{"data":{"id":"us-me/19-a-m.r.s.-2369","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"19-A M.R.S. §2369","heading":"Assignment of right of support enforcement","body":"The receipt of public assistance for a child constitutes an assignment by the recipient to the department of all rights to support for the child and spousal support that accrue during the period that the recipient receives public assistance for the child.\nThe recipient is deemed to have appointed the commissioner as the recipient's attorney in fact to perform the specific act of endorsing over to the department all drafts, checks, money orders or other negotiable instruments for support of the child.","path":["TITLE 19-A: DOMESTIC RELATIONS","PART 3: PARENTS AND CHILDREN","CHAPTER 65: SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT","SUBCHAPTER 2: ENFORCEMENT BY DEPARTMENT","ARTICLE 3: ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/19-A/title19-Asec2369.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:29Z","sha256":"eaa53ac23fb26354538efb240492cfb77528b64f289e7c59a0a0f0b77924ffb1","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/19-a-m.r.s.-2368","next":"us-me/19-a-m.r.s.-2370"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}