(a) For the purpose of securing overdue support, the commissioner, or the commissioner’s duly authorized representatives or the department’s Title IV-D contractor, shall have the authority to enter an administrative order to add an amount to the monthly support order which will reduce the arrearage by payment of a reasonable amount toward the reduction of the arrearage over a reasonable period of time.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 36-5-804

  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 36-5-2101
  • Support order: means a judgment, decree, order, decision, or directive, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued in a state or foreign country for the benefit of a child, a spouse, or a former spouse, which provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, retroactive support, or reimbursement for financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support. See Tennessee Code 36-5-2101
(b) A copy of the administrative order issued pursuant to this section shall be sent to the clerk of the court which issued the original order and the administrative order shall be entered in the court record.
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