Art. 1302.9 Credit for payments

If a parent has more than one child support order for the same child, and they make a payment, that payment counts toward all matching orders for that same time period. This stops a parent from having to pay the same support twice for the same child during the same period, just because more than one court issued an order.

This can happen when different states or countries have each issued their own child support order for the same child. Instead of ignoring the other orders, courts in Louisiana will look at what was already paid under any of those orders and give credit for it. So if a payment was made under an order from another state, that payment reduces what is owed under a Louisiana order covering that same time period. This rule helps make sure parents get fair credit for support they already paid, no matter which court's order they paid it under.