Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:236.11.1

  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Department: means the Department of Children and Family Services or the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:1
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

            A. When a court orders income to be withheld in accordance with La. Rev. Stat. 9:303 or La. Rev. Stat. 46:236.3, it shall order the income to be paid to the state disbursement unit within the department.

            B. To redirect payments in accordance with La. Rev. Stat. 46:236.10, the department shall issue a notice to the obligor, obligee, and employer that income withheld for child support shall be paid to the state disbursement unit. A copy of the notice shall be filed with the court of continuing jurisdiction and the clerk of court shall file it in the appropriate case file.

            C. The notice shall include all of the following:

            (1) The name of the child and the name of the obligee.

            (2) The caption and docket number of the case in which support is ordered.

            (3) Instructions for the payment of support to the state disbursement unit.

            D. The notice may be used by the department to redirect child support payments from the state disbursement unit of this state to the state disbursement unit of another state in accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 654b.

            Acts 2009, No. 241, §1; Acts 2010, No. 238, §4; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.

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