Indiana § 33-32-4-5 State central collection unit and clerk not liable

Indiana Statutes

§ 33-32-4-5 — State central collection unit and clerk not liable

Indiana § 33-32-4-5

Art. 32CIRCUIT COURT CLERKS

Ch. 4Child Support Payments

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Ind. Code § 33-32-4-5 (2026).

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The state central collection unit is not liable and the clerk is not personally liable or liable in the clerk's official capacity on the clerk's official bond for funds received if the state central collection unit or the clerk:

(1)through error or in accordance with the best information available to the state central collection unit or the clerk, disbursed the funds to a person the state central collection unit or the clerk reasonably believed to be entitled to receive the funds and to comply with a:

(A)child support order; or

(B)garnishment order;

(2)inappropriately disbursed or misapplied child support funds, arising without the knowledge or approval of the state central collection unit or the clerk, that resulted from:

(A)an action by an employee of, or a consultant to, the depart

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The state central collection unit is not liable
and the clerk is not personally liable or liable in the clerk's official
capacity on the clerk's official bond for funds received if the state
central collection unit or the clerk:
(1) through error or in accordance with the best information
available to the state central collection unit or the clerk, disbursed
the funds to a person the state central collection unit or the clerk
reasonably believed to be entitled to receive the funds and to
comply with a:
(A) child support order; or
(B) garnishment order;
(2) inappropriately disbursed or misapplied child support funds,
arising without the knowledge or approval of the state central
collection unit or the clerk, that resulted from:
(A) an action by an employee of, or a consultant to, the
department of child services or the Title IV-D agency;
(B) an ISETS or the successor statewide automated support
enforcement system technological error; or
(C) information generated by ISETS or the successor statewide
automated support enforcement system;
(3) disbursed funds that the state central collection unit or the
clerk reasonably believed were available for disbursement but that
were not actually available for disbursement;
(4) disbursed child support funds paid to the central collection
unit by a personal check that was later dishonored by a financial
institution; and
(5) did not commit a criminal offense as a part of the
disbursement.
[Pre-2004 Recodification Citation: 33-17-1-4.]