W-2 agency upon request. The good cause claim form provides additional details on the process for claiming good cause as an exception to the cooperation requirement.

(f) The good cause claim form may be submitted to the W-2 agency at any time.

(3) At the child support agency's initial meeting with the custodial parent, the agency shall ask the parent if a good cause notice has been received. If the custodial parent has not received a good cause notice, the child support agency shall provide one. A custodial parent who expresses intent to file a good cause claim shall be referred to the W-2 agency. If the custodial parent informs the child support agency of an intent to file a good cause claim, the child support agency shall cease further action for a minimum of 15 days to allow the custodial parent to file a good cause claim with the W-2 agency.

Notes

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Children and Families DCF 102.04

CR 02-039: cr. Register August 2002 No. 560, eff. 9-1-02; corrections in (1) and (2) (d) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7, Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635.

A copy of the good cause notice may be obtained by contacting the Department of Children and Families, Division of Family and Economic Security, 201 E. Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 8916, Madison, WI 53708-8916.