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252K.502 EMPLOYER'S COMPLIANCE WITH INCOME
WITHHOLDING ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE.
1. Upon receipt of an income withholding order, the obligor's
employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the
obligor.
2. 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.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 and section
252K.503, the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as
directed in the withholding order by complying with terms of the
order which specify:
a. The duration and amount of periodic payments of current
child support, stated as a sum certain.
b. The person or agency designated to receive payments and
the address to which the payments are to be forwarded.
c. 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.
d. 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.
e. The amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest
on arrearages, stated as sums certain.
4. 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:
a. The employer's fee for processing an income withholding
order.
b. The maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the
obligor's income.
c. The times within which the employer must implement the
withholding order and forward the child support payment. Section History: Recent Form
97 Acts, ch 175, §155
