§ 111-g. Availability of paternity and support services. 1. The office
of temporary and disability assistance and the social services
districts, in accordance with the regulations of the office of temporary
and disability assistance, shall make services relating to the
establishment of paternity and the establishment and enforcement of
support obligations available to persons not receiving family assistance
upon application by such persons. Such persons must apply by (i)
completing and signing a form as prescribed by the office of temporary
and disability assistance, or (ii) filing a petition with the court or
applying to the court in a proceeding for the establishment of paternity
and/or establishment and/or enforcement of a support obligation, which
includes a statement signed by the person requesting services clearly
indicating that such person is applying for child support enforcement
services pursuant to this title.

2. The office of temporary and disability assistance may, by
regulation, require payment of an application fee for such services and
the deduction of costs in excess of such fee from amounts collected on
behalf of such persons.

3. (a) A person who is receiving child support services pursuant to
this section who has never received assistance pursuant to title IV-A of
the federal social security act shall be subject to an annual service
fee of thirty-five dollars for each child support case if at least five
hundred fifty dollars of support has been collected in the federal
fiscal year. Where a custodial parent has children with different
noncustodial parents, the order payable by each noncustodial parent
shall be a separate child support case for the purpose of imposing an
annual service fee. The fee shall be deducted from child support
payments received on behalf of the individual receiving services.

(b) In international cases under section 454(32) of the federal social
security act which meet the criteria for imposition of the annual
service fee under paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the annual service
fee shall be imposed but may not be collected from the country
requesting services or a person living in another country unless
permitted by federal law or regulation.