Delinquent child support payments; interest charges
Sec. 1. (a) A court may, upon application by a person or an
agency entitled to receive child support payments ordered by the
court, order interest charges equal to one and one-half percent (1.5%)
per month to be paid on any delinquent child support payment that
occurs. The person or agency may apply for interest:
(1) at the time the support order is issued or modified; or
(2) whenever support payments are not made in accordance
with the support order.
(b) Interest charges may be collected in the same manner as
support payments.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.6.
Last modified: May 24, 2006