(a) A custodial party may redirect payments to an alternate caretaker (a nonrelative caretaker) by designating in a record that the alternate caretaker will have the child for a temporary time period.
(b)
(1) Arkansas law authorizes redirection of court-ordered child support from one custodial party to another physical custodian without obtaining a court order when the physical custodian has had, or is anticipated to have, physical custody of a child for more than eight (8) consecutive weeks, other than court-ordered visitation, during which there is an obligation to pay child support.
(2) The new physical custodian cannot be the noncustodial parent.
(c) The notice must:
(1) Comply with the requirements of Arkansas Code § 9-14-234, as amended by Acts 2019, No. 904, and may be given by the Office of Child Support Enforcement, the custodial party, or the physical custodian; and
(2) Include a statement from the custodial parent or physical custodian that the child has or will be residing with the physical custodian for more than eight (8) consecutive weeks.