Section 40-6A-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 without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state. History: Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 501; 1997, ch. 9, […]

Section 40-6A-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 that appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this state. C. Except as otherwise […]

Section 40-6A-503 – Employee’s compliance with two or more income-withholding orders.

If an obligor’s employer receives two or more income-withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the orders if the employer complies with the law of the state of the obligor’s principal place of employment to establish the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld for […]

Section 40-6A-504 – Immunity from civil liability.

An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with Sections 40-6A-501 through 40-6A-507 NMSA 1978 is not subject to civil liability to an individual or agency with regard to the employer’s withholding of child support from the obligor’s income. History: 1978 Comp., § 40-6A-504, enacted by Laws 1997, ch. […]

Section 40-6A-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 order issued by a tribunal of this state. History: 1978 Comp., § 40-6A-505, enacted by Laws 1997, ch. 9, § 15; 2011, […]

Section 40-6A-506 – Contest by obligor.

A. 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 Sections 40-6A-601 through 40-6A-616 NMSA 1978, or otherwise contesting […]

Section 40-6A-507 – Administrative enforcement of orders.

A. 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. B. Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, […]