Authority: IC 31-25-2-18; IC 31-25-4-27

Affected: IC 31-25-4

Sec. 8. (a) As a condition of continuing eligibility for assistance, any temporary assistance to needy families (TANF) recipient who, after executing an assignment of support rights, receives a direct court ordered child support payment from or on behalf of the obligor must:

1. (1) convert that payment to the form prescribed by this section; and
2. (2) promptly forward that converted payment to the Indiana state central collection unit at the office of the child support bureau.

(b) Any support payment received from an individual must be converted to a money order, cashier's check, or certified check payable to the Indiana state central collection unit and contain or be accompanied by the following information:

1. (1) The recipient's name.
2. (2) The recipient's Title IV-D case number.
3. (3) The obligor from whom or on whose behalf the support payment was made.

(c) Any support payment received from the clerk of the court or any payment in the form of a military allotment must be endorsed by the recipient and contain or be accompanied by the following information:

1. (1) The recipient's name.
2. (2) The recipient's Title IV-D case number.
3. (3) The obligor from whom or on whose behalf the support payment was made.

(Department of Child Services; Title 2,Ch 7,Reg 2-722; filed Nov 2, 1977, 2:14 p.m.: Rules and Regs. 1978, p. 738; readopted filed Nov 14, 2001, 4:43 p.m.: 25 IR 1286; readopted filed Nov 27, 2007, 6:52 a.m.: 20071226-IR-465070551RFA; readopted filed Nov 26, 2013, 4:02 p.m.: 20131225-IR-465130459RFA; filed Oct 26, 2016, 1:50 p.m.: 20161123-IR-465160054FRA; readopted filed Jan 18, 2022, 10:13 a.m.: 20220216-IR-465210509RFA) NOTE: Transferred from the Division of Family Resources (470 IAC 2-5-12) to the Department of Child Services (465 IAC 1-1-8) by P.L.234-2005, SECTION 195, effective July 1, 2005.