40-4-206. Payment of maintenance or support to court -- handling fee of clerk. (1) Except as provided in subsection (4), upon its own motion or upon motion of either party, the court may order at any time that maintenance or support payments be made to the clerk of the district court as trustee for remittance to the person entitled to receive the payments.
(2) The clerk of the district court shall maintain records of payments received by the clerk listing the amount of payments, the date payments are required to be made, and the names and addresses of the parties affected by the order. The clerk may charge the payor a handling fee of $2 a payment, which must be in addition to the payment. Any handling fee collected by the clerk under this subsection must be paid into the county general fund unless the county has a district court fund. If the county has a district court fund, the amount must be paid into that fund.
(3) The parties affected by the order shall inform the clerk of the district court of any change of address or of other condition that may affect the administration of the order.
(4) When the department of public health and human services is providing services under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act or when income withholding is in effect in an order issued or modified after October 1, 1998, payment of support must be made through the department for distribution to the person, organization, or agency entitled to the payment.
History: En. 48-325 by Sec. 25, Ch. 536, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 48-325; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 532, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 552, L. 1997.
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