Employer’s compliance with income-withholding order of another state
Wis. Stat. § 769.502
in effect(1) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order under s. 769.501, the obligor’s employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.
(2) The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issued in another state that appears to be regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
(3) Except as provided in sub. (4) and s. 769.503, the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the income-withholding order by complying with the terms of the order, as applicable, that specify any of the following:
(a) The duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum certain.
(b) The person designated to receive payments and the address to which the payments are to be forwarded.
(c) Medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payments, stated as a sum certain, or the provision of health insurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the obligor’s employment.
(d) The amounts of periodic payments of fees and costs for a support enforcement agency, the issuing tribunal or the obligee’s attorney, stated as sums certain.
(e) The amount of periodic payments of arrears and interest on arrears, stated as a sum certain.
(4) 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 all of the following:
(a) The employer’s fee for processing an income-withholding order.
(b) The maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor’s income.
(c) The time periods within which the employer must implement the income-withholding order and forward the child support payment.
Source: WI Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/769.502Fetched: 10/7/2026