Indiana Code 35-38-2-1.7. Early payment of probation user’s fee; recalculation of probation user’s fee; discharge; wage garnishment
(b) A probation department may petition a court to:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 35-38-2-1.7
- Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) increase a person’s probation user’s fee;
under section 1 or 1.5 of this chapter if the financial ability of the person to pay a probation user’s fee changes while the person is on probation.
(c) An order to pay a probation user’s fee under section 1 or 1.5 of this chapter:
(1) is a judgment lien that:
(A) attaches to the property of the person subject to the order;
(B) may be perfected;
(C) may be enforced to satisfy any payment that is delinquent under section 1 or 1.5 of this chapter; and
(D) expires;
in the same manner as a judgment lien created in a civil proceeding;
(2) is not discharged by the completion of the person’s probationary period or other sentence imposed on the person; and
(3) is not discharged by the liquidation of a person’s estate by a receiver under IC 32-30-5.
(d) If a court orders a person to pay a probation user’s fee under section 1 or 1.5 of this chapter, the court may garnish the wages, salary, and other income earned by the person to enforce the order.
As added by P.L.277-2003, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.217-2014, SEC.191.