Section 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
(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(i) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 97, § 3. (ii) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 97, § 3. (iii) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 97, § 3. (b) Repealed By Laws 1998, ch. 97, § 3.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.
