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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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(iv) In its name, prosecution and maintenance
of any legal and equitable support actions, including paternity
proceedings, available under State law to establish each absent
parent's legal obligation for child support in all cases in which
an assignment has been made pursuant to Section 48(2) of this
article;
(v) Collection of support payments including
but not limited to child support payments owed the State as the
result of an assignment pursuant to Section 48(2) of this
article;
(vi) Utilization of established legal processes
to enforce support orders of the courts;
(vii) Disbursement of support payments in
accordance with law;
(viii) Cooperation with other states in
establishment and enforcement of child support obligations; and
(ix) Collection of fees, as appropriate, to
defray the costs of providing services.
(3) If, in the judgment of the [bureau]
ADMINISTRATION, compromise, settlement, or adjustment of a
delinquent account or debt without suit would promote or serve
the best interests of the State, the [bureau] ADMINISTRATION may
accept in full settlement of the account an amount less than full
arrearages and such may be ordered by a court upon the initiation
of the [bureau] ADMINISTRATION.
(4) To assist the [bureau] ADMINISTRATION in
administering the programs so as to achieve optimum results, the
[bureau] ADMINISTRATION may enter into:
(i) Cooperative agreements with private and
public agencies, circuit courts, and law enforcement officials,
with respect to establishing liability for support, establishing
paternity, obtaining and enforcing orders for support, and the
collection of support payments; and
(ii) Financial arrangements providing for
reimbursement by the [bureau] ADMINISTRATION of those
expenditures incurred by the private or public agency, circuit
court, or law enforcement official pursuant to such cooperative
agreements in the operation of the program which qualify for
reimbursement under regulations of the Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare with respect to federal financial
participation.
(5) The responsibilities, resources and authorities
of the Division of Parole and Probation in certain counties and
Baltimore City relating to the collection and disbursement of
support payments including personnel referenced in Sections 9-I
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