Instructions For Form Ldss-4882a - Information For An Additional Child (Page 4 of 6) in pdf

In order for the Child Support Enforcement Unit to continue to provide you with effective service, you must contact

the Child Support Enforcement Unit to report any change in your address or telephone number, or to report any new

information on the other parent of the child for whom you are seeking child support.

SECTION 2 – RIGHTS AND CONSEQUENCES RESULTING FROM PATERNITY

ESTABLISHMENT AND RIGHT TO NOTICE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

RIGHTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF ESTABLISHING PATERNITY

Paternity is established when parents sign a voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity or when the court determines

the father of the child and issues an “order of filiation.”

• Under New York State law, the noncustodial parent will be chargeable by the court to pay support until the child is

21 years of age.

• The child gains rights to inheritance from his or her parents. Parents also may have rights of inheritance from their

child.

• The child may be entitled to receive death or disability benefits if either parent dies or becomes permanently

disabled.

• The noncustodial parent has the right to ask the court for visitation with and/or custody of the child.

• The noncustodial parent will also generally have the right to notice to adoption and foster care proceedings.

RIGHTS TO INFORMATION REGARDING LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

You have the right to be kept informed of the time, date, and place of any court proceedings involving you. You will

be provided with a copy of any order establishing, modifying, adjusting, or enforcing an order of support, or any

order dismissing the petition.

SECTION 3 – CHILD SUPPORT POLICIES

SAFETY CONCERNS

If you have concerns that seeking to establish or enforce an order of support will create a risk of harm to yourself or

the child, contact the Child Support Enforcement Unit to discuss these concerns. The Child Support Enforcement

Unit can assist you in preventing your address or other personal identifying information from appearing on court

documents or other documents pertaining to your child support case.

The Child Support Enforcement Unit shall prohibit disclosure of location information if requested by any person,

where that person provides evidence that:

• The person resides in a domestic violence shelter;

• An order of protection has been entered;

• A court has determined that contact with the noncustodial parent creates a risk of physical or emotional harm to a

child or custodial parent;

• A good cause determination has been made by the Temporary Assistance or Medicaid worker; or

• A domestic violence liaison has determined that there is reason to believe that disclosure of location information

may result in physical or emotional harm to the custodial parent or child.

If your case is to be referred to the Child Support Enforcement Unit as a requirement for receipt of Temporary

Assistance for the child and you fear that you or the child will be at risk of family or domestic violence if paternity or

an order of support is established or enforced, you will be referred first to a domestic violence liaison by the

Temporary Assistance worker. The domestic violence liaison may grant you a full or partial waiver from the

requirement to cooperate with the Child Support Enforcement Unit. If you are applying for Medicaid for yourself

and the child, you may claim good cause from cooperating with the Child Support Enforcement Unit to the Medicaid

worker if:

• Cooperation is expected to result in physical or emotional harm of a serious nature to the child for whom support is

sought;

• Cooperation is expected to result in physical or emotional harm of a serious nature to the parent, caretaker relative,

or grantee sufficient to impair the caretaker’s ability to care for the child adequately;

• The child was conceived as a result of incest or forcible rape; or

• Adoption of the child is pending before a court, or the caretaker is receiving pre-adoption counseling services (for

up to three months after the child’s birth).

childsupport.ny.gov

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