Tennessee § 36-5-804 - Administrative orders to direct additional payments to reduce arrearages.

§ 36-5-804. Administrative orders to direct additional payments to reduce arrearages.

For the purpose of securing overdue support, the commissioner, or the commissioner's duly authorized representatives or the department's Title IV-D contractor, shall have the authority to enter an administrative order to add an amount to the monthly support order which will reduce the arrearage by payment of a reasonable amount toward the reduction of the arrearage over a reasonable period of time. A copy of the administrative order issued pursuant to this section shall be sent to the clerk of the court which issued the original order and the administrative order shall be entered in the court record. Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 11; 1998, ch. 1098, § 28. Compiler's Notes. Acts 1998, ch. 1098, § 28 added a second sentence to (b) which read “No fee shall be charged for the filing of the order; provided, however, if Senate Bill 3303/House Bill 3305 is enacted and the cost reimbursement provisions are implemented as provided therein, the provisions of this sentence shall be void.” The bill was enacted as Acts 1998, ch. 1048, so the second sentence was not codified. Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, referred to in this section, is compiled in 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.