Sec. 2. (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:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 31-16-10-2

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(A) federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program (45 C.F.R. § part 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.]

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; P.L.128-2012, SEC.38.

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