N.D. Cent. Code § 14-09-08.1
14-09-08.1. Support payments - Payment to state disbursement unit - Transfer of proceedings for enforcement of decree - Procedures upon failure to pay
14-09-08.1. Support payments - Payment to state disbursement unit - Transfer of
proceedings for enforcement of decree - Procedures upon failure to pay.
1.
In any action in which a court orders that payments for child support be made, the
court shall provide in its order that the payments be paid to the state disbursement unit
for remittance to the obligee.
2.
a.
Each party subject to the order shall immediately inform the state disbursement
unit of the party's:
(1)
Social security number;
(2)
Residential and mailing addresses and any change of address;
(3)
Telephone number;
(4)
Motor vehicle operator's license number;
(5)
Employer's name, address, and telephone number;
(6)
Electronic mail address; and
(7)
Change of any other condition which may affect the proper administration of
this chapter.
b.
Each order for payment of child support must notify each party of the
requirements in subdivision a and require the party to provide the information
within ten days from the date of the order or ten days after any change in the
information.
c.
In any subsequent child support enforcement or modification action between the
parties, upon sufficient showing that diligent effort has been made to ascertain the
location of a party, the court shall deem due process requirements for notice and
service to have been met, with respect to the noticed party, by delivery of written
notice to the most recent residential or employer address provided by the noticed
party pursuant to this subsection.
d.
The requirements of this subsection continue in effect until all child support
obligations have been satisfied with respect to each child subject to the order.
3.
Whenever there is failure to make the payments as required, the clerk of court, upon
request of the obligee or any employee of the child support agency, shall send notice
of the arrears by first-class mail, with affidavit of service, to the person required to
make the payments, or request a district judge of the judicial district to issue a citation
for contempt of court against the person who has failed to make the payments. The
citation may be served on that person by first-class mail with affidavit of service to the
person's last-known address.
4.
The court of its own motion or on motion of the child support agency or the state's
attorney of the county of venue, the county of the recipient's residence, or the county
of the obligor's residence may cause a support order in the action to be transcribed
and filed with the clerk of the district court of any county in this state in which the
obligee or the obligor may reside from time to time. Thereafter, this section applies as
if the support order were issued by the district court of the county to which the support
order is transcribed. No fee may be charged for transcribing or filing a support order
under this section.