N.D. Cent. Code § 50-09-06.1: Assignment of support rights

An application under this chapter is deemed to create and effect an assignment of all rights to support, which a family member or foster child may have or come to have, to the state agency. The assignment:

1.Is effective as to all current support obligations and periods of eligibility;

2.Is effective as to all accrued support obligations with respect to a foster care child;

3.Is limited to the total cost of benefits provided to the family or foster child;

4.Terminates when eligibility ceases, except with respect to any support obligation unpaid at that time; and

5.Is not effective as to any child subject to a benefit cap imposed under section 50-09-29.