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IC 31-16-8-1
Modification or revocation of child support order or maintenance
order
Sec. 1. (a) Provisions of an order with respect to child support or
an order for maintenance (ordered under IC 31-16-7-1 or
IC 31-1-11.5-9(c) before their repeal) may be modified or revoked.
(b) Except as provided in section 2 of this chapter, modification
may be made only:
(1) upon a showing of changed circumstances so substantial and
continuing as to make the terms unreasonable; or
(2) upon a showing that:
(A) a party has been ordered to pay an amount in child
support that differs by more than twenty percent (20%) from
the amount that would be ordered by applying the child
support guidelines; and
(B) the order requested to be modified or revoked was issued
at least twelve (12) months before the petition requesting
modification was filed.
(c) Modification under this section is subject to
IC 31-25-4-17(a)(6).
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.103-2007, SEC.19.
IC 31-16-8-2
Health and hospitalization coverage
Sec. 2. The court shall consider modifying a support order to
include basic health and hospitalization coverage for the child if a
Title IV-D agency, authorized under the federal Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 651 through 669) and IC 31-25-4-17, petitions for the
modification and the coverage is:
(1) available to the parent ordered to pay child support or the
dependents of the parent as part of the parent's employee benefit
plan; or
(2) available at reasonable cost to the parent ordered to pay
child support.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.145-2006,
SEC.232.
IC 31-16-8-3
Security, bond, or guarantee
Sec. 3. The court may provide in a modification of a support order
for the security, bond, or other guarantee that is satisfactory to the
court to secure the obligation to make support payments.
As added by P.L.171-2001, SEC.9.