§ 528. Support of children in the division. 1. The court placing or
referring a child with the division shall ascertain the financial
condition of his or her parents or other persons responsible for his or
her support and, if it shall be found that any such parent or other
person is able to pay any part of the cost of maintenance of such child
while in or being maintained at the expense of the division, the court
shall make an order directing such parent or other person to make such
payments as the court may decide to be fair and equitable, and shall
notify the appropriate social services official and the division of the
making of such order and amount ordered to be paid.

2. Proceedings shall be had and payments shall be directed to be made
and shall be made, in accordance with the family court act or other
applicable statute, as in the case of orders for support of delinquent
children committed by the court to private institutions.

3. In case of failure on the part of any person to whom such order is
directed to comply with such order and make the payments thereby
directed, the court making such order shall proceed against such person
in accordance with the family court act or other statute applicable
thereto.

4. (a) Record of amounts received as payment under such orders shall
be kept by the officer or person receiving the same and reports thereof
shall be made to the division in such form and at such times as the
division shall require.

(b) The amounts received and collected shall be divided between the
social services district collecting the same and the state in the same
proportion as they bore the cost of maintaining the children affected.
The manner and amounts of payments to be made to the state by social
service districts shall be determined under regulations of the division.