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1. The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, hereinafter referred to as DHRS will be designated as payee of all child support actions, whether civil or criminal, in all Courts of this Circuit when it is made known to the respective clerks that the child or children for whom support payments are ordered is, or are, recipients of public assistance under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, and the respective clerks are hereby directed to forward to DHRS or their designated agent such support payments received by the clerks pursuant to court order.
When on a future Court order or modification of existing order the State agency has been designated as payee the (respective) clerk in the respective county is hereby directed to take notice that the recipient therein is receiving public assistance moneys. When the clerk receives notice from DHRS that the recipient is no longer receiving public assistance, the method of payment shall be redirected back to the individual recipient as payee, as soon as possible but not later than 90 days from the date of termination of receipt of such assistance.
2. Designated agents of DHRS are recognized hereby as parties with standing before the Courts of the Circuit in such cases, for the purposes of petitioning for citations of contempt, petitions for modification of support orders, petitions for new orders, or other such actions. Such agents of DHRS in those cases described above, shall be substituted by the clerks for persons now receiving such payments for all purposes, including receiving notice of delinquent payors, noncompliance, notice of hearing, etc.
3. The Clerks fee where payment is made to DHRS
(effective May 14, 1979) shall be as follows:
Under $ 10.00 a fee of $ .15
$ 10.00 to $ 20.00 a fee of $ .30
$ 20.00 to $ 35.00 a fee of $ .60
$ 35.00 to $100.00 a fee of $1.00
$100.00 to $300.00 a fee of $2.00
$300.00 and Over a fee of $3.00
as authorized by Chapter 112, Laws of Florida 1973.