IC 31-16-9-1 — Remittance of support payments to clerk, state central collection unit, or approved payment facility
Chapter 9. Method of Payment of Support
Bills amending this section
Section text
Sec. 1. (a) This subsection applies before January 1, 2007. Upon entering an order for support in: (1) a dissolution of marriage decree under IC 31-15-2; (2) a legal separation decree under IC 31-15-3; or (3) a child support decree under IC 31-16-2; the court shall require that support payments be made through the clerk of the circuit court as trustee for remittance to the person entitled to receive payments, unless the court has reasonable grounds for providing or approving another method of payment. (b) Beginning January 1, 2007, except as provided in subsection (c), upon entering an order for support in: (1) a dissolution of marriage decree under IC 31-15-2; (2) a legal separation decree under IC 31-15-3; or (3) a child support decree under IC 31-14-11 or IC 31-16-2; the court shall require that support payments be made through the clerk of a circuit court, the state central collection unit established by IC 31-25-3-1, or a payment facility approved by the state, as trustee for remittance to the person entitled to receive payments, unless the court has reasonable grounds for providing or approving another method of payment. (c) The clerk of a circuit court may only accept child support payments that are paid in cash, and all noncash child support payments must be paid to the state central collection unit established within the child support bureau by IC 31-25-3-1 or a payment facility approved by the state.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.197-1997, SEC.10; P.L.148-2006, SEC.13; P.L.3-2008, SEC.231; P.L.207-2013, SEC.48; P.L.150-2018, SEC.14; P.L.78-2026, SEC.3.
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