{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-137","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-137","heading":"Past due payments operate as judgments – Cessation of lien","body":"after period of years – Duration of arrearage payment.\n\nA. Any payment or installment of child support ordered pursuant\n\nto any order, judgment, or decree of the district court or\n\nadministrative order of the Department of Human Services is, on and\n\nafter the date it becomes past due, a judgment by operation of law.\n\nJudgments for past due support shall:\n\n1. Have the full force and effect of any other judgment of this\n\nstate, including the ability to be enforced by any method available\n\nunder the laws of this state to enforce and collect money judgments;\n\nand\n\n2. Be entitled to full faith and credit as a judgment in this\n\nstate and any other state.\n\nB. A child support judgment shall not become dormant for any\n\npurpose, except that it shall cease to be a lien upon real property\n\nfive (5) years from the date it is filed of record with the county\n\nclerk in the county where the property is located, unless the\n\njudgment lien is extended in accordance with subsection C of Section\n\n759 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\n1. Except as otherwise provided by court order, a judgment for\n\npast due child support shall be enforceable until paid in full.\n\n2. An order that provides for payment of child support, if\n\nwillfully disobeyed, may be enforced by indirect civil contempt\n\nproceedings, notwithstanding that the support payment is a judgment\n\non and after the date it becomes past due. After the implementation\n\nof the Centralized Support Registry, any amounts determined to be\n\npast due by the Department of Human Services may subsequently be\n\nenforced by indirect civil contempt proceedings.\n\nC. An arrearage payment schedule set by a court or\n\nadministrative order shall not exceed three (3) years, unless\n\nimposition of a payment schedule would be unjust, inequitable,\n\nunreasonable, or inappropriate under the circumstances, or not in\n\nthe best interests of the child or children involved. When making\n\nthis determination, reasonable support obligations of either parent\n\nfor other children in the custody of the parent may be considered.\n\nIf an arrearage payment schedule that exceeds three (3) years is\n\nset, specific findings of fact supporting the action shall be made.","path":["OK Code","Title 43"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os43.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"4ff2f07433e9a78bc3ea70b1d60660d032bea57914115b80bd3cbd49349fa0cf","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-136","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43-43-138"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}