{"data":{"id":"us/45-cfr-302.38","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"45 CFR 302.38","heading":"Payments to the family.","body":"The State plan shall provide that any payment required to be made under §§ 302.32 and 302.51 to a family will be made directly to the resident parent, legal guardian, caretaker relative having custody of or responsibility for the child or children, judicially-appointed conservator with a legal and fiduciary duty to the custodial parent and the child, or alternate caretaker designated in a record by the custodial parent. An alternate caretaker is a nonrelative caretaker who is designated in a record by the custodial parent to take care of the children for a temporary time period.","path":["Title 45—Public Welfare","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Welfare","CHAPTER III—OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES, ADMINISTRATION OF FAMILIES AND SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","PART 302—STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-45.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:21Z","sha256":"552c92e4fe880b492825ec5ca54380fb11314e6aa027e0b1e9de044252ae07bf","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/45-cfr-302.37","next":"us/45-cfr-302.39"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}