REDAM: Peru's Registry of Delinquent Child Support Debtors
REDAM is a free, public registry run by Peru's Judiciary that lists anyone who owes three or more child/family-support installments. Registration isn't automatic — the beneficiary (or the judge) has to request it from the court that handled the support case, and it's only cancelled once the debtor proves the debt was paid.
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The clock running against you
3 business days from the court's notice of the REDAM registration request.This is a procedural deadline: miss it and you lose that route and have to start another.
If the debtor doesn't respond or prove payment within this window, the judge orders the REDAM registration within the following three business days.
D.S. N.° 008-2019-JUS, Reglamento de la Ley N.° 28970, artículo 5.2 y 5.3
What REDAM is
REDAM (Registro de Deudores Alimentarios Morosos) is a free, public registry run by Peru’s Judiciary. Article 1 of Ley N.° 28970 created it “within the Governing Body of the Judiciary” — in practice, the Executive Council of the Judiciary, through its General Management office — to list people who owe child or family support and aren’t paying it. It’s not a criminal record or a generic delinquency list: it’s a mechanism built specifically for unpaid support, designed so that information reaches banks, employers, and government entities without the beneficiary having to chase enforcement on every front themselves.
Who can end up on it: the three-installment threshold
The law sets a concrete threshold, not something left to a judge’s discretion. Under Article 1 of Ley 28970 and Article 4.1 of its Regulation, someone qualifies as a delinquent support debtor once they owe three installments, consecutive or not, of a support obligation set by a final judgment or a settlement agreement with the force of a final ruling. The Regulation adds a further case for pending proceedings: if there’s a provisional support order under a precautionary measure, or an out-of-court settlement is being enforced, owing three accrued support payments is enough to qualify the same way — there’s no need to wait for the main case to conclude.
How someone gets registered
Registration doesn’t happen on its own. Article 4.2 of the Regulation allows two paths: the court can order it on its own initiative, or the beneficiary can request it by filling out the Annex I form in the Regulation and filing it with the court that handled the support case (or whoever is responsible for enforcing the settlement agreement).
Once the process starts, it runs on short, specific deadlines (Article 5 of the Regulation):
- The court has 1 business day to notify the debtor about the registration request.
- The debtor has 3 business days to report whether the debt has been paid.
- After that, the judge has another 3 business days to order the registration — unless the debtor proved payment, in which case the beneficiary is notified of that instead.
What happens if the court misses its deadline (the 2023 change)
Before November 2023, if the court simply didn’t rule within the deadline, there wasn’t a clear alternative beyond pushing the case procedurally. Ley N.° 31932 closed that gap by adding paragraph 4.6 to Article 4 of Ley 28970: if the three-day deadline passes without the court ordering the registration, the interested party can request it directly from REDAM itself, attaching the order the judge never processed and a certified copy of the final ruling declaring the defendant a delinquent support debtor. When REDAM receives that request, it must forward a copy to the Oficina Desconcentrada de Control de la Magistratura (ODECMA), the Judiciary’s internal oversight office, so it can look into whether the court that failed to rule should face disciplinary action.
What the registry contains and who can see it
The registry is open to direct, free access by any person or public or private institution, per Article 3.2 of the Regulation — no special standing is needed to check it. It holds the debtor’s data (name, national ID, address, a photo sourced from RENIEC) and details of the unpaid obligation (amount owed, court). Information is updated at least once a month, and within a maximum of three business days for cancellations. On top of that, the Judiciary reports the consolidated list to the SBS (the banking and insurance regulator) every month and may also send it to private credit bureaus (Article 6 of Ley 28970) — which is why a REDAM registration can show up on someone’s credit history.
What registration actually does
This is where most of the confusion lives. REDAM is not an automatic bar from working for the government or contracting with it. Article 12.1 of the Regulation says so directly: a delinquent debtor can still apply for and access the civil service, be appointed a public official or trusted-position officer, or contract with the State. What the rule requires is that, before the contract is signed or the appointment resolution is issued, the debtor prove the debt was cancelled or authorize a payroll (or other) deduction covering the monthly support amount. The entity, for its part, must check REDAM before processing that appointment or those contracts (Article 12.7).
For people who are already working in the public sector when they get registered, the Regulation goes a step further: the First Final Complementary Provision requires them to sign the deduction authorization or prove cancellation within a set window, “under penalty of the contract being terminated” — meaning failing to do so can end in the termination of their relationship with the State.
The treatment is different and lighter in the private sector: Article 14 only requires the employer to inform the applicant or employee of their REDAM status and have its HR office check the registry every six months, aimed at encouraging (not forcing) a deduction authorization. It’s not a hiring condition or a dismissal ground under this rule.
Finally, registration doesn’t trigger a garnishment by itself if the debtor still doesn’t pay: Article 9 of Ley 28970 requires the court, once it receives the relevant report (say, from SUNAT, the Ministry of Labor, or Banco de la Nación about the debtor’s assets or income), to issue within five days the order for withholding or garnishment — it’s an additional judicial step, not something that happens automatically.
How to get removed from REDAM
The debtor can request cancellation at any time, as long as they prove the debt was paid (Article 6.2 of the Regulation). The court has a maximum of three business days to rule on that request, plus one more business day to forward the decision to REDAM. REDAM, in turn, must process the cancellation within a maximum of three business days, and within the following five business days must notify the SBS and any private credit bureaus it has agreements with, so they update their records too.
What to do
If you’re the beneficiary of an unpaid support order, first check whether the three-installment threshold (or three accrued payments, if the case is still pending) has been met, and file the registration request with the same court that handled your case, using the Annex I form. If the court doesn’t rule within the deadline, you’ve had the option since 2023 to go straight to REDAM. If instead you’re the one who’s registered and you’ve already paid, gather your proof of payment and request cancellation as soon as possible — and in the meantime, if you’re applying for a public position or looking to contract with the State, be ready to prove payment or authorize the deduction before signing.
How a registration request moves through the system
The support debtor
The legal threshold is met
Once three installments (consecutive or not) or three accrued support payments go unpaid
The court, on its own initiative, or the beneficiary via the Annex I form
The registration request is filed
At any time after the threshold is met
The court
The court notifies the debtor
1 business day from the start of the process
The support debtor
The debtor responds or proves payment
3 business days from notice
The court
The court orders the registration (or denies it if payment is proven)
3 business days after the debtor's deadline expires
The interested party
If the court missed its deadline, the interested party goes directly to REDAM
The day after the court's three-day deadline expires
Source: Ley N.° 31932, que modifica la Ley N.° 28970, Artículo único, párrafo 4.6 incorporado al artículo 4
REDAM
REDAM processes the registration and reports it to the SBS and credit bureaus
Maximum 3 business days to register; monthly report to the SBS (up to 5 business days for a cancellation)
These periods are counted differently, so we don't add them up.
The bars are to scale with each other; the longest is 3 business days.
These are the deadlines set out for the ordinary process before the court; the Regulation does not specify whether the 'day after' in the direct-to-REDAM mechanism added by Ley 31932 is a business day or a calendar day.
How to file
- Check that the minimum threshold is metThree consecutive or non-consecutive unpaid installments under a final judgment or settlement agreement, or three accrued unpaid support payments if the case is still pending (under a precautionary order or an out-of-court settlement enforcement).
- File the request with the court that handled the support caseFill out the Annex I form in the Regulation and file it with the same court that issued the ruling, or whoever is responsible for enforcing the settlement agreement.
- Wait for the debtor to be notified and given a chance to respondThe court has one business day to notify the debtor, who then has three business days to show proof of payment. After that, the judge has another three business days to order the registration, or to notify the beneficiary instead if the debtor proved payment.
- If the court misses its deadline, request the registration directly from REDAMSince Ley N.° 31932 (2023), you can go straight to REDAM the day after the court's three-day deadline expires, attaching the unprocessed court order and a certified copy of the final ruling declaring the debtor delinquent.
- Check the registryAccess is free and public. The Judiciary maintains a page with REDAM's official documents and links.
- If you already paid, request cancellationYou can request it at any time by proving payment to the court. The judge rules within a maximum of three business days and forwards the cancellation to REDAM.
What people fail to ask in time
Did you know REDAM only works once there's already a final support judgment or settlement — so if paternity was never legally established, that has to happen first through a separate process?
Find out before it matters →What most people believe — and what the law says
Being on REDAM automatically bars you from working for the government or signing any public contract.
It's not a ban. Article 12.1 of the Regulation says a delinquent debtor can still apply for and access the civil service, be appointed a public official or trusted-position officer, or contract with the State. The only requirement is that, before the contract is signed or the appointment resolution issued, the debtor proves the debt was paid or authorizes a payroll (or other) deduction covering the monthly support amount.
The payroll deduction or hiring block works the same way at a private company as it does in a government agency.
It doesn't. For the public sector and for anyone contracting with the State, Article 12.1 conditions the signing of the contract or appointment on proving payment or authorizing the deduction. For the private sector, Article 14 only requires informing the applicant or employee of their status and checking REDAM every six months — it does not make that authorization a condition of hiring.
Once you're on REDAM, there's no way off.
Article 6.2 of the Regulation lets the debtor request cancellation at any time, as long as they prove the debt was paid. The judge has a maximum of three business days to rule on that request and forward the cancellation to REDAM.
If you stop paying support, your wages get garnished automatically, with no one having to act.
It's not automatic in that sense: Article 9 of Ley 28970 requires the court, once it receives the relevant report, to issue within five days the order for withholding or garnishment. It's a required judicial step, not something that happens on its own the moment an installment is missed.
Only the judge can request someone's registration in REDAM; if the judge doesn't act, there's nothing else to do.
Since Ley N.° 31932 (2023), if the court doesn't order the registration within the three-day deadline set out in Article 4, the interested party can request it directly from REDAM itself, attaching the unprocessed order and the final court ruling declaring the debtor delinquent.
Frequently asked questions
How many unpaid support installments does it take to land on REDAM?
Three installments, whether consecutive or not, under Article 1 of Ley 28970 and Article 4.1 of its Regulation. If the support case is still pending (for example, there's a provisional support order under a precautionary measure), the threshold is three accrued and unpaid support payments.
Who can request that someone be registered on REDAM?
The court itself can order it on its own initiative, or the support beneficiary can request it by filling out the Annex I form in the Regulation and filing it with the court that handled the support case or is enforcing the settlement agreement.
What happens if I file the request and the court doesn't rule in time?
Since Ley N.° 31932, published in November 2023, if the three-day deadline passes without the court ordering the registration, the interested party can request it directly from REDAM, attaching the unprocessed court order and a certified copy of the final ruling. REDAM must then forward a copy of that request to the Judiciary's internal oversight office (ODECMA).
Does a REDAM registration show up on INFOCORP or other credit bureaus?
Yes. Article 6 of Ley 28970 requires the Judiciary to report the updated debtor list to the SBS (the banking and insurance regulator) every month, and allows it to be sent to private credit bureaus as well. If you're registered, it's reasonable to expect it to show up on your credit history.
How do you get removed from REDAM?
By presenting proof of payment to the court. The judge has a maximum of three business days to rule on the request and forward the cancellation to REDAM, which then has up to three business days to process it and up to five business days to notify the SBS and any credit bureaus it has agreements with.
Is REDAM the same thing as a criminal case for failure to support a family (omisión de asistencia familiar)?
No. REDAM is an administrative civil registry, separate from the criminal case for failure to support a family. They're different mechanisms: one records the default for civil, credit, and government-contracting purposes; the other is a separate criminal process that can be pursued through the criminal courts.
The exact law
Ley N.° 28970, Ley que crea el Registro de Deudores Alimentarios MorososArtículo 1read
Creation of REDAM and the three-installment threshold
«Créase, en el Órgano de Gobierno del Poder Judicial, el Registro de Deudores Alimentarios Morosos, donde serán inscritas de conformidad con el procedimiento establecido en el artículo 4° de la presente Ley, aquellas personas que adeuden tres (3) cuotas, sucesivas o no, de sus obligaciones alimentarias establecidas en sentencias consentidas o ejecutoriadas, o acuerdos conciliatorios con calidad de cosa juzgada. También serán inscritas aquellas personas que no cumplan con pagar pensiones devengadas durante el proceso judicial de alimentos si no las cancelan en un período de tres (3) meses desde que son exigibles.»
Ley N.° 28970Artículo 5read
Free access and monthly updates to the registry
«El acceso a la información del Registro de Deudores Alimentarios Morosos es gratuito. La información registrada es actualizada mensualmente y tiene carácter público. El Órgano de Gobierno del Poder Judicial incorporará en su página web el vínculo que permita a cualquier persona conocer dicha información sin limitación alguna.»
↳Artículo 6read
Monthly reporting to the SBS and private credit bureaus
«El Órgano de Gobierno del Poder Judicial proporcionará a la Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y Administradoras Privadas de Fondos de Pensiones mensualmente, la lista actualizada de los Deudores Alimentarios Morosos, a efectos de que se registre la deuda alimentaria en la Central de Riesgos de dicha institución. Asimismo, esta información podrá ser remitida también a las Centrales de Riesgo Privadas.»
↳Artículo 8read
Liability of the public official who hides a registration
«El funcionario público encargado que, a sabiendas que el trabajador se encuentra inscrito en el Registro de Deudor Alimentario Moroso, omite comunicar la información correspondiente dentro del plazo legal, incurre en falta administrativa grave sancionada con destitución, sin perjuicio de la responsabilidad civil que corresponda.»
↳Artículo 9read
Court's duty to order withholding or garnishment
«El órgano jurisdiccional que reciba la comunicación conforme a lo dispuesto en los artículos 7° y 8° de la presente Ley, remitirá cuando corresponda y bajo responsabilidad, en el término de cinco (5) días de recibida la comunicación, el oficio disponiendo que se realice la retención o embargo, cuyo costo está exonerado de la tasa judicial y/o registral, según corresponda.»
Ley N.° 31932, que modifica la Ley N.° 28970Artículo único, párrafo 4.6 incorporado al artículo 4read
Registration requested directly by the interested party when the court misses its deadline
«En caso de haber vencido el plazo de tres días, referido en el párrafo 4.5, sin que el órgano jurisdiccional competente que conoce la causa haya ordenado la inscripción en el Registro de Deudores Alimentarios Morosos (REDAM), dicha inscripción se realizará al día siguiente de vencido el plazo ante el mismo REDAM, a solicitud de la parte interesada, adjuntando el mandato no tramitado por el/la juez/a y la copia certificada de la resolución judicial, consentida o ejecutoriada, que declara a la parte demandada deudora alimentaria morosa. Recibida la solicitud, se remitirá copia de la misma a la Oficina Desconcentrada de Control de la Magistratura (ODECMA) o la que haga sus veces, para las acciones correspondientes de acuerdo a sus competencias.»
D.S. N.° 008-2019-JUS, Reglamento de la Ley N.° 28970Artículo 2.2read
Definition of a delinquent debtor, including pending cases
«Deudor Alimentario Moroso: Persona obligada a otorgar la prestación de alimentos en virtud a lo resuelto en un proceso con sentencia consentida o ejecutoriada o por acuerdo conciliatorio con calidad de cosa juzgada, que incumple con el pago de por lo menos tres cuotas sucesivas o alternadas de sus obligaciones alimentarias. En el caso de procesos judiciales en trámite, se considera deudor alimentario moroso a la persona obligada a otorgar prestación de alimentos que adeude por lo menos tres pensiones devengadas en un proceso cautelar o en un proceso de ejecución de acuerdos conciliatorios extrajudiciales.»
D.S. N.° 008-2019-JUSArtículo 3.2 y 3.3read
Registry administration: direct free access and monthly updates
«3.2 Administrar el REDAM, asegurando su acceso directo y gratuito a cualquier persona, institución pública o privada, especialmente a través de su portal web institucional. 3.3 Actualizar la información contenida en el Registro como mínimo una vez al mes, salvo en el caso de cancelaciones de deuda supuesto en el cual la información se actualiza en un plazo máximo de tres (3) días hábiles.»
↳Artículo 4read
Requirements for registration and for a request filed by the interested party
«4.1 Adeudar por los menos tres (3) cuotas sucesivas o alternadas de sus obligaciones alimentarias en los casos de procesos con sentencia o con acuerdo conciliatorio; o tres (3) pensiones devengadas en el caso de procesos en trámite con mandato cautelar o en el proceso de ejecución de acuerdo conciliatorio. 4.2 En el caso que la inscripción sea a pedido de parte, la persona solicitante debe llenar el formato que en Anexo I forma parte del presente Reglamento y presentarlo ante el Juzgado que emitió la orden judicial o a quien le corresponde ejecutar el acuerdo conciliatorio.»
↳Artículo 5read
Registration procedure: notice, response window, and the court's ruling
«5.2 El órgano jurisdiccional competente, en el plazo de un (1) día hábil desde el inicio del procedimiento, debe notificar al obligado alimentario sobre el pedido de inscripción en el REDAM para que este, dentro del plazo de tres (3) días hábiles, informe sobre el cumplimiento del pago de la deuda alimentaria. 5.3 Transcurrido el plazo señalado en el numeral anterior, el Juez, en el plazo de tres (3) días hábiles, ordena la inscripción en caso que el deudor no demuestre el cumplimiento de la deuda o no absuelva el requerimiento; o, en caso que el deudor acredite que ha realizado el pago de la deuda alimentaria, procede a comunicar a la persona beneficiaria.»
↳Artículo 6.2, 6.3 y 6.4read
Cancellation of the registration
«6.2 El deudor alimentario moroso puede solicitar la cancelación de la inscripción, en cualquier momento, solo si acredita el cumplimiento del pago de la deuda alimentaria. El Juez resuelve la solicitud de levantamiento de la inscripción en un plazo máximo de tres (3) días hábiles de recibida y oficia su decisión al REDAM en un (1) día hábil. 6.3 La obligación de inscripción o cancelación de la inscripción es exigible al REDAM en un plazo máximo de tres (3) días hábiles de recibida la comunicación del juzgado. 6.4 Dentro de los cinco (5) días hábiles de realizada la cancelación de la inscripción, el Órgano de Gobierno del Poder Judicial debe comunicar a la Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y Administradoras Privadas de Fondo de Pensiones y a las centrales de riesgo privadas con las que tenga convenios, para que se excluya del listado de deudores alimentarios morosos a la persona cuyo nombre figura en sus registros.»
↳Artículo 12.1read
REDAM does not bar civil-service access; it only conditions the contract or appointment
«12.1 El deudor alimentario moroso puede postular y acceder al servicio civil, o ser designado funcionario público o directivo de confianza, o contratar con el Estado. En estos casos, se requiere que previo a la suscripción del contrato o a la expedición de la resolución de designación correspondiente, el deudor acredite el cambio de su condición a través de la cancelación respectiva o autorice el descuento por planilla, o por otro medio de pago, del monto de la pensión mensual fijada en el proceso de alimentos.»
↳Artículo 12.7read
The entity's duty to check REDAM before signing or appointing
«12.7 La secretaría general, la oficina de recursos humanos, la oficina de logística, o las que hagan sus veces, según corresponda, tienen la obligación de acceder al REDAM, antes de tramitar la resolución de designación, la firma de los contratos o de la renovación, adenda, o ampliación de estos, para verificar si la persona comprendida en los numerales anteriores está inscrita en el REDAM.»
↳Artículo 14.1 y 14.2read
Private-sector duties: inform and verify twice a year, without blocking hiring
«14.1 [...] las entidades del sector privado, informan a los/las postulantes o los/las trabajadores/as que sean deudores alimentarios morosos, sobre la importancia del cumplimiento de sus obligaciones alimentarias, y la posibilidad de acordar la firma de una autorización del descuento por planilla o por otro medio de pago. [...] 14.2 Las entidades del sector privado, a través de sus oficinas de recursos humanos o las que hagan sus veces, verifican semestralmente si sus trabajadores/as se encuentran inscritos en el REDAM, con la finalidad de incentivar la suscripción de las autorizaciones de descuento.»
↳Primera Disposición Complementaria Finalread
Sitting public employees: sign the deduction authorization or risk contract termination
«[...] las/los servidores/as, directivos/as y funcionarios/as del sector público, o aquéllos/as que tengan una relación contractual con el Estado deben suscribir la autorización para que la entidad proceda a la retención de la contraprestación o descuento por planilla de sus remuneraciones, según sea el caso, para el pago de la pensión alimenticia que tengan pendientes. [...] Si dentro del plazo otorgado [...] no se devuelve el formato de autorización debidamente suscrito, o no se demuestra la cancelación en el citado registro, se configura la causal resolutiva prevista en la Única Disposición Complementaria Transitoria del Decreto Legislativo N.° 1377, por lo que la Entidad [...] debe notificar la resolución del contrato [...]»
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