Section 65IAC8-4-4. Assignment of prizes

   (a) The director or the director's designee may pay any prize to the estate of a deceased prize winner upon presentation of sufficient evidence of the death of the prize winner as determined by the director or the director's designee.

  (b) A prize or a portion of a prize may be paid to another person under IC 4-30-11-2 pursuant to an appropriate judicial order where payment of the prize or a portion of the prize is ordered as an appropriate remedy in one (1) or more of the following circumstances:

(1) The order resolves an issue regarding the proper claimant or claimants for a prize.

(2) The order directs the payment of prize winnings to a former spouse as part of an equitable distribution or spousal support in a marital dissolution case.

(3) The order satisfies a child support obligation or arrearage.

(4) The order is for a garnishment allowing a debtor to satisfy a judgment.

(5) The director or the director's designee determines that the order is reasonably within the same class of orders listed in subdivisions (1) through (4).

  (c) An appropriate order does not include an order requested for the convenience of the prize claimant or as part of a factoring transaction or other voluntary debt incurred in exchange for an assignment of future prize payments. (State Lottery Commission; 65 IAC 8-4-4; emergency rule filed Aug 10, 2010, 10:39 a.m.: 20100901-IR-065100542ERA; emergency rule filed Jun 28, 2013, 1:16 p.m.: 20130710-IR-065130299ERA) NOTE: Agency cited as 65 IAC 8-4-5, which was renumbered by the Publisher as 65 IAC 8-4-4.