(a) Support rights assigned to the Department of Human Services under § 9-14-109 shall constitute an obligation owed to the State of Arkansas by the person responsible for providing the support, and the obligation shall be collectible under all legal processes.
(b) The amount of obligation owed to the state shall be the amount specified in a court order that covers the assigned rights or, when no court order exists, the amount of obligation owed to the state shall be the amount determined by a court based upon the noncustodial parent's income or ability to pay during the period of assignment as applied to the Arkansas child support guidelines and family support chart.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 14 - Spousal and Child Support
Subchapter 2 - Enforcement Generally
§ 9-14-202. Exclusivity of remedies
§ 9-14-204. Hearings for enforcement of support orders
§ 9-14-205. Information required in support cases
§ 9-14-207. Office of Child Support Enforcement — Administrator — Child support officers
§ 9-14-211. Assigned support rights generally
§ 9-14-213. Assigned support rights — Notice — Termination of assignment
§ 9-14-214. Assigned support rights — Award of fee in action — Definition
§ 9-14-215. Fees in actions under Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
§ 9-14-216. Income withholding — Establishment and maintenance of system
§ 9-14-217. Income withholding — Supersession of § 9-14-102
§ 9-14-218. Income withholding — Time of taking effect generally — Forms
§ 9-14-219. Income withholding — Priority of order
§ 9-14-220. Income withholding — Persons subject to order — Ground to contest order
§ 9-14-221. Income withholding — When orders take effect — Notice — Costs
§ 9-14-222. Income withholding — Notice to payor — Costs
§ 9-14-223. Income withholding — Objection of payor
§ 9-14-224. Income withholding — Duties of payor
§ 9-14-225. Income withholding — Liability of payor — Distribution of moneys
§ 9-14-226. Income withholding — Prohibition of disciplinary action against employee — Penalty
§ 9-14-228. Income withholding — Procedures for payor
§ 9-14-229. Income withholding — Termination of order — Notice to payor
§ 9-14-230. Decree as lien on real property
§ 9-14-231. Overdue support as lien on personal property
§ 9-14-232. Healthcare coverage
§ 9-14-233. Arrearages — Interest and attorney's fees — Work activities and incarceration
§ 9-14-234. Arrearages — Redirection of child support — Finality of judgment — Definition
§ 9-14-235. Arrearages — Payment after duty to support ceases — Definition
§ 9-14-236. Arrearages — Child support limited — Limitations period — Definitions
§ 9-14-237. Expiration of child support obligation
§ 9-14-238. Collection of support obligations
§ 9-14-239. Suspension of license for failure to pay child support — Definitions
§ 9-14-240. Expiration of income withholding