§ 31-18.5-5-2 — Employer's compliance with income withholding order of another state

Indiana § 31-18.5-5-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 18.5: FAMILY LAW: UNIFORM INTERSTATE
• Ch. 5: Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration

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(a) Upon receipt of an income withholding
order, the obligor's income payor shall immediately provide a copy of
the order to the obligor.
(b) The income payor shall treat an income withholding order issued
in another state which appears regular on its face as if it had been
issued by an Indiana tribunal.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and section 3 of
this chapter, the income payor shall withhold and distribute the funds
as directed in the withholding order by complying with terms of the
order which specify:
(1) the duration and amount of periodic payments of current child
support, stated as a sum certain;
(2) the person designated to receive payments and the address to
which the payments are to be forwarded;
(3) 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;
(4) 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
(5) the amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on
arrearages, stated as sums certain.
(d) An income payor shall comply with the law of the state of the
obligor's principal place of employment for withholding from income
with respect to:
(1) the income payor's fee for processing an income withholding
order;
(2) the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the
obligor's income; and
(3) the times within which the income payor must implement the
withholding order and forward the child support payment.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.