2012 Indiana Code
TITLE 31. FAMILY LAW AND JUVENILE LAW
ARTICLE 16. FAMILY LAW: SUPPORT OF CHILDREN AND OTHER DEPENDENTS
CHAPTER 16. ENFORCEABLE JUDGMENT AGAINST A PERSON DELINQUENT IN PAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT

IC 31-16-16
Chapter 16. Enforceable Judgment Against a Person Delinquent in Payment of Child Support

IC 31-16-16-1
Supplemental remedies
Sec. 1. This chapter supplements other remedies available for the enforcement of a support order.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.8.

IC 31-16-16-2
Delinquent payment as judgment against obligor
Sec. 2. A payment that is:
(1) required under a support order; and
(2) delinquent;
shall be treated as a judgment against the obligor for the delinquent amount.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.8.

IC 31-16-16-3
Judgment as lien; priority; perfection
Sec. 3. (a) A lien is created against the real and personal property of the obligor in the amount of a judgment described in section 2 of this chapter.
(b) A person holding a lien created by a judgment described in section 2 of this chapter:
(1) has the priority of an unperfected secured creditor in any enforcement proceeding instituted against the property; and
(2) may perfect the lien in the same manner as liens arising from other civil judgments are perfected.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.3-2008, SEC.233.

IC 31-16-16-4
Mode of enforcement; disputed amount
Sec. 4. (a) An obligee may enforce a judgment created under section 2 of this chapter (or IC 31-2-11-8 before its repeal) in the same manner as other civil judgments are enforced.
(b) If in a proceeding to enforce a judgment created under section 2 of this chapter (or IC 31-2-11-8 before its repeal) an obligor or an income payor disputes the amount that constitutes a judgment, the court with jurisdiction over the enforcement proceeding may conduct a hearing to determine the amount of delinquent support that is a judgment.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.3-2008, SEC.234.

IC 31-16-16-5
Recognition and enforcement of judgments
Sec. 5. The courts shall recognize and enforce:
(1) judgments created under section 2 of this chapter (or IC 31-2-11-8 before its repeal); and (2) judgments for delinquent support payments that are created under the laws of another state.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.3-2008, SEC.235.

IC 31-16-16-6
Modification of obligor's duty to pay
Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in:
(1) subsection (b); or
(2) IC 31-14-19-1;
a court may not retroactively modify an obligor's duty to pay a delinquent support payment.
(b) A court with jurisdiction over a support order may modify an obligor's duty to pay a support payment that becomes due:
(1) after notice of the petition to modify the support order has been given either directly or through the appropriate agent to:
(A) the obligee; or
(B) if the obligee is the petitioner, the obligor; and
(2) before a final order concerning the petition for modification is entered.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.8.