Section 31-16-10-2 - Forwarding of payments to Title IV-D agency(a) If the clerk of the court or the state central collection unit is notified by the Title IV-D agency or the agency's designee that: (1) the child who is the beneficiary of a support order is receiving assistance under the: (A) federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program ( 45 CFR 260 et seq.); or(B) Title IV-E assistance program (42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.);(2) an assignment of support rights in favor of the state is in effect against the person obligated to make child support payments; and(3) the Title IV-D agency has sent notice to the child support obligor and obligee; the clerk of the court or the state central collection unit shall forward the child support payments directly to the Title IV-D agency without further order of the court.
(b) The Title IV-D agency shall disburse the payments in accordance with federal regulations governing the Title IV-D program.Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-1-11.5-14(a) part.
Amended by P.L. 128-2012, SEC. 38, eff. 7/1/2012.As added by P.L. 1-1997, SEC.8. Amended by P.L. 148-2006, SEC.16; P.L. 1-2007, SEC.193; P.L. 1-2009, SEC.159.