Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 7501.1 - Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state(a) Copy of order.--Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.(b) Treatment of order.--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 and distribution of funds.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and section 7501.2 (relating to compliance with multiple income-withholding orders) 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 amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum certain;(2) the person or agency 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 payments of a sum certain or order to 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) Compliance with law of obligor's place of employment.--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 times within which the employer must implement the withholding order and forward the child support payment.1997, Dec. 16, P.L. 549, No. 58, § 17, effective 1/1/1998.