Past-due support - Plan of payment - Work activities
N.D. Cent. Code § 14-08.1-05.1
in effect14-08.1-05.1. Past-due support - Plan of payment - Work activities
1. In any case in which an individual owes past-due child support, the court may, by
order, require the individual to:
a. Pay past-due support in accordance with a plan approved by the court or the
child support agency;
b. If the individual is subject to such a plan and is not incapacitated, to participate in
such work activities as the court deems appropriate; and
c. Participate in treatment for mental illness or drug or alcohol dependency.
2. For purposes of this section, "work activities" may include:
a. Unsubsidized employment;
b. Subsidized private sector employment;
c. Subsidized public sector employment;
d. Work experience, including work associated with the refurbishing of publicly
assisted housing, if sufficient private sector employment is not available;
e. On-the-job training;
f. Job search and job readiness assistance;
g. Community service programs;
h. Career and technical education training, not to exceed twelve months with
respect to any individual;
i. Job skills training directly related to employment;
j. Education directly related to employment, in the case of an individual who has not
received a high school diploma or a certificate of high school equivalency;
k. Satisfactory attendance at secondary school or in a course of study leading to a
certificate of general equivalence, in the case of an individual who has not
completed secondary school or received such a certificate;
l. The provision of child care services to an individual who is participating in a
community service program; and
m. Postsecondary education and any other activity permitted or required to be
treated by the federal government as work for purposes of calculating a work
participation rate.
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