Any creditor of maintenance may have the amount of such maintenance paid directly to him by third parties who owe him sums of money that are due and payable to him. In particular, he may exercise this right in the hands of any debtor of sums due by way of remuneration, as well as any depositary of funds.
An application for direct payment is admissible as soon as a maintenance instalment has not been paid when due and has been fixed by :
1° A court decision that has become enforceable ;
1° bis An agreement approved by the court;
2° An agreement by which the spouses mutually consent to their divorce or legal separation by private deed countersigned by lawyers, filed with a notary in accordance with the procedures set out inarticle 229-1 of the Civil Code;
3° A deed notarised by a notary;
4° An agreement made enforceable under the conditions set out in article L. 582-2 of the Social Security Code;
5° A settlement or a deed recording an agreement resulting from mediation, conciliation or a participatory procedure, when they are countersigned by the lawyers of each of the parties and endorsed by the clerk of the competent court pursuant to 7° of Article L. 111-3.
This procedure applies to the recovery of contributions to the costs of the marriage underarticle 214 of the Civil Code. It also applies to the recovery of the annuity provided for by article 276 and the subsidies provided for by article 342 of the same code.