§ 10-334. Employer's compliance with income withholding order of another state

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

(b) Full faith and credit. -- 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) Withholding required. -- Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section and § 10-335 of this subtitle, 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 the amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum certain;

   (2) the person designated to receive payment 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) Fee; amount; duration. -- 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:

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

   (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 payment.

HISTORY: 1997, ch. 609, § 1; 2008, ch. 522.