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CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES
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a) AGREEMENT - Request approval and authorization for the Director of Tehama County Department of Child Support Services to sign the Plan of Cooperation (POC) with the Tehama County Superior Court, effective upon signing and shall end two years or until 7/1/27, whichever is earlier. This POC shall automatically renew for an additional two-year term, until and unless it is superseded by a future POC
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Financial Impact:
No money is exchanged between Tehama DCSS and Tehama County Superior Court as it is a Plan of Cooperation.
Background Information:
California Department of Child Support Services requires a POC be signed every two years to confirm the terms of the working relationship between the local child support agency and the local court as each entity complies with its respective duties under Family Code sections 4250-4253 and 10000-10015 collectively also known as the AB 1058 Program.
AB 1058, signed in 1996, established the Child Support Commissioner and Family Law Facilitator Program. The purpose of this legislatively mandated statewide program is to provide a cost-effective, expedited, and accessible process in the courts for establishing and enforcing child support orders in cases being enforced by local child support agencies. This mandate requires each superior court to have a child support commissioner to hear IV-D child support cases and to maintain an Office of the Family Law Facilitator to assist self-represented litigants.