Tex. Family Code § 231.115
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 231.115, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 231.115. NONCOOPERATION BY RECIPIENT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
Official statutory text
(a) The failure by a person who is a recipient of public assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, to provide accurate information as required by Section 31.0315, Human Resources Code, shall serve as the basis for a determination by the Title IV-D agency that the person did not cooperate with the Title IV-D agency.
(b) The Title IV-D agency shall:
(1) identify the actions or failures to act by a recipient of public assistance that constitute noncooperation with the Title IV-D agency;
(2) adopt rules governing noncompliance; and
(3) send noncompliance determinations to the Texas Department of Human Services for immediate imposition of sanctions.
(c) In adopting rules under this section that establish the basis for determining that a person has failed to cooperate with the Title IV-D agency, the Title IV-D agency shall consider whether:
(1) good cause exists for the failure to cooperate;
(2) the person has failed to disclose the name and location of an alleged or probable parent of the child, if known by the person, at the time of applying for public assistance or at a subsequent time; and
(3) the person named a man as the alleged father and the man was subsequently excluded by parentage testing as being the father if the person has previously named another man as the child's father.
(b) The Title IV-D agency shall:
(1) identify the actions or failures to act by a recipient of public assistance that constitute noncooperation with the Title IV-D agency;
(2) adopt rules governing noncompliance; and
(3) send noncompliance determinations to the Texas Department of Human Services for immediate imposition of sanctions.
(c) In adopting rules under this section that establish the basis for determining that a person has failed to cooperate with the Title IV-D agency, the Title IV-D agency shall consider whether:
(1) good cause exists for the failure to cooperate;
(2) the person has failed to disclose the name and location of an alleged or probable parent of the child, if known by the person, at the time of applying for public assistance or at a subsequent time; and
(3) the person named a man as the alleged father and the man was subsequently excluded by parentage testing as being the father if the person has previously named another man as the child's father.
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