78B-14-502. Employer's compliance with income withholding 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 78B-14-503, 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 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; and
(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; and
(c) the times within which the employer must implement the withholding order and
forward the child-support payment.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
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