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SECTION 476
Forfeitures applied to support of petitioner
Family Court Act (FCT) CHAPTER 686, ARTICLE 4, PART 7
§ 476. Forfeitures applied to support of petitioner. (a) All sums
collected from the surety by judgment as well as forfeited cash deposits
shall be applied by the clerk of court to the support of the petitioners
for whose benefit the order for support was made. Subsequent defaults
shall be proceeded upon in the same manner until the amount of the
principal of the undertaking or the cash deposited has been recovered in
full.

(b) Where the respondent, or any one in his behalf, shall have
deposited with the court monies as surety for compliance with the terms
of the order of support and the respondent shall have died, the court
may make an order directing the payment to the petitioner of all monies
still in possession of the court in conformance with the order of
support.