PDFWAC 388-14A-2065
Does the division of child support provide support enforcement services if the community services division decides I have "good cause level A"?
(1) If the community services division (CSD) grants you good cause level A the division of child support (DCS) closes the case and does not take any action to establish or enforce support for the children covered by the good cause finding.
(a) DCS does not reopen the case while you and the children still receive temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), unless the good cause decision is later withdrawn or denied;
(b) DCS does not reopen the case after your TANF grant ends unless you:
(i) Reapply for TANF and tell CSD that you no longer wish to claim good cause not to cooperate with DCS; or
(ii) Apply for nonassistance child support services by submitting an application to DCS.
(2) If CSD grants good cause level A after DCS has referred your case to the county prosecuting attorney or attorney general's office, DCS advises the prosecutor or attorney general's office of the good cause finding.
(3) When DCS advises the prosecutor or attorney general's office that good cause level A has been granted in your case, DCS requests that the prosecutor or attorney general's office dismiss any action that has been filed and cease all activities to establish or enforce a child support obligation for the children covered by the good cause finding.
(4) If the person whose actions were the basis for the good cause level A finding later receives TANF or submits an application for nonassistance child support services:
(a) DCS provides child support enforcement services to that person only if the children covered by the good cause finding no longer reside with you and currently reside with that person; and
(b) DCS does not provide services to establish that person's parentage of the children covered by the good cause finding, even if the children receive TANF as a member of that person's household, unless your good cause decision is withdrawn or denied.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 26.23.050, 26.23.110, 43.20A.550, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08.090, 74.20.040, 74.20A.055, 74.20A.056, and 74.20A.310. WSR 25-09-019, s 388-14A-2065, filed 4/7/25, effective 5/8/25. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.20A.310. WSR 01-24-080, § 388-14A-2065, filed 12/3/01, effective 1/3/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090. WSR 01-03-089, § 388-14A-2065, filed 1/17/01, effective 2/17/01.]