Sec. 33. (a) An obligor may contest the Title IV-D agency’s determination to issue an order under section 32 of this chapter by making a written application to the Title IV-D agency within twenty (20) days after the date the notice is mailed to the obligor.

     (b) The only basis for contesting an order issued under this section is a mistake of fact.

     (c) The Title IV-D agency or the office of administrative law proceedings shall hold a hearing, within twenty-five (25) days after written application is made under subsection (a), to review its determination to issue an order under section 32 of this chapter. The Title IV-D agency or the office of administrative law proceedings shall make a determination in writing on the issuance of an order under section 32 of this chapter at the hearing.

     (d) If the obligor requests a hearing but fails to appear or if the obligor appears and is found to be delinquent, the Title IV-D agency or the office of administrative law proceedings shall issue an order to the bureau of motor vehicles stating that the obligor is delinquent.

     (e) An order issued under subsection (d) must require the following:

(1) If the obligor who is the subject of the order holds a driving license or permit on the date the order is issued, that the obligor’s driving privileges be suspended under further order of the Title IV-D agency or the office of administrative law proceedings.

(2) If the obligor who is the subject of the order does not hold a driving license or permit on the date the order is issued, that the bureau of motor vehicles may not issue a driving license or permit to the obligor until the bureau of motor vehicles receives a further order from the Title IV-D agency or the office of administrative law proceedings.

As added by P.L.145-2006, SEC.271. Amended by P.L.183-2017, SEC.11; P.L.13-2021, SEC.10.