767.265(8)
(8) In this section, "employer" includes the state and its political subdivisions.
767.265 History
History: 1971 c. 110;
1975 c. 94 s.
91 (3);
1975 c. 199;
1977 c. 105;
1979 c. 32 ss.
50,
92 (4);
1979 c. 196,
221; Stats. 1979 s. 767.265;
1981 c. 20,
186;
1983 a. 27,
384;
1985 a. 29;
1987 a. 38 s.
136;
1987 a. 332 s.
64;
1987 a. 398,
403;
1989 a. 31,
56,
212,
336;
1991 a. 287;
1993 a. 16,
326,
389,
481;
1995 a. 27 s.
9130 (4);
1995 a. 279,
404.
767.265 Annotation
The maximum amount subject to assignment to collect an arrearage is 50% of the support currently due. A 25% wage assignment for current support limits an assignment for arrearages to an additional 12.5% of wages. Marriage of Schnetzer v. Schnetzer, 174 W (2d) 458, 497 NW (2d) 772 (Ct. App. 1993).
767.265 Annotation
Mandatory wage assignment provisions of this section are constitutional. 68 Atty. Gen. 106.
767.266
767.266
Revocation of nontestamentary disposition provision in marital property agreement. Unless the judgment provides otherwise, a judgment of annulment, divorce or legal separation revokes a provision in a marital property agreement under
s. 766.58 which provides that, upon the death of either spouse, any of either or both spouses' property, including after-acquired property, passes without probate to a designated person, trust or other entity by nontestamentary disposition.
767.266 History
History: 1991 a. 301.
767.266 Note
NOTE: 1991 Wis. Act 301, which affected this section, contains extensive legislative council notes.
767.267(1)(1) If the court or the family court commissioner determines that income withholding under
s. 767.265 is inapplicable, ineffective or insufficient to ensure payment under an order or stipulation specified in
s. 767.265 (1), or that income withholding under
s. 767.25 (4m) (c) or
767.51 (3m) (c) is inapplicable, ineffective or insufficient to ensure payment of a child's health care expenses, including payment of health insurance premiums, ordered under
s. 767.25 (4m) or
767.51 (3m), the court or family court commissioner may require the payer to identify or establish a deposit account, owned in whole or in part by the payer, that allows for periodic transfers of funds and to file with the financial institution at which the account is located an authorization for transfer from the account to the clerk of court or support collection designee, whichever is appropriate. The authorization shall be provided on a standard form approved by the court and shall specify the frequency and the amount of transfer, sufficient to meet the payer's obligation under the order or stipulation, as required by the court or family court commissioner. The authorization shall include the payer's consent for the financial institution or an officer, employe or agent of the financial institution to disclose information to the court, family court commissioner, clerk of court or support collection designee regarding the account for which the payer has executed the authorization for transfer.
767.267(2)
(2) A financial institution that receives an authorization for transfer under
sub. (1) shall transfer the amounts as specified in the authorization or shall transfer the amount available for transfer if at a time of transfer that amount is less than the amount specified in the authorization. The financial institution may accomplish the transfer by any lawful means, including payment by check, subject to the terms of the account. The financial institution may deduct from the payer's account for each transfer its usual fee for such fund transfers. If the account is closed or if no funds are available at a time of transfer, the financial institution shall notify the clerk of court or support collection designee, whichever is appropriate, within 10 days after the date on which the funds should have been transferred.
767.267(3)
(3) An authorization for transfer under
sub. (1) has priority over any other authorization for transfer and over an assignment, garnishment or similar legal process under state law or the laws of another state.
767.267(4)
(4) An authorization for transfer under
sub. (1) may not be revoked except by court order.
767.267(5)
(5) A financial institution or an officer, employe or agent of a financial institution may disclose information to the court, family court commissioner, clerk of court or support collection designee concerning an account for which a payer has executed an authorization for transfer under
sub. (1).
767.267(6)
(6) No financial institution or officer, employe or agent of a financial institution is liable to an account owner for any sum transferred, or for any information disclosed, in compliance with this section.
767.267 History
History: 1993 a. 481;
1995 a. 279.
767.27
767.27
Disclosure of assets required. 767.27(1)
(1) In any action affecting the family, except an action to affirm marriage under
s. 767.02 (1) (a), the court shall require each party to furnish, on such standard forms as the court may require, full disclosure of all assets owned in full or in part by either party separately or by the parties jointly. Such disclosure may be made by each party individually or by the parties jointly. Assets required to be disclosed shall include, but shall not be limited to, real estate, savings accounts, stocks and bonds, mortgages and notes, life insurance, interest in a partnership, limited liability company or corporation, tangible personal property, income from employment, future interests whether vested or nonvested, and any other financial interest or source. The court shall also require each party to furnish, on the same standard form, information pertaining to all debts and liabilities of the parties. The form used shall contain a statement in conspicuous print that complete disclosure of assets and debts is required by law and deliberate failure to provide complete disclosure constitutes perjury. The court may on its own initiative and shall at the request of either party require the parties to furnish copies of all state and federal income tax returns filed by them for the past 2 years, and may require copies of such returns for prior years.
767.27(1m)
(1m) In any action affecting the family which involves a minor child, the court shall require, in addition to the disclosure under
sub. (1), that each party furnish the court with information regarding the types and costs of any health insurance policies or plans which are offered through each party's employer or other organization. This disclosure shall include a copy of any health care policy or plan which names the child as a beneficiary at the time that the disclosure is filed under
sub. (2).
767.27(2)
(2) Except as provided in
sub. (2m), disclosure forms required under this section shall be filed within 90 days after the service of summons or the filing of a joint petition or at such other time as ordered by the court or family court commissioner. Information contained on such forms shall be updated on the record to the date of hearing.
767.27(2m)
(2m) In every action in which the court has ordered a party to pay child support under
s. 767.25 or
767.51 or family support under
s. 767.261 and the circumstances specified in
s. 767.075 (1) apply, the court shall require the party who is ordered to pay the support to annually furnish the disclosure form required under this section and may require that party to annually furnish a copy of his or her most recently filed state and federal income tax returns to the designee under
s. 59.53 (5) for the county in which the order was entered. In any action in which the court has ordered a party to pay child support under
s. 767.25 or
767.51 or family support under
s. 767.261, the court may require the party who is ordered to pay the support to annually furnish the disclosure form required under this section and a copy of his or her most recently filed state and federal income tax returns to the party for whom the support has been awarded. A party who fails to furnish the information as required by the court under this subsection may be proceeded against for contempt of court under
ch. 785.
767.27(3)(a)(a) Except as provided in
par. (b), information disclosed under this section shall be confidential and may not be made available to any person for any purpose other than the adjudication, appeal, modification or enforcement of judgment of an action affecting the family of the disclosing parties.
767.27(3)(b)
(b) The clerk of circuit court shall provide information from court records to the department under
s. 59.40 (2) (p).
767.27 Note
NOTE: Par. (b) is shown as affected by two acts of the 1995 legislature and as merged by the revisor under s. 13.93 (2) (c).
767.27(4)
(4) Failure by either party timely to file a complete disclosure statement as required by this section shall authorize the court to accept as accurate any information provided in the statement of the other party or obtained under
s. 49.22 (2m) by the department or the county child and spousal support agency.
767.27(5)
(5) If any party deliberately or negligently fails to disclose information required by
sub. (1) and in consequence thereof any asset or assets with a fair market value of $500 or more is omitted from the final distribution of property, the party aggrieved by such nondisclosure may at any time petition the court granting the annulment, divorce or legal separation to declare the creation of a constructive trust as to all undisclosed assets, for the benefit of the parties and their minor or dependent children, if any, with the party in whose name the assets are held declared the constructive trustee, said trust to include such terms and conditions as the court may determine. The court shall grant the petition upon a finding of a failure to disclose such assets as required under
sub. (1).
767.275
767.275
Disposition of assets prior to action. In any action affecting the family, except an action to affirm marriage under
s. 767.02 (1) (a), any asset with a fair market value of $500 or more which would be considered part of the estate of either or both of the parties if owned by either or both of them at the time of the action, but which was transferred for inadequate consideration, wasted, given away or otherwise unaccounted for by one of the parties within one year prior to the filing of the petition or the length of the marriage, whichever is shorter, shall be rebuttably presumed to be part of the estate for the purposes of
s. 767.255 and shall be subject to the disclosure requirement of
s. 767.27. Transfers which resulted in an exchange of assets of substantially equivalent value need not be specifically disclosed where such assets are otherwise identified in the statement of net worth.
767.275 History
History: 1977 c. 105;
1979 c. 32 ss.
50,
92 (4);
1979 c. 352 s.
39; Stats. 1979 s. 767.275.
767.28
767.28
Maintenance, legal custody and support when divorce or separation denied. In a judgment in an action for divorce or legal separation, although such divorce or legal separation is denied, the court may make such order for the legal custody of and periods of physical placement with any of the minor children and for the maintenance of either spouse and support of such children by either spouse out of property or income, as the nature of the case may render just and reasonable. If the court orders child support under this section, the court shall determine the child support payments in a manner consistent with
s. 767.25, regardless of the fact that the court has not entered a judgment of divorce or legal separation.
767.28 History
History: 1971 c. 220;
1979 c. 32 s.
50; Stats. 1979 s. 767.28;
1987 a. 355;
1993 a. 481.
767.29
767.29
Maintenance, child support and family support payments, receipt and disbursement; family court commissioner, fees and compensation. 767.29(1)
(1) All orders or judgments providing for temporary or permanent maintenance, child support or family support payments shall direct the payment of all such sums to the clerk of court, or support collection designee in a county that has designated a support collection designee under
s. 59.07 (97m) [59.53 (5m)], for the use of the person for whom the same has been awarded. A party securing an order for temporary maintenance, child support or family support payments shall forthwith file the order, together with all pleadings in the action, with the clerk of court or support collection designee. Except as provided in
sub. (1m), the clerk or support collection designee shall disburse the money so received under the judgment or order within 15 days and take receipts therefor, unless the clerk or support collection designee is unable to disburse the moneys because they were paid by check or other draft drawn upon an account containing insufficient funds. All moneys received or disbursed under this section shall be entered in a record kept by the clerk or support collection designee, whichever is appropriate, which shall be open to inspection by the department for the administration of the child and spousal support and establishment of paternity program under
s. 49.22, the parties to the action and their attorneys, and the family court commissioner. If the maintenance, child support or family support payments adjudged or ordered to be paid shall not be paid to the clerk or support collection designee at the time provided in the judgment or order, the clerk or support collection designee or the family court commissioner of the county shall take such proceedings as he or she considers advisable to secure the payment of the sum including enforcement by contempt proceedings under
ch. 785 or by other means. Copies of any order issued to compel the payment shall be mailed to counsel who represented each party when the maintenance, child support or family support payments were awarded. In case any fees of officers in any of the proceedings, including the compensation of the family court commissioner at the rate of $50 per day unless the commissioner is on a salaried basis, is not collected from the person proceeded against, the fees shall be paid out of the county treasury upon the order of the presiding judge and the certificate of the clerk of court or support collection designee.
767.29 Note
NOTE: The bracketed language indicates the correct cross-reference. Corrective legislation is pending.
767.29(1m)
(1m) Notwithstanding
ss. 767.25 (6),
767.261 and
767.51 (5p), if the clerk of court or support collection designee receives support or maintenance money that exceeds the amount due in the month in which it is received and that the clerk or support collection designee determines is for support or maintenance due in a succeeding month, the clerk or support collection designee may hold the amount of overpayment that does not exceed the amount due in the next month for disbursement in the next month if any of the following applies:
767.29(1m)(a)
(a) The payee or the payer requests that the overpayment be held until the month when it is due.
767.29(1m)(b)
(b) The court or the family court commissioner has ordered that overpayments of child support, family support or maintenance that do not exceed the amount of support or maintenance due in the next month may be held for disbursement in the next month.
767.29(1m)(c)
(c) The party entitled to the support or maintenance money has applied for or is receiving aid to families with dependent children and there is an assignment to the state under
s. 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. or
49.19 (4) (h) 1. b. of the party's right to the support or maintenance money.
767.29(1m)(d)
(d) The clerk or support collection designee determines that the overpayment should be held until the month when it is due.
767.29(2)
(2) If any party entitled to maintenance payments or support money, or both, is receiving public assistance under
ch. 49, the party may assign the party's right thereto to the county department under
s. 46.215,
46.22 or
46.23 granting such assistance. Such assignment shall be approved by order of the court granting the maintenance payments or support money, and may be terminated in like manner; except that it shall not be terminated in cases where there is any delinquency in the amount of maintenance payments and support money previously ordered or adjudged to be paid to the assignee without the written consent of the assignee or upon notice to the assignee and hearing. When an assignment of maintenance payments or support money, or both, has been approved by the order, the assignee shall be deemed a real party in interest within
s. 803.01 but solely for the purpose of securing payment of unpaid maintenance payments or support money adjudged or ordered to be paid, by participating in proceedings to secure the payment thereof. Notwithstanding assignment under this subsection, and without further order of the court, the clerk of court or support collection designee, upon receiving notice that a party or a minor child of the parties is receiving aid under
s. 49.19, shall forward all support assigned under
s. 48.57 (3m) (b) 2.,
49.19 (4) (h) 1. or
49.45 (19) to the department.
767.29(3)
(3) If maintenance payments or support money, or both, is ordered to be paid for the benefit of any person, who is committed by court order to an institution or is in confinement, or whose legal custody is vested by court order under
ch. 48 or
938 in an agency, department or relative, the court or family court commissioner may order such maintenance payments or support money to be paid to the relative or agency, institution, welfare department or other entity having the legal or actual custody of said person, and to be used for the latter's care and maintenance, without the appointment of a guardian under
ch. 880.
767.29(4)
(4) If an order or judgment providing for the support of one or more children not receiving aid under
s. 48.57 (3m) or
49.19 includes support for a minor who is the beneficiary of aid under
s. 48.57 (3m) or
49.19, any support payment made under the order or judgment is assigned to the state under
s. 48.57 (3m) (b) 2. or
49.19 (4) (h) 1. b. in the amount that is the proportionate share of the minor receiving aid under
s. 48.57 (3m) or
49.19, except as otherwise ordered by the court on the motion of a party.
767.29 History
History: 1971 c. 41 s.
12; Sup. Ct. Order, 67 W (2d) 585, 775 (1975);
1975 c. 82,
200;
1975 c. 401 s.
4;
1977 c. 105 s.
59;
1977 c. 271,
418,
447;
1979 c. 32 ss.
50,
92 (4);
1979 c. 257 s.
17; Stats. 1979 s. 767.29;
1981 c. 20 s.
2202 (20) (m);
1983 a. 27,
302;
1985 a. 29,
176;
1991 a. 39;
1993 a. 481;
1995 a. 27 ss.
7104tm,
9126 (19),
9130 (4);
1995 a. 77,
279,
289,
404.
767.29 Annotation
Public welfare agency is entitled to collect unpaid alimony and support money which had accumulated prior to the effective date of assignment under (2) and prior to assignor's receipt of welfare assistance. Schiavo v. Schiavo, 71 W (2d) 136, 237 NW (2d) 702.
767.29 Annotation
Defense of laches is not available in an action or proceeding brought to secure enforcement of a child-support order in a divorce action. Paterson v. Paterson, 73 W (2d) 150, 242 NW (2d) 907.
767.29 Annotation
See note to 785.03, citing In re Marriage of Biel v. Biel, 130 W (2d) 335, 387 NW (2d) 295 (Ct. App. 1986).
767.29 Annotation
Sub. (1) specifically authorizes family court commissioner to initiate contempt action to enforce child support orders pursuant to 785.06. State ex rel. Stedman v. Rohner, 149 W (2d) 146, 438 NW (2d) 585 (1989).
767.29 Annotation
Commissioner acts in public interest, not as private advocate, when bringing remedial contempt proceeding to enforce existing order or judgment under (1).
76 Atty. Gen. 21.
767.293
767.293
Affidavit for certain arrearages. 767.293(1)
(1) If an order for child support under this chapter or
s. 948.22 (7), an order for family support under this chapter or a stipulation approved by the court or the family court commissioner for child support under this chapter requires a payer to pay child or family support in an amount that is expressed as a percentage of parental income, the payee, including the state or its designee under
s. 59.53 (5) if the state is a real party in interest under
s. 767.075 (1), may establish an arrearage by filing an affidavit in the action in which the order for the payment of support was entered or the stipulation for support was approved. The affidavit shall state the amount of the arrearage and the facts supporting a reasonable basis on which the arrearage was determined and may state the payer's current income and the facts supporting a reasonable basis on which the payer's current income was determined. Not later than 60 days after filing the affidavit, the payee shall serve the affidavit on the payer in the manner provided in
s. 801.11 (1) (a) or
(b) or by sending the affidavit by registered or certified mail to the last-known address of the payer. After the payee files a proof of service on the payer, the court shall send a notice to the payer by regular, registered or certified mail to the payer's last-known address. The notice shall provide that, unless the payer requests a hearing to dispute the arrearage or the amount of the arrearage not later than 20 days after the date of the notice, the court or family court commissioner may enter an order against the payer in the amount stated in the affidavit and may provide notice of assignment under
s. 767.265. The notice shall include the mailing address to which the request for hearing must be mailed or delivered in order to schedule a hearing under
sub. (2).
767.293(2)
(2) If the payer makes a timely request for a hearing, the court or family court commissioner shall hold a hearing on the issue of the amount of the arrearage, if any. If the court or family court commissioner determines after hearing that an arrearage exists, the court or family court commissioner shall enter an order establishing an arrearage in the amount determined by the court or family court commissioner and may send notice of assignment under
s. 767.265.
767.293(3)
(3) If the court or family court commissioner sends the notice under
sub. (1) and the payer fails to make a timely request for a hearing, the court or family court commissioner, if the affidavit demonstrates to the satisfaction of the court or family court commissioner that an arrearage exists, shall enter an order establishing an arrearage in the amount determined by the court or family court commissioner and may send notice of assignment under
s. 767.265. The court or family court commissioner shall send the order to the payer's last-known address and shall inform the payer whether an assignment is in effect and that the payer may, within a 10-day period, by motion request a hearing on the issue of whether the order should be vacated or the assignment should be withdrawn.
767.293(4)
(4) An assignment under
sub. (2) or
(3) shall replace any assignment in effect for the order or stipulation on which the arrearage is based. An assignment under
sub. (2) or
(3) shall be for an amount sufficient to ensure payment under the order or stipulation on which the arrearage is based and to pay the arrearage determined under
sub. (2) or
(3), together with any arrearages due before the proceeding under this section, at a periodic rate not to exceed 50% of the amount of support due under the order or stipulation on which the arrearage determined under
sub. (2) or
(3) is based, except that the total amount withheld under the assignment may not leave the payer at an income below the poverty line established under
42 USC 9902 (2).
767.293(6)
(6) Section 814.025 applies to the filing of an affidavit under this section.
767.293 History
History: 1993 a. 481;
1995 a. 201.
767.295
767.295
Work experience and job training orders and child support orders in certain cases. 767.295(1)
(1) In this section, "custodial parent" means a parent who lives with his or her child for substantial periods of time.
767.295(2)(a)(a) In an action for modification of a child support order under
s. 767.32, an action in which an order for child support is required under
s. 767.25 (1) or
767.51 (3) or a contempt of court proceeding to enforce a child support or family support order in a county that contracts under
s. 49.36 (2), the court may order a parent who is not a custodial parent to register for a work experience and job training program under
s. 49.36 if all of the following conditions are met:
767.295(2)(a)1m.
1m. If the parent resides in a county other than the county in which the court action or proceeding takes place, the parent resides in a county with a work experience and job training program under
s. 49.36 and that county agrees to enroll the parent in the program.
767.295(2)(a)2.
2. The parent works, on average, less than 32 hours per week, and is not participating in an employment or training program which meets guidelines established by the department.
767.295(2)(a)3.
3. The parent's actual weekly gross income averages less than 40 times the federal minimum hourly wage under
29 USC 206 (a) (1) or the parent is earning less than the parent has the ability to earn, as determined by the court.
767.295(2)(b)
(b) Under this subsection, the parent is presumed to be able to work full time. The parent has the burden of proving that he or she is not able to work full time.
767.295(2)(c)
(c) If the court enters an order under
par. (a), it shall order the parent to pay child support equal to the amount determined by applying the percentage standard established under
s. 49.22 (9) to the income a person would earn by working 40 hours per week for the federal minimum hourly wage under
29 USC 206 (a) (1) or equal to the amount of child support that the parent was ordered to pay in the most recent determination of support under this chapter. The child support obligation ordered under this paragraph continues until the parent makes timely payment in full for 3 consecutive months or until the person participates in the program under
s. 49.36 for 16 weeks, whichever comes first. The court shall provide in its order that the parent must make child support payments calculated under
s. 767.25 (1j) or
(1m) or
767.51 (4m) or
(5) after the obligation to make payments ordered under this paragraph ceases.
767.30
767.30
Enforcement of payments ordered. 767.30(1)
(1) If the court orders any payment for support under
s. 48.355 (2) (b) 4.,
48.357 (5m),
48.363 (2),
938.183 (2),
938.355 (2) (b) 4.,
938.357 (5m) or
938.363 (2), support or maintenance under
s. 767.08, child support, family support or maintenance under
s. 767.23, child support under
s. 767.25, maintenance under
s. 767.26, family support under
s. 767.261, attorney fees under
s. 767.262, paternity obligations under
s. 767.51, support arrearages under
s. 767.293 or child or spousal support under
s. 948.22 (7), the court may provide that any payment be paid in the amounts and at the times that it considers expedient.
767.30(2)
(2) The court may impose liability for any payment listed under
sub. (1) as a charge upon any specific real estate of the party liable or may require that party to give sufficient security for payment. However, no such charge upon real estate may become effectual until the order or judgment imposing liability or a certified copy of it is recorded in the office of the register of deeds in the county in which the real estate is situated.
767.30(3)
(3) If the party fails to pay a payment ordered under
sub. (1) or to give security under
sub. (2), the court may by any appropriate remedy enforce the judgment, or the order as if it were a final judgment, including any past due payment and interest. Appropriate remedies include but are not limited to:
767.30(3)(f)
(f) For failure to pay child support or family support, satisfaction under
s. 780.10 out of the proceeds of the sale of any ship, boat or vessel attached and sold under
ch. 780.
767.30(4)
(4) Upon the request of a county, the department of natural resources shall provide the county with a list of the names and addresses of all of the owners of boats that have a valid certificate of number or registration that has been issued by the department under
s. 30.52. The department shall prepare the list annually before May 31 of each year.
767.30 Annotation
A court is justified in requiring the creation of a trust to secure the payment of support money where the husband has a record of failing to obey prior court orders. Foregger v. Foregger, 48 W (2d) 512, 180 NW (2d) 578.
767.30 Annotation
See note to 767.25, citing State ex rel. v. Reible, 91 W (2d) 394, 283 NW (2d) 427 (Ct. App. 1979).
767.30 Annotation
Court had power to order father to look for additional or alternative employment or be held in contempt. Proper contempt procedures discussed. Marriage of Dennis, 117 W (2d) 249, 344 NW (2d) 128 (1984).
767.30 Annotation
There is no authority under this section to grant credits against arrearages. To grant a credit requires modification of the judgment under s. 76.32. Under s. 767.32 (1r) a court is without discretion to grant credits against arrearages for direct payments made for child support regardless of when the order was entered. Douglas County Child Support v. Fisher, 200 W (2d) 807, 547 NW (2d) 801 (Ct. App. 1996).
767.303
767.303
Enforcement of child support; suspension of operating privilege. 767.303(1)(1) If a person fails to pay a payment ordered for support under
s. 767.077, support under
s. 767.08, child support or family support under
s. 767.23, child support under
s. 767.25, family support under
s. 767.261, revised child or family support under
s. 767.32, child support under
s. 767.458 (3), child support under
s. 767.51, child support under
ch. 769 or child support under
s. 948.22 (7), the payment is 90 or more days past due and the court finds that the person has the ability to pay the amount ordered, the court may suspend the person's operating privilege, as defined in
s. 340.01 (40), until the person pays all arrearages in full or makes payment arrangements that are satisfactory to the court, except that the suspension period may not exceed 5 years. If otherwise eligible, the person is eligible for an occupational license under
s. 343.10 at any time.
767.303(2)
(2) Whenever the court orders suspension of a person's operating privilege under
sub. (1), the court shall notify the department of transportation, in the form and manner prescribed by the department. The notice to the department shall include the name and last-known address of the person against whom the support order was entered, certification by the court that the person has been notified of the entry of the support order and that there are arrearages in support payments that are 90 or more days past due, the place where the arrearages may be paid and that the person's operating privilege shall remain suspended until the person pays all arrearages in full or makes payment arrangements that are satisfactory to the court, except that the suspension period may not exceed 5 years.
767.303(3)
(3) If the person subsequently pays the full amount of the arrearages or makes payment arrangements that are satisfactory to the court, the court shall immediately notify the department of transportation of the payment, in the form and manner prescribed by the department.
767.303(4)
(4) This section applies to support arrearages existing on or after October 1, 1996, regardless of when the arrearages accrued or when the order or judgment requiring the payment of support was entered.
