Cite as: 43 CNCA § 500

A. "Address of record" means an address for a party or a custodial person in a child support case that is used for service of process in child support actions. An address of record is a public record and may be different from the party's or custodial person's physical address.

B. "Child" means:

1. a person under eighteen (18) years of age; and

2. a person eighteen (18) or more years of age with respect to whom a child support order has been issued pursuant to the laws of a state.

C. "Child support" means a payment of money, continuing support, or arrearages or the provision of a benefit (including payment of health insurance, child care, and educational expenses) for the support of a child.

D. "Child support order":

1. means a judgment, decree, or order of a court requiring the payment of child support in periodic amounts or in a lump sum; and

2. includes:

a. a permanent or temporary order; and

b. an initial order or a modification of an order.

E. "Court" means a court or administrative agency of a state or tribe that is authorized by state or tribal law to establish the amount of child support payable by a contestant or make a modification of a child support order.

F. "Custodial parent" means a parent who has physical custody of a child.

G. "Custodial party" means a court-appointed caretaker who has physical custody of a child.

H. "IV–D case" means a case in which child support services are being provided under Cherokee Nation's child support plan as approved by the Federal Administration for Children and Families.

I. "Modification" means a change in a child support order that affects the amount, scope, or duration of the order and modifies, replaces, supersedes, or otherwise is made subsequent to the child support order.

J. "Non-custodial parent" means a parent who does not have physical custody of a child.

Historical Data

LA 12–12, eff. May 18, 2012.