Section 552.1501 - Order of income withholding.
UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 310 of 1996
552.1501 Order of income withholding.
Sec. 501.
(1) An income withholding order issued in another state may be sent to the obligor's employer without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with this state's tribunal. Upon receipt of an income withholding order, the obligor's employer shall do all of the following:
(a) Treat an income withholding order issued in another state that appears regular on its face as if the order had been issued by this state's tribunal.
(b) Immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) and section 501a, the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds directed in the withholding order by complying with the terms of the order that specify the following:
(a) The duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum certain.
(b) The person or agency designated to receive payments and the address where the payments are to be forwarded.
(c) Medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment, stated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health coverage for the child under coverage available through the obligor's employment.
(d) 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.
(e) The amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain.
(3) An employer shall comply with the law of the state of the obligor's principal place of employment for withholding from income for all of the following:
(a) The employer's fee for processing an income withholding order.
(b) The maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor's income.
(c) The time within which the employer must implement the withholding order and forward the child support payment.
History: 1996, Act 310, Eff. June 1, 1997 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 65, Imd. Eff. Apr. 27, 1998