Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 25.27.080 (2026)
Enforcement of support orders
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Sec. 25.27.080. Enforcement of support orders.
(a) A court order requiring payment of child support shall be modified to order payments be made to the agency upon application.
(b) The agency on behalf of the custodian or the state shall take all necessary action permitted by law to enforce child support orders, including petitioning the court for orders to aid in the enforcement of child support.
(c) The determination or enforcement of a duty of support is unaffected by any interference by the custodian of the child with rights of custody or visitation granted by a court. When the agency appears on behalf of a child in an action seeking to establish or enforce support, the court may not adjudicate custody, visitation, or property rights in the same action.
(d) An order of arrest may not be issued in the enforcement of child support unless the court has reason to believe that the obligor may flee the jurisdiction or unless the obligor has been ordered to appear in the action and has failed to do so.
(a) A court order requiring payment of child support shall be modified to order payments be made to the agency upon application.
(b) The agency on behalf of the custodian or the state shall take all necessary action permitted by law to enforce child support orders, including petitioning the court for orders to aid in the enforcement of child support.
(c) The determination or enforcement of a duty of support is unaffected by any interference by the custodian of the child with rights of custody or visitation granted by a court. When the agency appears on behalf of a child in an action seeking to establish or enforce support, the court may not adjudicate custody, visitation, or property rights in the same action.
(d) An order of arrest may not be issued in the enforcement of child support unless the court has reason to believe that the obligor may flee the jurisdiction or unless the obligor has been ordered to appear in the action and has failed to do so.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2022 · leading case: Lawson v. Lawson, 108 P.3d 883 (Alaska 2005).
Lawson v. Lawson, 108 P.3d 883 (Alaska 2005). “070, 37 and AS 25.27.080. 38 Lee presents no basis for us to overrule our previous holding in Coghill that Rule 90.”
State, Dep't of Revenue v. DeLeon, 103 P.3d 897 (Alaska 2004). “Indeed, AS 25.27.080(b) expressly permits CSED to petition the court "for orders to aid in the enforcement of child support.”
State, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Enf't Div. v. Wetherelt, 931 P.2d 383 (Alaska 1997). “020(a)(4); AS 25.27.080(b).[ 9 ] CSED’s collection of support cannot be deemed an abuse of discretion when it had no discretion to ignore the support obligation.”
State v. Cent. Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, 371 P.3d 255 (Alaska 2016). “6 See AS 25.27.080. 7 AS 25.25.507(b). 8 See AS 25.”
Hermosillo v. Hermosillo, 962 P.2d 891 (Alaska 1998). “CSED agrees that remand for recalculation is necessary, claiming that the offset of visitation sanctions violated AS 25.27.080(c). CSED also seeks to recalculate the arrears using the correct child support obligation of $150 per month.”
State, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Div. v. Carrick, 923 P.2d 803 (Alaska 1996). “7 CSED next relies on the text of AS 25.27.080(a), which provides that [a] court order requiring payment of child support shall be modified to order payments be made to the agency [CSED] upon application.”
Gertrude Ditsworth v. State of Alaska, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Servs. Div. (Alaska 2022). “Today this language can be found in AS 25.27.080. -3- 1928 support payments (with underlined text entered into blanks on CSSD’s form and strikeouts shown) “in the amount of $250.”
— Alaska Stat. § 25.27.080(a) — 1 case
State, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Div. v. Carrick, 923 P.2d 803 (Alaska 1996). “7 CSED next relies on the text of AS 25.27.080(a), which provides that [a] court order requiring payment of child support shall be modified to order payments be made to the agency [CSED] upon application.”
— Alaska Stat. § 25.27.080(b) — 2 cases
State, Dep't of Revenue v. DeLeon, 103 P.3d 897 (Alaska 2004). “Indeed, AS 25.27.080(b) expressly permits CSED to petition the court "for orders to aid in the enforcement of child support.”
State, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Enf't Div. v. Wetherelt, 931 P.2d 383 (Alaska 1997). “020(a)(4); AS 25.27.080(b).[ 9 ] CSED’s collection of support cannot be deemed an abuse of discretion when it had no discretion to ignore the support obligation.”
— Alaska Stat. § 25.27.080(c) — 1 case
Hermosillo v. Hermosillo, 962 P.2d 891 (Alaska 1998). “CSED agrees that remand for recalculation is necessary, claiming that the offset of visitation sanctions violated AS 25.27.080(c). CSED also seeks to recalculate the arrears using the correct child support obligation of $150 per month.”
— Alaska Stat. § 25.27.080(e) — 1 case
Gertrude Ditsworth v. State of Alaska, Dep't of Revenue, Child Support Servs. Div. (Alaska 2022). “Today this language can be found in AS 25.27.080. -3- 1928 support payments (with underlined text entered into blanks on CSSD’s form and strikeouts shown) “in the amount of $250.”
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