DFPS must keep the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG’s) Child Support Division informed of issues that could affect the enforcement of a court order requiring a family to pay child support to DFPS.

Changes that could affect a family’s ability to pay include the death or incapacity of a parent or any other change in the family’s situation that affects the collection.

Completing Form 1702

The caseworker must also notify the foster care eligibility specialist about changes affecting a family’s ability to pay child support, by completing Form 1702PDF Document Foster Care Case Referral to the Office of the Attorney General. The caseworker must explain the family’s situation in the form’s Special Notes and Comments About the Case section.

Upon receiving Form 1702 from the caseworker, the eligibility specialist must review the form and, once it is correct, send it to the OAG’s Child Support Division. For the process followed by the eligibility specialist, see the Child Support and Foster Care Eligibility Specialists Resource GuidePDF Document.

Occasionally issues will arise with a child support referral and the eligibility specialist will ask for caseworker assistance. The caseworker must provide the information requested by the eligibility staff in order to resolve the issue.