Ind. Code ch. 31-18.5-5

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Ind. Code § 31-18.5-5-1 Income withholding order of another state

Sec. 1. An income withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor's income payor under IC 31-9-2.1-127 without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with an Indiana tribunal. As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53. Amended by P.L.145-2026, SEC.166.

Ind. Code § 31-18.5-5-2 Employer's compliance with income withholding order of another state

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. As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.

Ind. Code § 31-18.5-5-3 Employer's compliance with two or more income withholding orders

Sec. 3. If an obligor's income payor receives two (2) or more income withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the income payor satisfies the terms of the orders if the income payor complies with the law of the state of the obligor's principal place of employment to establish the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld for two (2) or more child support obligees. As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.

Ind. Code § 31-18.5-5-4 Immunity from civil liability

Sec. 4. An income payor that complies with an income withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this section is not subject to civil liability to an individual or agency with regard to the income payor's withholding of child support from the obligor's income. As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.

Ind. Code § 31-18.5-5-5 Penalties for noncompliance

Sec. 5. An income payor that willfully fails to comply with an income withholding order issued in another state and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance with an order issued by an Indiana tribunal. As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.

Ind. Code § 31-18.5-5-6 Contest by obligor; notice

Sec. 6. (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an income payor in Indiana by registering the order in an Indiana tribunal and filing a contest to that order as provided in IC 31-18.5-6, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by an Indiana tribunal. (b) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to: (1) a support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee; (2) each income payor that has directly received an income withholding order relating to the obligor; and (3) the person designated to receive payments in the income withholding order or, if no person is designated, to the obligee. As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.

Ind. Code § 31-18.5-5-7 Administrative enforcement of orders

Sec. 7. (a) A party or support enforcement agent seeking to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of Indiana. (b) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by Indiana law to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to this article. As added by P.L.206-2015, SEC.53.

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