40-5-290. Child support payments to follow child. (1) A support order issued or modified under this part must contain a provision requiring the child support obligation to be paid to:
(a) the legal custodian of the minor child;
(b) a person, organization, or agency to which the legal custodian voluntarily or involuntarily relinquishes physical custody of the child; or
(c) to any other person, organization, or agency entitled by law, assignment, or similar reason to receive or collect the child support obligation.
(2) If the department is providing services under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, payment of support must be made through the department for distribution to the person, organization, or agency entitled to the payment.
(3) An order that omits the provision required by subsection (1) is subject to the requirements of subsection (1) without need for an amendment to the order or for any further action by the department.
History: En. Sec. 24, Ch. 631, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 56, Ch. 552, L. 1997; Sec. 40-5-274, MCA 1999; redes. 40-5-290 by Code Commissioner, 2001.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 5. Enforcement of Support
Part 2. Administrative Enforcement of Support
40-5-203. Child support enforcement services
40-5-204. Cooperation by obligee
40-5-205. Payment of support money collected to department -- notice
40-5-207. Department authorized to enforce maintenance awards
40-5-208. Medical support -- obligation enforcement
40-5-209. Child support guidelines -- periodic review
40-5-210. Standardized fee schedule -- rules
40-5-213. Financial statements by obligor -- penalty
40-5-214. Scale of suggested minimum contributions
40-5-215. through 40-5-220 reserved
40-5-221. Debt to state by obligor -- limitations
40-5-222. Support debt based upon support order -- notice -- contents -- action to collect
40-5-227. Filing and docketing of final orders -- orders effective as district court decrees
40-5-228. through 40-5-230 reserved
40-5-231. Jurisdiction and venue
40-5-232. Establishment of paternity -- notice of parental responsibility -- contents
40-5-235. Effect of order establishing paternity -- birth records -- relief from order
40-5-238. Confidentiality of paternity hearings and records of proceedings
40-5-239. and 40-5-240 reserved
40-5-243. Release of excess to obligor
40-5-247. Warrant for distraint -- effect -- satisfaction of support lien -- redemption
40-5-249. and 40-5-250 reserved
40-5-251. Debt payment schedule
40-5-252. Interest on debts due -- waiver
40-5-253. Administrative findings and order -- administrative remedies -- judicial review
40-5-254. Statutory limitations
40-5-255. Charging off child support debts as uncollectible -- sale of support debts
40-5-256. Employee debtor rights protected -- limitation
40-5-257. Assignment of earnings to be honored -- effect
40-5-258. through 40-5-260 reserved
40-5-261. Procedures for making information available to consumer reporting agencies
40-5-263. Central clearinghouse -- enforcement services -- powers and duties of the department
40-5-264. Cooperative agreements
40-5-265. through 40-5-270 reserved
40-5-271. Registration of support orders
40-5-272. Application for review of child support orders
40-5-273. Notice of review of child support orders -- order for production of information
40-5-277. Administrative review hearing -- final order -- court approval of order
40-5-278. Limited review of support order
40-5-279. through 40-5-289 reserved