769.504 – Immunity from civil liability.
769.504 Immunity from civil liability. An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this subchapter is not subject to civil liability to any individual or agency with regard to the employer’s withholding of child support from an obligor’s income. History: 1997 a. 27.
769.505 – Penalties for noncompliance.
769.505 Penalties for noncompliance. An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding order issued in another state and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance with an income-withholding order issued by a tribunal of this state. History: 1997 a. 27; 2009 a. 321; 2015 a. […]
769.506 – Contest by obligor.
769.506 Contest by obligor. (1) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this state by registering the order in a tribunal of this state and filing a contest to that order as provided in subch. VI, or otherwise contesting […]
769.507 – Administrative enforcement of orders.
769.507 Administrative enforcement of orders. (1) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this state. (2) Upon receipt of the […]
769.601 – Registration of order for enforcement.
769.601 Registration of order for enforcement. A support order or an income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this state for enforcement. History: 1993 a. 326; 2009 a. 321; 2015 a. 82 s. 12.
769.502 – Employer’s compliance with income-withholding order of another state.
769.502 Employer’s compliance with income-withholding order of another state. (1) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order under s. 769.501, 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 that appears to be regular on its face as if […]
769.503 – Compliance with multiple income-withholding orders.
769.503 Compliance with multiple income-withholding orders. If an obligor’s employer receives multiple orders to withhold support from the earnings of the same obligor, the employer shall be considered to have satisfied the terms of the multiple orders if the employer complies with the law of the state of the obligor’s principal place of employment to […]
769.401 – Petition to establish support order.
769.401 Petition to establish support order. (1) If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if any of the following applies: (a) The individual seeking the order resides outside this state. (b) […]
769.402 – Proceeding to determine parentage.
769.402 Proceeding to determine parentage. A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under this chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter. History: 2009 a. 321; 2015 a. 82 s. 12.
769.501 – Employer’s receipt of income-withholding order of another state.
769.501 Employer’s receipt of income-withholding order of another state. An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the obligor’s employer or other debtor, as specified in s. 767.75 (1f), without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering […]