Section 20-6-217 – Award of Attorney Fees.
20-6-217. Award of attorney fees. Any time a hearing is held pursuant to this act, reasonable attorney’s fees may be awarded to the prevailing party.
Section 20-6-218 – Penalties.
20-6-218. Penalties. (a) A payor who fails to withhold income in the amount specified in the notice to payor is liable for any amount up to the accumulated amount the payor should have withheld from the obligor’s income. (b) Payors shall pay in compliance with the instructions specified in the notice to payor and in […]
Section 20-6-219 – Priority of Income Withholding Order.
20-6-219. Priority of income withholding order. An income withholding order under this act has priority over any other legal process under state law against the same income.
Section 20-6-220 – Designation of Federal Administering Agency.
20-6-220. Designation of federal administering agency. The IV-D agency designated as the state agency to administer income withholding under this act for purposes of section 466(b)(5) and part D, title IV, section 454 of the federal Social Security Act is the child support enforcement unit of the department and, except where limited by federal law […]
Section 20-6-222 – Remedies in Addition to Other Laws.
20-6-222. Remedies in addition to other laws. The rights, remedies, duties and penalties created by this act are in addition to and not in substitution for any other rights, remedies, duties and penalties created by any other law.
Section 20-6-207 – Voluntary Assignment by Obligor.
20-6-207. Voluntary assignment by obligor. (a) An obligor may at any time voluntarily apply to the court to enter an income withholding order pursuant to W.S. 20-6-204(b) or file a verified written application with the clerk requesting that withholding commence pursuant to W.S. 20-6-205(a)(ii). (b) An income withholding order which becomes effective at the voluntary […]
Section 20-6-208 – Notice to Obligor.
20-6-208. Notice to obligor. (a) Except where an income withholding order becomes effective immediately, the clerk shall send notice to the obligor no later than fifteen (15) days after the date when: (i) The obligor becomes delinquent as specified in subsection (b) of this section; or (ii) An application by the obligee for income withholding […]
Section 20-6-209 – Procedures to Stay Income Withholding.
20-6-209. Procedures to stay income withholding. (a) Within twenty (20) days from the date of service of the notice of delinquency the obligor may file with the clerk a petition to stay service of the income withholding order. The petition to stay shall include the obligor’s name, social security number, address, employer and employer’s address. […]
Section 20-6-210 – Notice to Payor.
20-6-210. Notice to payor. (a) The notice to payor shall be prepared and the original notice filed with the clerk. A copy of the notice shall be mailed or served pursuant to W.S. 20-6-203 to the payor and to the obligor. Notice to the payor also may be served by delivering a copy by electronic […]
Section 20-6-211 – Service of Income Withholding Order; Amended Notice to Payor; Notice to Labor Organizations; Penalty.
20-6-211. Service of income withholding order; amended notice to payor; notice to labor organizations; penalty. (a) The department, acting pursuant to W.S. 20-6-105(a)(ii), or the obligee shall prepare, file with the clerk and mail to any known current or subsequent payor and the obligor a copy of the income withholding order and the notice to […]