A. If a party in a divorce action or other civil case has disobeyed or failed to comply with an order of the court to make payments for the support or maintenance of a child for whom the Department of Human Services thereafter makes payments in its program for Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF), the Department may file and prosecute in such action or civil case an application to have a party cited and punished for contempt of court, or any other pleading to secure compliance with the court's order.
B. The Department of Human Services, in coordination with district attorneys, is authorized to periodically offer an amnesty program for those who owe past-due child support. The Department, in coordination with district attorneys, may announce and publicize a program that offers those who owe past-due child support an opportunity to pay off the past-due support by a certain date. If payment in full is made, the Department, in coordination with district attorneys, may forego the use of other enforcement remedies for support past-due and accrued interest on that amount owed to the state up to that date. For accrued interest owed to a parent, the parent may, by affidavit, waive the past-due interest.
Added by Laws 1968, c. 165, § 2, emerg. eff. April 11, 1968. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 422, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.
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