N.D. Cent. Code § 14-08.1-05.1: 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.