§576B-502 - Employer's compliance with income withholding order of another state.
[§576B-502] Employer's compliance with
income withholding order of another state. (a) Upon receipt of an income
withholding order, the obligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of
the order to the obligor.
(b) The employer shall treat an income
withholding order issued in another state which appears regular on its face as
if it had been issued by a tribunal of this State.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection
(d) and section 576B-503, the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds
as directed in the withholding order by complying with the terms of the order
which specify:
(1) The duration and the amount of periodic payments
of current child support, stated as a sum certain;
(2) The person or agency designated to receive payments
and the address to which the payments are to be forwarded;
(3) Medical support, whether in the form of periodic
cash payment, stated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide
health insurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the
obligor's employment;
(4) The amount of periodic payments of fees and costs
for a support enforcement agency, the issuing tribunal, and the obligee's
attorney, stated as sums certain; and
(5) The amount of periodic payments of arrearages and
interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain.
(d) An employer shall comply with the law of
the state of the obligor's principal place of employment for withholding from
income with respect to:
(1) The employer's fee for processing an income
withholding order;
(2) The maximum amount permitted to be withheld from
the obligor's income; and
(3) The times within which the employer must
implement the withholding order and forward the child support payment. [L 1997,
c 295, pt of §1]