2006 Indiana Code - CHAPTER 8. MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT OR MAINTENANCE ORDERS

IC 31-16-8
     Chapter 8. Modification of Child Support or Maintenance Orders

IC 31-16-8-1
Modification or revocation of child support order or maintenance order
    31-16-8-1 Sec. 1. Provisions of an order with respect to child support or an order for maintenance ordered under IC 31-16-7-1 (or IC 31-1-11.5-9(c) before its repeal) may be modified or revoked. Except as provided in section 2 of this chapter, modification may be made only:
        (1) upon a showing of changed circumstances so substantial and continuing as to make the terms unreasonable; or
        (2) upon a showing that:
            (A) a party has been ordered to pay an amount in child support that differs by more than twenty percent (20%) from the amount that would be ordered by applying the child support guidelines; and
            (B) the order requested to be modified or revoked was issued at least twelve (12) months before the petition requesting modification was filed.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.8.

IC 31-16-8-2
Health and hospitalization coverage
    31-16-8-2 Sec. 2. The court shall consider modifying a support order to include basic health and hospitalization coverage for the child if a Title IV-D agency, authorized under the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 651 through 669) and IC 31-25-4-17, petitions for the modification and the coverage is:
        (1) available to the parent ordered to pay child support or the dependents of the parent as part of the parent's employee benefit plan; or
        (2) available at reasonable cost to the parent ordered to pay child support.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.145-2006, SEC.232.

IC 31-16-8-3
Security, bond, or guarantee
    31-16-8-3 Sec. 3. The court may provide in a modification of a support order for the security, bond, or other guarantee that is satisfactory to the court to secure the obligation to make support payments.
As added by P.L.171-2001, SEC.9.