Section 528. Support of children in the division

1. The court placing or
  referring a child  with  the  division  shall  ascertain  the  financial
  condition  of his or her parents or other persons responsible for his or
  her support and, if it shall be found that  any  such  parent  or  other
  person  is able to pay any part of the cost of maintenance of such child
  while in or being maintained at the expense of the division,  the  court
  shall  make  an order directing such parent or other person to make such
  payments as the court may decide to be fair  and  equitable,  and  shall
  notify  the appropriate social services official and the division of the
  making of such order and amount ordered to be paid.
    2. Proceedings shall be had and payments shall be directed to be  made
  and  shall  be  made,  in  accordance with the family court act or other
  applicable statute, as in the case of orders for support  of  delinquent
  children committed by the court to private institutions.
    3.  In case of failure on the part of any person to whom such order is
  directed to comply  with  such  order  and  make  the  payments  thereby
  directed,  the court making such order shall proceed against such person
  in accordance with the family court  act  or  other  statute  applicable
  thereto.
    4.  (a)  Record of amounts received as payment under such orders shall
  be kept by the officer or person receiving the same and reports  thereof
  shall  be  made  to  the  division in such form and at such times as the
  division shall require.
    (b) The amounts received and collected shall be  divided  between  the
  social  services  district collecting the same and the state in the same
  proportion as they bore the cost of maintaining the  children  affected.
  The  manner  and  amounts  of payments to be made to the state by social
  service districts shall be determined under regulations of the division.