N.Y. Executive Law § 528: Support of children in the division

§ 528. Support of children in the division. 1. The court placing or

referring a child with the division shall ascertain the financial

condition of his or her parents or other persons responsible for his or

her support and, if it shall be found that any such parent or other

person is able to pay any part of the cost of maintenance of such child

while in or being maintained at the expense of the division, the court

shall make an order directing such parent or other person to make such

payments as the court may decide to be fair and equitable, and shall

notify the appropriate social services official and the division of the

making of such order and amount ordered to be paid.

2. Proceedings shall be had and payments shall be directed to be made

and shall be made, in accordance with the family court act or other

applicable statute, as in the case of orders for support of delinquent

children committed by the court to private institutions.

3. In case of failure on the part of any person to whom such order is

directed to comply with such order and make the payments thereby

directed, the court making such order shall proceed against such person

in accordance with the family court act or other statute applicable

thereto.

4. (a) Record of amounts received as payment under such orders shall

be kept by the officer or person receiving the same and reports thereof

shall be made to the division in such form and at such times as the

division shall require.

(b) The amounts received and collected shall be divided between the

social services district collecting the same and the state in the same

proportion as they bore the cost of maintaining the children affected.

The manner and amounts of payments to be made to the state by social

service districts shall be determined under regulations of the division.