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9-14-804. Payments — Effect.
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9-14-804. Payments — Effect.
(a)(1) All child support payments made on cases brought pursuant to Title IV-D shall be paid through the clearinghouse to be operated under the auspices of the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration.
(2) Alimony payments may be paid through the clearinghouse if an order to pay child support is included in the order of alimony.
(3) Support payments under § 9-14-803(b) and any other payments required by court order to be made through the registry of the court or through the clerk of the court shall be made to the clearinghouse.
(b)(1) All orders directing payments through the clearinghouse shall set forth a fee to be paid by the noncustodial parent or obligated spouse in the amount of thirty-six dollars ($36.00) per year, or nine dollars ($9.00) per quarter at the option of the obligated parent, until no children remain minor, the child support obligation is extinguished, and any arrears are completely satisfied.
(2) If the court sets an annual fee or a pro rata amount representing the portion of the fee due for the remainder of the calendar year, it shall be collected from the noncustodial parent or obligated spouse at the time of the first payment, and a thirty-six-dollar fee shall be collected in January of each year thereafter until no children remain minor and the support obligation is extinguished.
(3) The office shall have all rights and responsibilities of the clerk of the court, including, but not limited to, those rights and responsibilities set out in §§ 9-10-109 and 9-12-312.
(c) In all cases transferred to the clearinghouse by the clerk of the court, the fee paid by the noncustodial parent pursuant to §§ 9-10-109 and 9-12-312 paid subsequent to the
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-14-804
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9-14-804. Payments — Effect.
(a)(1) All child support payments made on cases brought pursuant to Title IV-D shall be paid through the clearinghouse to be operated under the auspices of the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration.
(2) Alimony payments may be paid through the clearinghouse if an order to pay child support is included in the order of alimony.
(3) Support payments under § 9-14-803(b) and any other payments required by court order to be made through the registry of the court or through the clerk of the court shall be made to the clearinghouse.
(b)(1) All orders directing payments through the clearinghouse shall set forth a fee to be paid by the noncustodial parent or obligated spouse in the amount of thirty-six dollars ($36.00) per year, or nine dollars ($9.00) per quarter at the option of the obligated parent, until no children remain minor, the child support obligation is extinguished, and any arrears are completely satisfied.
(2) If the court sets an annual fee or a pro rata amount representing the portion of the fee due for the remainder of the calendar year, it shall be collected from the noncustodial parent or obligated spouse at the time of the first payment, and a thirty-six-dollar fee shall be collected in January of each year thereafter until no children remain minor and the support obligation is extinguished.
(3) The office shall have all rights and responsibilities of the clerk of the court, including, but not limited to, those rights and responsibilities set out in §§ 9-10-109 and 9-12-312.
(c) In all cases transferred to the clearinghouse by the clerk of the court, the fee paid by the noncustodial parent pursuant to §§ 9-10-109 and 9-12-312 paid subsequent to the transfer of the case shall be paid to the clearinghouse.
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9-10-109. Child support following finding of paternity.
(a)(1)(A) Subsequent to the execution of an acknowledgment of paternity by the father and mother of a child pursuant to § 20-18-408 or § 20-18-409, or a similar acknowledgment executed during the child's minority, or subsequent to a finding by the court that the putative father in a paternity action is the father of the child, the court shall follow the same guidelines, procedures, and requirements as set forth in the laws of this state applicable to child support orders and judgments entered by the circuit court as if it were a case involving a child born of a marriage in awarding custody, visitation, setting amounts of support, costs, and attorney's fees, and directing payments through the clerk of the court, or through the Arkansas Child Support Clearinghouse if the case was brought pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.
(B) All child support payments paid by income withholding shall be subject to the provisions set forth in § 9-14-801 et seq.
(2) The court may provide for the payment of support beyond the eighteenth birthday of the child to address the educational needs of a child whose eighteenth birthday falls prior to graduation from high school so long as such support is conditional on the child's remaining in school.
(3) The court may also provide for the continuation of support for an individual with a disability that affects the ability of the individual to live independently from the custodial parent.
(b)(1)(A) All orders directing payments through the registry of the court or through the Arkansas Child Support Clearinghouse shall set forth a fee to be paid by the noncustodial parent or obligated spouse in the amount of thirty-six dollars ($36.00) per year.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-10-109
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9-12-312. Alimony — Child support — Bond — Method of payment — Definition.
(a)(1) When a decree is entered, the court shall make an order concerning the care of the children, if there are any, and an order concerning alimony, if applicable, as are reasonable from the circumstances of the parties and the nature of the case.
(2) Unless otherwise ordered by the court or agreed to by the parties, the liability for alimony shall automatically cease upon the earlier of:
(A) The date of the remarriage of the person who was awarded the alimony;
(B) The establishment of a relationship that produces a child or children and results in a court order directing another person to pay support to the recipient of alimony, which circumstances shall be considered the equivalent of remarriage;
(C) The establishment of a relationship that produces a child or children and results in a court order directing the recipient of alimony to provide support of another person who is not a descendant by birth or adoption of the payor of the alimony, which circumstances shall be considered the equivalent of remarriage;
(D) The living full time with another person in an intimate, cohabitating relationship;
(E) The death of either party; or
(F) Any other contingencies as set forth in the order awarding alimony.
(3)(A) In determining a reasonable amount of child support, initially or upon review to be paid by the noncustodial parent, the court shall refer to the most recent revision of the family support chart.
(B)(i) The incarceration of a parent shall not be treated as voluntary unemployment for the purpose of establishing or modifying an award of child support.
(ii) As used in subdivision (a)(3)(B)(i) of this section, “incarceration” means a conviction that results in a sentence o
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-12-312
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 9-12-312. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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9-14-803. Data.
(a) The clerk of the court shall provide to the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration information on all child support payments paid through the registry of the court concerning the categories of cases listed in subsection (b) of this section, including, but not limited to, the name, address, Social Security number, and employer of the plaintiff and defendant when available to the clerk through the court records.
(b)(1) All child support payments owed in the below-listed cases shall be paid through the clearinghouse.
(2) The clerk of the court shall provide the payment records of the below-listed cases to the office within five (5) working days following receipt of written notice by the office of one (1) of the listed contingencies:
(A) When there is a current assignment of rights pursuant to § 9-14-109, § 20-77-109, or § 20-77-307 to the office by the custodial parent, and in cases where the custodial parents execute an application for Title IV-D services;
(B) In cases in which there are arrearages owed to the custodial parent and arrearages owed to the state pursuant to an assignment as set out in § 9-14-109, § 20-77-109, or § 20-77-307, and the clerk of the court is unable to split the child support payment between the custodial parent and the state; and
(C) In all Title IV-D cases, or in multiple cases involving the Title IV-D office, in which income withholding is ordered and the obligated parent has more than one (1) child support case and the clerk of the court is unable to split the child support payment between the obligated parent's cases on a pro rata basis as required by state laws and rules and federal laws and regulations.
(c) Any child support payment recor
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-14-803
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 9-14-803. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.