(a) In any action brought on behalf of a person to whom a support obligation is owed under an assignment pursuant to § 9-14-109 or pursuant to a contract for services under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration shall be awarded a fee in an amount equal to not less than three percent (3%) and not more than six percent (6%) of the overdue support.
(b) For purposes of this section, “overdue support” means a delinquency pursuant to an obligation created under a court order or an order of an administrative process established under state law for the support and maintenance of a minor child.
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