§ 20-6-211 — Service of income withholding order; amended notice to payor; notice to labor organizations; penalty

Wyoming § 20-6-211

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 20: Domestic Relations
• Ch. 6: CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
• Art. 2: INCOME WITHHOLDING

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(a) The department, acting pursuant to W.S.
20-6-105(a)(ii), or the obligee shall prepare, file with the
clerk and mail to any known current or subsequent payor and the
obligor a copy of the income withholding order and the notice to
payor, upon or after the occurrence of one (1) of the following:
(i) No later than fifteen (15) days after the entry
of the income withholding order if the court orders it to be
effective immediately;
(ii) If the obligor has not filed a petition to stay
income withholding under W.S. 20-6-209(b), then no later than
fifteen (15) days after the expiration of the time allowed for
filing the petition;
(iii) Entry of the court's order determining that the
income withholding order will become effective following hearing
pursuant to W.S. 20-6-209(c); or
(iv) Voluntary assignment by the obligor pursuant to
W.S. 20-6-207.
(b) If the payor's address is not known on the dates
specified in subsection (a) of this section, the notice to payor
shall be sent in accordance with W.S. 20-6-210(a) no later than
fifteen (15) days after determining the payor's address. At any
time following service to the payor of the income withholding
order and notice to payor under subsection (a) of this section,
and if no support has been assigned, the department, acting
pursuant to W.S. 20-6-105(a)(ii), or the obligee may prepare,
file with the clerk of the court and mail to the payor and the
obligor an amended notice to payor decreasing the amount to be
withheld from the obligor's income. The amended notice is
binding upon the payor from the date of receipt.
(c) In addition to subsection (a) of this section and in
those cases in which it is known that the obligor may be placed
in employment with a payor by a labor or other private or public
employment referral organization referring individuals to
employment and operating within this state, the obligee or the
department may prepare, file with the clerk of court and mail to
the referring organization certified copies of the income
withholding order and the notice to payor or an amended notice
to payor pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. The obligee
or the department shall send the notice to payor under this
subsection within the dates specified under subsection (a) of
this section. The referring organization shall at the time of
placement, forward the notice to payor to each payor with which
the organization places the obligor. Upon forwarding the notice
to payor, a labor or other nongovernmental organization shall
notify the district court that the income withholding order has
been forwarded to the payor. The district court shall, at the
time it sends the withholding order and the notice to payor to
the referring organization, include a self-addressed, stamped
return envelope for the referring organization's use for
notification to the district court. Additional envelopes shall
be available to the referring organization upon request. Any
labor or other nongovernmental organization failing to provide
notification to any payor at the time of placement as required
by this subsection is liable for an amount of up to fifty
dollars ($50.00) that the payor should have withheld from the
obligor's income. The department of workforce services may be
reimbursed by the department of family services for its costs
incurred under this act.