2A:4-30.97 Income-withholding order issued out-of-State sent to payor.


2A:4-30.97  Income-withholding order issued out-of-State sent to payor.

      33.      An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent to the person or entity defined as the obligor's payor  under P.L.1981, c.417 (C.2A:17-56.7 et al.), P.L.1985, c.278 (C.2A:17-56.16 et seq.) and P.L.1998, c.1 (C.2A:17-56.7a et al.) without first filing a complaint, petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this State.

      L.1998,c.2,s.33.
 
2A:4-30.98  Income-withholding order received by employer, compliance.

      34.  a.  Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.

      b.      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.

      c.      Except as otherwise provided in subsection d. of this section and section 35 of this act, the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with terms of the order, which specify:

      (1)      the duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum certain;

      (2)      the person or agency designated to receive payments and the address to which the payments are to be forwarded;

      (3)      health care coverage, 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;

      (4)      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

      (5)      the amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on  arrearages, stated as sums certain.

      d.      The employer shall comply with the law of the state of the obligor's principal place of employment for withholding from income with respect to:

      (1)      the employer's fee for processing an income-withholding obligation;

      (2)      the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor's income; and

      (3)      the time periods within which the employer must implement the withholding order and forward the child support payments.

      L.1998,c.2,s.34.
 
2A:4-30.99  Satisfaction of multiple orders of withholding.

      35.      If an obligor's employer receives multiple orders to withhold support from the earnings of the same obligor, the employer shall be deemed to have satisfied the terms of the multiple orders if the law of the state of the obligor's principal place of employment to establish the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld for multiple child support obligees is complied with.

      L.1998,c.2,s.35.