Louisiana Revised Statutes & Codes

La. Rev. Stat. § 9:312 (2026)

A. On motion of the party ordered to make child support payments pursuant to court decree, by consent or otherwise, after a contradictory hearing and a showing of good cause based upon the expenditure of child support for the six months immediately prior to the filing of the motion, the court shall order the recipient of the support payments to render an accounting.

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§312. Child support; accounting; requirements

A. On motion of the party ordered to make child support payments pursuant to court decree, by consent or otherwise, after a contradictory hearing and a showing of good cause based upon the expenditure of child support for the six months immediately prior to the filing of the motion, the court shall order the recipient of the support payments to render an accounting.

B. The accounting ordered by the court after the hearing shall be in the form of an expense and income affidavit for the child with supporting documentation and shall be provided quarterly to the moving party. The order requiring accounting in accordance with this Section shall continue in effect as long as support payments are made or in accordance with the court order.

C. The movant shall pay all court costs and attorney fees of the recipient of child support when the motion is dismissed prior to the hearing, and the court determines the motion was frivolous, or when, after the contradictory hearing, the court does not find good cause sufficient to justify an order requiring the recipient to render such accounting and the court determines the motion was frivolous.

D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply when the recipient of the support payments is a public entity acting on behalf of another party to whom support is due.

Acts 1997, No. 1197, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1082, §1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1987–2010 · leading case: Hansel v. Hansel, 802 So. 2d 875 (La. Ct. App. 2001).

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Hansel v. Hansel, 802 So. 2d 875 (La. Ct. App. 2001). “On appeal, Sarah Hansel contends that in his January 7, 2000 judgment, Judge Belsome erred in: (1) finding that a change of circumstances existed to warrant a re-evaluation of child support; (2) failing to find good cause for making the child support reduction prospective; (3)…”

Fuge v. Uiterwyk, 613 So. 2d 717 (La. Ct. App. 1993). “R.S. 9:312, we believe it is in the *723 interest of all that the remaining issues of visitation, place of visits, and length of visits should now be reconsidered by the trial court because the circumstances of both parties have changed and the children have grown older.”

Harang v. Ponder, 36 So. 3d 954 (La. Ct. App. 2010). “Harang’s expenditures for the six months immediately preceding the filing of his motion for the accounting, as required by LSA-R.S. 9:312(A). Thus, there was no evidence for the trial court to consider whether the child support payments had not been used to benefit JHP in the…”

Glover v. Tooley, 641 So. 2d 1032 (La. Ct. App. 1994). “Clearly, under the provisions of LSA-R.S. 9:312, such a ruling is soundly within the discretion of the court upon its own motion or the motion of either party.”

Pool v. Luley, 508 So. 2d 867 (La. Ct. App. 1987). “Pool’s visitation to Jefferson Parish with the requisite that he post a $5,000 bond (LSA-R.S. 9:312) is also in the child’s best interests.”

— La. Rev. Stat. § 9:312(A) — 1 case

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