Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-2-322
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Payment of overdue support for children receiving assistance
Official statutory text
In any case in which a child is receiving assistance under a state program funded under the Social Security Act, Title IV-A ( 42 U.S.C. § 601 et seq.), including, but not limited to, temporary assistance as provided under title 71, chapter 3, part 1, and the payment of support for such child is overdue, then, the department of human services may issue an administrative order, directing an individual who owes overdue support to such a child to pay the overdue support in accordance with a plan for payment of all overdue support or to engage in work activities, as otherwise required and defined by § 36-5-113 . Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 49; 1998, ch. 1098, § 12.
In any case in which a child is receiving assistance under a state program funded under the Social Security Act, Title IV-A ( 42 U.S.C. § 601 et seq.), including, but not limited to, temporary assistance as provided under title 71, chapter 3, part 1, and the payment of support for such child is overdue, then, the department of human services may issue an administrative order, directing an individual who owes overdue support to such a child to pay the overdue support in accordance with a plan for payment of all overdue support or to engage in work activities, as otherwise required and defined by § 36-5-113 .
Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 49; 1998, ch. 1098, § 12.
In any case in which a child is receiving assistance under a state program funded under the Social Security Act, Title IV-A ( 42 U.S.C. § 601 et seq.), including, but not limited to, temporary assistance as provided under title 71, chapter 3, part 1, and the payment of support for such child is overdue, then, the department of human services may issue an administrative order, directing an individual who owes overdue support to such a child to pay the overdue support in accordance with a plan for payment of all overdue support or to engage in work activities, as otherwise required and defined by § 36-5-113 .
Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 49; 1998, ch. 1098, § 12.
Status: in_force
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