§ 20-4-171 — Employer's receipt of income withholding order of another state; employer's compliance with income withholding order of another state; compliance with multiple income withholding orders

Wyoming § 20-4-171

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 20: Domestic Relations
• Ch. 4: UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT

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(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 as the obligor's
employer under W.S. 20-6-201 through 20-6-222 without first
filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the
order with a tribunal of this state.
(i) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 97, § 3.
(ii) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 97, § 3.
(iii) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 97, § 3.
(b) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 97, § 3.
(c) Upon receipt of an income withholding order, the
obligor’s employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order
to the obligor.
(d) 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 a tribunal of this state.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (f) and
(g) of this section, the employer shall withhold and distribute
the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with
terms of the order which specify:
(i) The duration and amount of periodic payments of
current child support, stated as a sum certain;
(ii) The person designated to receive payments and
the address to which the payments are to be forwarded;
(iii) 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;
(iv) 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
(v) The amount of periodic payments of arrearages and
interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain.
(f) An employer shall comply with the law of the state of
the obligor’s principal place of employment for withholding from
income with respect to:
(i) The employer’s fee for processing an income
withholding order;
(ii) The maximum amount permitted to be withheld from
the obligor’s income; and
(iii) The times within which the employer shall
implement the withholding order and forward the child support
payment.
(g) If an obligor's employer receives two (2) 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 two (2) or more
child support obligees.