1. (a) If the clerk of the court or the state central collection unit is notified by the Title IV-D agency or the agency's designee that:

   1. (1) the child who is the beneficiary of a support order is receiving assistance under the:

      1. (A) federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program (45 CFR 260 et seq.); or
      2. (B) Title IV-E assistance program (42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.);
   2. (2) an assignment of support rights in favor of the state is in effect against the person obligated to make child support payments; and

   3. (3) the Title IV-D agency has sent notice to the child support obligor and obligee;

      the clerk of the court or the state central collection unit shall forward the child support payments directly to the Title IV-D agency without further order of the court.

2. (b) The Title IV-D agency shall disburse the payments in accordance with federal regulations governing the Title IV-D program.

   [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-1-11.5-14(a) part.]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.148-2006, SEC.16; P.L.1-2007, SEC.193; P.L.1-2009, SEC.159; P.L.128-2012, SEC.38.