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Code · Louisiana · Title 46 — Public Welfare and Assistance

RS 46:236.12

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RS 46:236.12
§236.12. Plan for parental participation of support; required work activities
A.(1) In addition to any provision of this Subpart, and particularly the provisions of R.S. 46:236.6 and 236.7, when an obligor owes past-due support with respect to a child receiving state assistance, the department or the district attorney may request that a court issue an order requiring the obligor to pay support in accordance with an approved plan for parental participation of support.
(2)If the obligor is not incapacitated or disabled, the plan for parental participation of support shall include a requirement that the obligor engage in a work activity.
B. For purposes of this Section:
NOTE: Paragraph (B)(1) eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 477.
(1)"Department" means the child support enforcement section, office of children and family services, Department of Children and Family Services.
NOTE: Paragraph (B)(1) as amended by Acts 2025, No. 477, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.
(1)"Department" means the office of child support, Department of Children and Family Services.
(2)"Past-due support" means the amount of court-ordered support for the support and maintenance of a child which has not been paid in accordance with the terms and conditions of the support order.
(3)"Plan for parental participation of support" means a plan approved by the court for the payment of support by the obligor.
(4)"State assistance" means assistance under a state program funded under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act.
(5)"Work activity" means such activities, as defined in 42 U.S.C. 607(d), as the court deems appropriate.
Acts 1997, No. 464, §1; Acts 2012, No. 255, §7; Acts 2025, No. 477, §15, eff. Oct. 1, 2027.
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