Ind. Code Ann. § 22-3-2-17 :
Article 3. Worker's Compensation System (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 2. Worker's Compensation: Application, Rights, and Remedies (Refs & Annos)
22-3-2-17 Claims for compensation; assignment; creditor claims; child support income withholding
Sec. 17. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no claims for compensation under IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 shall be assignable, and all compensation and claims therefor shall be exempt from all claims of creditors.
(b) Compensation awards under IC IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 are subject to child support income withholding under IC 31-16-15 and other remedies available for the enforcement of a child support order. The maximum amount that may be withheld under this subsection is one-half ( 1/2 ) of the compensation award.
Last Amended: 1999
1999
As amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.26; P.L.95-1988, SEC.2; P.L.1-1997, SEC.106; P.L.213-1999, SEC.7.