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Indiana Code Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law § 31-18.5-5-2

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 2. (a) Upon receipt of an income withholding order, the obligor's income payor shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.

(b) The income payor shall treat an income withholding order issued in another state which appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by an Indiana tribunal.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and section 3 of this chapter, the income payor 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 designated to receive payments and the address to which the payments are to be forwarded;

(3) 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;

(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) An income payor 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 income payor's fee for processing an income withholding order;

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

(3) the times within which the income payor must implement the withholding order and forward the child support payment.

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