Marital Status - Effecting Changes
Effecting changes in marital status.
Policy
Legally married participants are financially responsible for each other. Their income and resources are used in the eligibility determination.
Marital status is only a change reporting requirement for CA budgetary units assigned Standard Reporting. Marital status is not a change reporting requirement for NA or Simplified Reporting.
Verification
The participant has the primary responsibility for providing verification. (See
Participant Responsibilities – Providing Verification for additional policy.)
Marital status must be verified when any of the following apply:
●Married Minor Parents must verify that they are married or have been married.
Any of the following are examples of documents that may be used to verify marital status:
●Divorce decree
●Insurance record
●Legal annulment documents
●Marriage license
●Navajo Nation Family Court decree validating a Navajo common law marriage
●Other records indicating that a participant was or is married
●Religious records
●Separation papers
●Tribal records
Legal Authorities
7 CFR 273.1
45 CFR 206.10(a)(9)
AAC R6-12-306
AAC R6-12-309C
last revised 08/30/2021