Ind. Code § 31-16-16-6

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 31-16-16-6 - Modification of obligor's duty to pay

(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.

IC 31-16-16-6

Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-2-11-12.

As added by P.L. 1-1997, SEC.8.