NOTE: §315.27 as enacted by Acts 2017, No. 264, §2, effective Aug. 1, 2019.

§315.27. Child support award

A. If a child support award is suspended pursuant to R.S. 9:311.1 and the obligor is released from incarceration while the child is a minor, the Department of Children and Family Services may petition the court to continue the award beyond the termination date provided by R.S. 9:315.22. If the court extends the child support award, the amount of support shall be established using the child support guidelines. However, any continuation of a child support award extended pursuant to this Subsection shall not exceed the amount of time the child support order was suspended.

B. If a child support award is suspended pursuant to R.S. 9:311.1 and the obligor is released from incarceration after the child has reached the age of majority, the custodial party or the child may petition the court to establish an award of support for the period of suspension within twenty-four months of the obligor's release from incarceration. If the court establishes a child support award for the period of suspension, the amount shall be established using the child support guidelines. However, any child support award established pursuant to this Subsection shall not exceed the amount of time the child support order was suspended.

Acts 2017, No. 264, §2, eff. Aug. 1, 2019; Acts 2018, No. 136, §1, eff. May 11, 2018.

NOTE: Acts 2017, No. 264 eff. date changed by Acts 2018, No. 136, changed from

Jan. 1, 2019, to Aug. 1, 2019.