{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-38-10-31","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 38-10-31","heading":"Assignment to Department of Right to Support Owed to Child in Custody of Department or Receiving Maintenance Payments.","body":"Either upon granting of custody of a child to the department and the provision of foster care or upon the department’s making foster care maintenance payments on behalf of a child under provisions of Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, the department shall by operation of law be assigned the right to any support owed to or for such child. The assignment:\n(1) shall be effective as to both current and accrued support obligations; and\n(2) shall terminate when the department is no longer providing foster care, except with respect to the amount of any unpaid support obligation accrued under the assignment.","path":["Title 38 Public Welfare.","Chapter 10 Child Support Programs.","Article 2 Right of Department to Support Owed by Parents to Child."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=38-10-31","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"d884e0d71d25c765b4a37b5acc3a25f01a540eef6754ec1e54789abe02ec0b73","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-38-10-30","next":"us-al/ala.-code-38-10-32"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}