A. When an obligor accrues a delinquency, the obligee or public office may prepare and serve upon the obligor a copy of a verified notice of delinquency. The income of a person with a support obligation imposed by a support order issued or modified in the state before January 1, 1994, if not otherwise subject to immediate withholding under Section 40-4A-4.1 NMSA 1978, shall become subject to immediate withholding as provided in Section 40-4A-4.1 NMSA 1978 if arrearages occur, without the need for a judicial or administrative hearing. B. If the date upon which payment is due under an order for support is not stated in the order for support, the due date shall be deemed to be the last day of the month. C. The notice of delinquency shall:
(1)recite those terms of the order for support which
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A. When an obligor accrues a delinquency, the obligee or public office may prepare and serve upon the obligor a copy of a verified notice of delinquency. The income of a person with a support obligation imposed by a support order issued or modified in the state before January 1, 1994, if not otherwise subject to immediate withholding under Section 40-4A-4.1 NMSA 1978, shall become subject to immediate withholding as provided in Section 40-4A-4.1 NMSA 1978 if arrearages occur, without the need for a judicial or administrative hearing. B. If the date upon which payment is due under an order for support is not stated in the order for support, the due date shall be deemed to be the last day of the month. C. The notice of delinquency shall: (1) recite those terms of the order for support which enumerate the support obligation; (2) contain a current computation of the period and total amount of the delinquency; (3) inform the obligor of the amount to be withheld; (4) inform the obligor of the procedures available to contest the income withholding on the grounds that the withholding or the amount withheld is improper due to a mistake of fact; (5) state that, unless the obligor complies with the procedures to contest the income withholding, a notice to withhold income shall be served upon the payor; (6) state that the notice to withhold income shall be applicable to any current or subsequent payor; and (7) state the name and address of the public office to which withheld income shall be sent. D. The original notice of delinquency shall be filed with the clerk of the district court. E. Service of the notice of delinquency upon the obligor shall be effected by sending the notice by prepaid certified mail addressed to the obligor at his last known address or by any method provided by law for service of a summons. Proof of service shall be filed with the clerk of the district court.