New York Social Services Law Title 6 - POWERS TO ENFORCE SUPPORT

• 101 - Liability of Relatives to Support.
  1. Except as otherwise provided by law, the spouse or parent of a recipient of public assistance or care or of a person liable to...
• 101-a - Proceedings to Compel Support by Persons in Need Thereof.
  A recipient of public assistance or care or a person liable to become in need thereof may bring proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction...
• 102 - Powers of Public Welfare Officials to Bring and Defend Suits.
  A public welfare official responsible, by or pursuant to any provision of this chapter, for the administration of the public assistance or care granted or...
• 103 - Seizure of Property of Persons Liable for Support.
  The responsible public welfare official may apply to a court having jurisdiction in actions involving an amount equal to the value of property to be...
• 104 - Recovery From a Person Discovered to Have Property.
  1. A public welfare official may bring action or proceeding against a person discovered to have real or personal property, or against the estate or...
• 104-a - Transfer of Property for the Purpose of Qualifying for Assistance; Presumption.
  For the purposes of the provisions of this chapter disqualifying a person from eligibility for a category of public assistance or care by reason of...
• 104-b - Liens for Public Assistance and Care on Claims and Suits for Personal Injuries.
  1. If a recipient of public assistance and care shall have a right of action, suit, claim, counterclaim or demand against another on account of...
• 105 - Claim on Insurance.
  If a person, who has received public assistance or care, shall die leaving insurance, and the estate of the assured is named as beneficiary, or...
• 106 - Powers of Social Services Official to Receive and Dispose of a Deed, Mortgage, or Lien.
  1. A social services official responsible, by or pursuant to any provision of this chapter, for the administration of assistance or care granted or applied...
• 106-a - Exemption From Payment of Fees for Instruments Affecting Real or Personal Property; Exemption of Mortgages From Mortgage Recording Tax.
  Any inconsistent provision of law notwithstanding, a social services official shall not be required to pay any fee to any clerk, register or other public...
• 106-b - Adjustment for Incorrect Payments.
  Any inconsistent provision of law notwithstanding, a social services official shall, in accordance with the regulations of the department and consistent with federal law and...
• 106-c - Crediting of Overpayment of Tax to Obligation of Public Assistance Recipients.
  1. The commissioner shall enter into an agreement with the commissioner of taxation and finance which shall set forth the procedures for the crediting of...
• 107 - Disposal of Seized Property and Penalties Collected.
  All properties seized and penalties collected shall be administered in accordance with the direction of the court having jurisdiction. After the expenses approved by the...
• 108 - Appointment of Guardians for Minors; Notice of Accounting.
  If the beneficiary of such seized property or penalty which is collected shall be a minor who is not in the custody of a parent...
• 109 - Trust Funds to Be Established.
  A public welfare official shall deposit any funds received from the seizure of property or collection of penalties for the support of a living person....
• 110-a - Special Provisions for Legal Services to Enforce Support to Recover Costs of Public Assistance and Care and to Establish Paternity.
  1. Any inconsistent provision of law notwithstanding, the appropriating body of a social services district may authorize and make provision for the social services commissioner...
• 111 - Functions of the Department.
  To assist welfare departments to carry out their responsibilities, powers and duties to enforce the liability of persons for the support of certain of their...

Last modified: February 3, 2019