Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-137
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Past due payments operate as judgments – Cessation of lien
Official statutory text
after period of years – Duration of arrearage payment.
A. Any payment or installment of child support ordered pursuant
to any order, judgment, or decree of the district court or
administrative order of the Department of Human Services is, on and
after the date it becomes past due, a judgment by operation of law.
Judgments for past due support shall:
1. Have the full force and effect of any other judgment of this
state, including the ability to be enforced by any method available
under the laws of this state to enforce and collect money judgments;
and
2. Be entitled to full faith and credit as a judgment in this
state and any other state.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43. Marriage and Family Page 120
B. A child support judgment shall not become dormant for any
purpose, except that it shall cease to be a lien upon real property
five (5) years from the date it is filed of record with the county
clerk in the county where the property is located, unless the
judgment lien is extended in accordance with subsection C of Section
759 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
1. Except as otherwise provided by court order, a judgment for
past due child support shall be enforceable until paid in full.
2. An order that provides for payment of child support, if
willfully disobeyed, may be enforced by indirect civil contempt
proceedings, notwithstanding that the support payment is a judgment
on and after the date it becomes past due. After the implementation
of the Centralized Support Registry, any amounts determined to be
past due by the Department of Human Services may subsequently be
enforced by indirect civil contempt proceedings.
C. An arrearage payment schedule set by a court or
administrative order shall not exceed three (3) years, unless
imposition of a payment schedule would be unjust, inequitable,
unreasonable, or inappropriate under the circumstances, or not in
the best interests of the child or children involved. When making
this determination, reasonable support obligations of either parent
for other children in the custody of the parent may be considered.
If an arrearage payment schedule that exceeds three (3) years is
set, specific findings of fact supporting the action shall be made.
A. Any payment or installment of child support ordered pursuant
to any order, judgment, or decree of the district court or
administrative order of the Department of Human Services is, on and
after the date it becomes past due, a judgment by operation of law.
Judgments for past due support shall:
1. Have the full force and effect of any other judgment of this
state, including the ability to be enforced by any method available
under the laws of this state to enforce and collect money judgments;
and
2. Be entitled to full faith and credit as a judgment in this
state and any other state.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43. Marriage and Family Page 120
B. A child support judgment shall not become dormant for any
purpose, except that it shall cease to be a lien upon real property
five (5) years from the date it is filed of record with the county
clerk in the county where the property is located, unless the
judgment lien is extended in accordance with subsection C of Section
759 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
1. Except as otherwise provided by court order, a judgment for
past due child support shall be enforceable until paid in full.
2. An order that provides for payment of child support, if
willfully disobeyed, may be enforced by indirect civil contempt
proceedings, notwithstanding that the support payment is a judgment
on and after the date it becomes past due. After the implementation
of the Centralized Support Registry, any amounts determined to be
past due by the Department of Human Services may subsequently be
enforced by indirect civil contempt proceedings.
C. An arrearage payment schedule set by a court or
administrative order shall not exceed three (3) years, unless
imposition of a payment schedule would be unjust, inequitable,
unreasonable, or inappropriate under the circumstances, or not in
the best interests of the child or children involved. When making
this determination, reasonable support obligations of either parent
for other children in the custody of the parent may be considered.
If an arrearage payment schedule that exceeds three (3) years is
set, specific findings of fact supporting the action shall be made.
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