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2828 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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3030 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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3232 HOUSE BILL 1451 By: Provenzano
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3838 AS INTRODUCED
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4040 An Act relating to marriage and family; amending 43
4141 O.S. 2021, Section 114 , which relates to interest on
4242 past-due child support payments; modifying interest
4343 rate; providing that interest shall be included as
4444 principal debt; providing that certain monies shall
4545 not be considered past-due child support payments;
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5454 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
5555 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 43 O.S. 2021, Section 114, is
5656 amended to read as follows:
5757 Section 114. A. Court-ordered past-due child support payments,
5858 court-ordered payments of suit monies and judgments for suppor t
5959 pursuant to Section 83 of T itle 10 of the Oklah oma Statutes and
6060 Sections 238.1 and 238.6B of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall
6161 draw interest at the rate of two percent (2%) ten percent (10%) per
6262 year. Past-due child support payments accruing after the
6363 establishment of the cur rent support order shall draw interest from
6464 the date they become delinquent. Lump-sum judgments pursuant to
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9191 Titles 10 and 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes for support owed prior to
9292 the establishment of current support shall draw in terest from the
9393 first day of the month after the lump -sum judgment is entered. The
9494 interest shall be collected in the same manner as the payments upon
9595 which the interest accrues.
9696 B. Interest shall be included as principal debt when it
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9898 C. Child support arrearage determined pursuant to subsection C
9999 of Section 83 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes or the portion of
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101101 pursuant to paragraph 3 of subsection A of Section 118I of Title 43
102102 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not be considered to be past -due
103103 child support payments within the meaning of this section if there
104104 is a court-ordered repayment schedule and if the schedule is
105105 complied with. The district court may, in its discretion , impose
106106 interest on arrearages pursuant to this section.
107107 D. Interest on past -due child support payments pursuant to this
108108 section that accrued prior to the effective d ate of this act shall
109109 be converted to principal on the effective date of this act.
110110 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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