(a)As used in this act:
(i)"Arrearage" means past due child support, past
due medical support, past due spousal support, attorneys fees,
guardian ad litem fees, costs, interest and penalties but does
not include property settlements;
(ii)"Child" means any person with respect to whom a
support order, other than an order for spousal support, exists;
(iii)"Clerk" means, for the purpose of receipt,
distribution and disbursement of child support, the clerk of the
district court in this state where the income withholding order
is entered, or where mandated by law, the state disbursement
unit;
(iv)"Court" means any district court in this state;
(v)"Delinquency" means arrearage;
(vi)"Disposable income" means income as defined
under paragraph (a)(ix) of this section less personal income
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(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Arrearage" means past due child support, past
due medical support, past due spousal support, attorneys fees,
guardian ad litem fees, costs, interest and penalties but does
not include property settlements;
(ii) "Child" means any person with respect to whom a
support order, other than an order for spousal support, exists;
(iii) "Clerk" means, for the purpose of receipt,
distribution and disbursement of child support, the clerk of the
district court in this state where the income withholding order
is entered, or where mandated by law, the state disbursement
unit;
(iv) "Court" means any district court in this state;
(v) "Delinquency" means arrearage;
(vi) "Disposable income" means income as defined
under paragraph (a)(ix) of this section less personal income
taxes, social security and Medicare deductions, cost of
dependent health care coverage for all dependent children and
mandatory pension deductions;
(vii) "Department" means the department of family
services;
(viii) "Employer" means any person who owes income to
an obligor, including but not limited to the United States
government, the state of Wyoming, any unit of local government
and any school district;
(ix) "Income" means any form of payment or return in
money or in kind to an individual, regardless of source. Income
includes, but is not limited to wages, earnings, salary,
commission, compensation as an independent contractor, temporary
total disability, permanent partial disability and permanent
total disability worker's compensation payments, unemployment
compensation, disability, annuity and retirement benefits and
any other payments made by any payor;
(x) "Income withholding order" means a court's or an
administrative order requiring a payor to withhold income due an
obligor for payment to the obligee in accordance with this act;
(xi) "Notice to payor" means the notice provided to
the employer pursuant to the income withholding order;
(xii) "Obligee" means any person entitled to receive
support under an order of support and includes the agency of
this or another jurisdiction to which a person has assigned his
right to support;
(xiii) "Obligor" means a person owing a duty of
support;
(xiv) "Payor" means any employer or other person
owing income to an obligor;
(xv) "Support order" means any order entered by a
court or tribunal of this or another state, or of a tribal
court, which provides for payment for the support of a child and
includes medical support and spousal support, but excludes
property settlements;
(xvi) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 2, § 2.
(xvii) "Uniform income withholding order and notice
to payor" means the federally approved uniform income
withholding order and notice to payor;
(xviii) "State disbursement unit" means the clerks of
district court collectively or the single address location
established pursuant to W.S. 20-6-210 (d). The state
disbursement unit is the entity for receiving, distributing and
disbursing child support payments;
(xix) "This act" means W.S. 20-6-201 through