Section 545. Order of support by parents

* 1. In a proceeding in which the
  court has made an order of filiation, the court shall direct the  parent
  or  parents  possessed of sufficient means or able to earn such means to
  pay weekly or at other fixed periods a fair and reasonable sum according
  to their respective means as the court may determine and  apportion  for
  such  child's  support and education, until the child is twenty-one. The
  order shall  be  effective  as  of  the  earlier  of  the  date  of  the
  application  for  an  order  of  filiation, or, if the children for whom
  support is sought are in receipt of  public  assistance,  the  date  for
  which  their  eligibility  for  public  assistance  was  effective.  Any
  retroactive amount of child support shall  be  support  arrears/past-due
  support and shall be paid in one sum or periodic sums as the court shall
  direct,  taking  into  account any amount of temporary support which has
  been  paid.  In  addition,  such  retroactive  child  support  shall  be
  enforceable in any manner provided by law including, but not limited to,
  an  execution  for  support  enforcement  pursuant to subdivision (b) of
  section fifty-two hundred forty-one of the civil practice law and rules.
  The court shall direct such parent to make his or her residence known at
  all times should he or she move from the address last known to the court
  by reporting such change to the support collection  unit  designated  by
  the  appropriate  social  services district. The order shall contain the
  social security numbers of the named parents. The order may also  direct
  each  parent  to  pay an amount as the court may determine and apportion
  for the support of the child  prior  to  the  making  of  the  order  of
  filiation,  and may direct each parent to pay an amount as the court may
  determine and apportion for (i) the funeral expenses if  the  child  has
  died;  (ii)  the  necessary  expenses  incurred  by or for the mother in
  connection with her confinement and recovery; and (iii) such expenses in
  connection with the pregnancy of  the  mother  as  the  court  may  deem
  proper.  In  addition,  the  court  shall  make  provisions  for  health
  insurance benefits in accordance with the requirements of  section  four
  hundred sixteen of this act.
    * NB Effective until October 9, 2009
    * 1.  In  a  proceeding  in  which  the  court  has  made  an order of
  filiation, the court shall direct the parent  or  parents  possessed  of
  sufficient  means  or  able to earn such means to pay weekly or at other
  fixed periods a fair and reasonable sum according  to  their  respective
  means  as the court may determine and apportion for such child's support
  and education, until  the  child  is  twenty-one.  The  order  shall  be
  effective  as of the earlier of the date of the application for an order
  of filiation, or, if the children for whom  support  is  sought  are  in
  receipt  of  public assistance, the date for which their eligibility for
  public assistance was effective. Any retroactive amount of child support
  shall be support arrears/past-due support and shall be paid in  one  sum
  or  periodic  sums  as  the  court shall direct, taking into account any
  amount of temporary support which  has  been  paid.  In  addition,  such
  retroactive child support shall be enforceable in any manner provided by
  law  including, but not limited to, an execution for support enforcement
  pursuant to subdivision (b) of section fifty-two  hundred  forty-one  of
  the  civil practice law and rules. The court shall direct such parent to
  make his or her residence known at all times should he or she move  from
  the  address  last  known  to  the court by reporting such change to the
  support collection unit designated by the  appropriate  social  services
  district.  The  order  shall  contain the social security numbers of the
  named parents. The order may also direct each parent to pay an amount as
  the court may determine and apportion for the support of the child prior
  to the making of the order of filiation, and may direct each  parent  to
  pay  an  amount as the court may determine and apportion for the funeral

  expenses if the child has died. The necessary expenses  incurred  by  or
  for  the mother in connection with her confinement and recovery and such
  expenses in connection with the pregnancy of the mother shall be  deemed
  cash  medical  support,  and the court shall determine the obligation of
  either or both parents to contribute to the  cost  thereof  pursuant  to
  subparagraph  five  of  paragraph (c) of subdivision one of section four
  hundred thirteen  of  this  act.  In  addition,  the  court  shall  make
  provisions   for  health  insurance  benefits  in  accordance  with  the
  requirements of section four hundred sixteen of this act.
    * NB Effective October 9, 2009
    2. The court, in its discretion, taking into consideration  the  means
  of  the  father  and  his ability to pay and the needs of the child, may
  direct the payment of a reasonable sum or periodic sums to the mother as
  reimbursement for the needs of the child accruing from the date  of  the
  birth  of  the  child  to  the  date  of the application for an order of
  filiation.