                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RECEIPT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOR CHILD AS ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHT IN SUPPORT
OBLIGATION; COMMISSIONER AS ATTORNEY FOR ENDORSING DRAFTS (§ 63.2-1909)

By accepting public assistance for or on behalf of a child or children, the
recipient shall be deemed to have made an assignment to the Department of any
and all right, title, and interest in any support obligation and arrearages owed
to or for such child or children or custodial parent up to the amount of public
assistance money paid for or on behalf of such child or children or custodial
parent for such term of time as such public assistance moneys are paid;
provided, however, that the Department may thereafter continue to collect any
outstanding support obligation or arrearage owed to the Department as a result
of such assignment up to the amount of public assistance money paid for or on
behalf of such child or children or custodial parent which has not been paid by
the noncustodial parent. The recipient shall also be deemed, without the
necessity of signing any document, to have appointed the Commissioner as his or
her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to act in his or her name, place, and stead
to perform the specific act of endorsing any and all drafts, checks, money
orders or other negotiable instruments representing support payments which are
received on behalf of such child or children or custodial parent as
reimbursement for the public assistance moneys previously paid to such
recipient.

HISTORY: 1974, c. 413, § 63.1-273; 1976, cc. 357, 549; 1977, c. 662; 2002, c.
747.