§48-14-1001. Misrepresentation of delinquent support payments; penalty. If any person knowingly and willfully makes any false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or representation, or makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry, thus misrepresenting the amount of child support actually due and owing, […]
SUPPORT OF MINOR CHILD. §48-14-101. When action may be brought for child support order. An action may be brought in family court to obtain an order for the support of a minor child when: (1) The child has a parent and child relationship with an obligor;
An action may be brought under the provisions of section one hundred one of this article by: (1) A custodial parent of a child when the divorce order or other order which granted custody did not make provision for the support of the child by the obligor;
An action under the provisions of this section may be brought in the county where the obligee, the obligor or the child resides.
When an action for child support is brought under the provisions of this section by an obligee against his or her spouse, such obligee may also seek spousal support from the obligor, unless such support has been previously waived by agreement or otherwise.
Every order of support heretofore or hereafter entered or modified under the provisions of this section shall include a provision for the income withholding in accordance with the provisions of 12-101, et seq., and 14-401, et seq.
(a) At any time after the entry of an order for support, the court may, upon the verified petition of an obligee or the obligor, revise or alter such order and make a new order as the altered circumstances or needs of a child, an obligee or the obligor may render necessary to meet the […]
In addition to any other procedure which may exist by law, any party seeking the recalculation of support and modification under a child support order due to a substantial change in circumstances pursuant to the provisions of section one hundred six of this article may seek and obtain the assistance of the Bureau of Child […]
(a) In the event of the death of any party to a domestic relations support action, support payments or a refund of support payments due to the party by the obligee, obligor or the Bureau for Child Support Enforcement, not in excess of $1,000, may, upon proper demand, be paid, in the absence of actual […]
FOR OVERDUE SUPPORT. §48-14-201. Arrearages stand by operation of law as judgment against support obligor. When an obligor is in arrears in the payment of support which is required to be paid by the terms of an order for support of a child, an obligee or the Bureau for Child Support enforcement may file an […]
If the duty of support is based upon an order from another jurisdiction, the obligee shall first register the order in accordance with the provisions of part 16-601, et seq., of this chapter: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall prevent the Bureau for Child Support enforcement from enforcing foreign orders for support without registration […]
(a) The affidavit of accrued support may be filed with the clerk of the circuit court in the county in which the obligee or the obligor resides, in the county where the order originated or where the obligor's source of income is located. The affidavit may be filed when a payment required by such order […]
PROPERTY FOR OVERDUE SUPPORT. §48-14-204. Execution and notice. (a) Upon receipt of the affidavit, the clerk shall issue a writ of execution, suggestion or suggestee execution and shall mail a copy of the affidavit and a notice of the filing of the affidavit to the obligor at his or her last known address. If the […]
The clerk of the circuit court shall make available form affidavits for use under the provisions of this article. Such form affidavits shall be provided to the clerk by the Bureau for Child Support enforcement. The notice of the filing of an affidavit shall be in a form prescribed by the Bureau for Child Support […]
Writs of execution, suggestions or suggestee executions issued pursuant to the provisions of this article shall have priority over any other legal process under the laws of this state against the same income, except for withholding from income of amounts payable as support in accordance with the provisions of section 14-401 of this chapter, and […]
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the amount to be withheld from the disposable earnings of an obligor pursuant to a suggestee execution in accordance with the provisions of this article shall be the same amount which could properly be withheld in the case of a withholding order under the provisions […]
A person who files a false affidavit is guilty of false swearing and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided by law for such offense.
The provisions of this article apply to support orders issued by a court of competent jurisdiction of any other state.
The provisions of this article do not apply to income withholding, as provided in section 14-401 of this chapter.
Upon satisfaction of the overdue support obligation, the obligee shall issue a release to the obligor and file a copy thereof with the clerk of the county commission in the county in which the lien arose pursuant to this section. The Bureau for Child Support enforcement shall issue a release in the same manner and […]
