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DCF tells Judiciary panel it will remove child‑support offset from TPR considerations
Summary
At a May 9 House Judiciary Committee meeting, Heather McClain of the Department for Children and Families said DCF no longer pursues child support to offset foster‑care costs and will seek statutory language to ensure termination‑of‑parental‑rights proceedings do not consider such payments.
Heather McClain, revenue enhancement director for the Department for Children and Families Family Services division, told the Vermont House Judiciary Committee on May 9 that the department no longer pursues child support to offset foster‑care costs and wants the termination‑of‑parental‑rights (TPR) statute revised to match that practice.
“We don’t do that practice anymore. We believe it’s not in the best interest of children and families to pursue child support in those situations,” McClain said, adding that DCF is asking the statute to be “completely divorced from the TPR matter at hand.”
The clarification follows committee members’ questions about earlier…
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