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Indiana Code Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law § 31-16-16-6

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 6. (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.

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