(1) By applying for Title IV -D services or accepting public assistance for or on behalf of a needy dependent child, the recipient shall be deemed to have made an assignment to the office of the right to any child support or maintenance owed up to the amount of public assistance paid by the Office of the Attorney General to the recipient. The office shall be subrogated t o the right of the child or the person having custody to collect and receive all child support payments and to initiate any support action existing under the laws of this state. (2) The Office of the Attorney General shall distribute all child support paym ents and assigned arrearages as required by 42 U.S.C. sec. 651 et seq. (3) When Title IV -D services on behalf of a dependent child are terminated, current and past due court -ordered or administratively determined child support owed the child shall be payable to the physical custodian of the dependent child for the period of time the dependent child was in the physical custody of that custodian.
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