RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 277 (SB 185) 2019 Regular Session Walsworth
Prior law provided a procedure for commencement of child support actions and redirection
of support payments by the Dept. of Children and Family Services (DCFS). Prior law
provided that DCFS is authorized to receive and disburse support payments made on behalf
of each child who is a recipient of public assistance, and is authorized to administratively
change the payee of a support order to the department. Prior law provided that DCFS shall
give notice of such change to the obligee and the obligor and shall file a copy of such notice
with the court by which the order was issued or last registered.
Prior law provided that for cases no longer receiving support enforcement services from the
department, upon motion of an interested party, a support order shall be transferred to the
district or family court in the same parish as the juvenile court transferring the order. New
law retains prior law and further provides for an effective date of redirection of support
payments.
New law provides that a court shall issue an order recognizing or removing the name of
payor or payee when notice of redirection of support payment is filed with the clerk of court.
New law provides that such order shall be served to all parties.
Prior law provided for portions of Act 264 of 2017 RS, as amended by Act 136 of 2018 RS,
that generally provide for suspension of child support during an obligor's incarceration, to
become effective on August 1, 2019. New law changes the effective date to August 1, 2020.
Effective August 1, 2019.
(Amends R.S. 46:236.2 and Act 264 of 2017 R.S., §7(A), as amended by Act 136 of 2018
R.S., §1)