KRS 15.808: Assignment -- Subrogation -- Distribution of child support payments --

Effect of termination of Title IV-D services.

(1) By applying for Title IV -D services or accepting public assistance for or on behalf

of a needy dependent child, the recipient shall be deemed to have made an

assignment to the office of the right to any child support or maintenance owed up to

the amount of public assistance paid by the Office of the Attorney General to the

recipient. The office shall be subrogated t o the right of the child or the person

having custody to collect and receive all child support payments and to initiate any

support action existing under the laws of this state.

(2) The Office of the Attorney General shall distribute all child support paym ents and

assigned arrearages as required by 42 U.S.C. sec. 651 et seq.

(3) When Title IV -D services on behalf of a dependent child are terminated, current

and past due court -ordered or administratively determined child support owed the

child shall be payable to the physical custodian of the dependent child for the period

of time the dependent child was in the physical custody of that custodian.