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§ 52C-5-501 – Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state.

52C-5-501. Employer’s receipt of income-withholding order of another state. (a) 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 person defined or identified as the obligor’s employer or payor under the income-withholding provisions of Chapter 50 or Chapter 110 […]

§ 52C-5-502 – Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state.

52C-5-502. 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 which appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by […]

§ 52C-5-503 – Employer's compliance with two or more income-withholding orders.

52C-5-503. Employer’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 […]

§ 52C-5-504 – Immunity from civil liability.

52C-5-504. Immunity from civil liability. An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this Article 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. (1997-433, s. 10.8; 1998-17, s. 1; 2015-117, s. 1.)

§ 52C-5-505 – Penalties for noncompliance.

52C-5-505. 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. (1997-433, s. 10.8; 1998-17, s. 1; 2015-117, s. 1.)

§ 52C-5-506 – Contest by obligor.

52C-5-506. 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 Article 6 of this Chapter, […]

§ 52C-5-507 – Administrative enforcement of orders.

52C-5-507. 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 […]