(a) If the obligor is liable to the state under Alaska Stat. § 25.27.120(a) or (b), the state is subrogated to the rights of the obligee to
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 25.27.130
action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) bring an action in the superior court seeking an order of support;(2) proceed under Alaska Stat. § 25.27.160 – 25.27.270 to establish a duty of support; or(3) enforce by execution, in accordance with Alaska Stat. § 25.27.230 – 25.27.270, or otherwise, a support order entered in favor of the obligee.(b) To establish or enforce an order of support, including, if applicable, a medical support order, based on the subrogation of the state, the agency is not limited to the amount of assistance being granted to the child.(c) The recovery of any amount for which the obligor is liable that exceeds the total assistance granted under Alaska Stat. Chapter 47.07 and Alaska Stat. Chapter 47.27 shall be paid to the obligee.(d) Except as provided in (f) of this section, if the obligee is not receiving assistance under Alaska Stat. Chapter 47.07 or Alaska Stat. Chapter 47.27 at the time the state recovers money in an action under this section, the recovery of any amount for which the obligor is liable shall be distributed to the obligee for support payments, including medical support payments, that have become due and unpaid since the termination of assistance under Alaska Stat. Chapter 47.07 or Alaska Stat. Chapter 47.27 under a support order in favor of the obligee.(e) After payment to the obligee under (d) of this section, the state may retain an amount not to exceed the total unreimbursed assistance paid on behalf of the obligee under Alaska Stat. Chapter 47.07 or Alaska Stat. Chapter 47.27.(f) Notwithstanding (d) of this section, the state shall, if required under federal law or regulations, distribute amounts recovered through offset of the obligor’s federal tax refund as past due support with first distribution to the state for unpaid support assigned to the state under Alaska Stat. § 47.07.025 and Alaska Stat. § 47.27.040.
