2021 Montana Code Annotated
Title 40. Family Law
Chapter 5. Enforcement of Support
Part 4. Child Support Enforcement Act Administrative Income Withholding
40-5-424. Civil liability for failure to comply with income-withholding order

Universal Citation: MT Code § 40-5-424 (2021)

40-5-424. Civil liability for failure to comply with income-withholding order. (1) A payor who fails to withhold and deliver support money from the obligor's income when ordered to do so under 40-5-415 is liable to the department for any amount up to the accumulated amount the payor should have withheld and delivered.

(2) No payor who complies with an order to withhold under this part is liable for wrongful withholding to the obligor or to any other person claiming rights derived from the obligor.

History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 571, L. 1985.

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