Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 3817 – Assignment of earnings
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 3817
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A
- in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Obligor: means an individual who receives an overpayment or an adult individual who is a member of an assistance unit that receives an overpayment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 3811
- Overpayment: means program benefits that exceed the amount of program benefits for which an individual or assistance unit is eligible when the department or a court has determined that the benefits were provided as a result of an intentional program violation, an unintentional error by the individual or household or an error by the department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 3811
The department may seek to collect an overpayment by executing an assignment of earnings with the obligor. An employer or other payor of income shall honor an assignment of earnings executed by the department and an obligor. An assignment of earnings continues until released in writing by the department. Income withheld from an obligor pursuant to an assignment of earnings must be sent to the department within 10 days of withholding. The department shall provide an employer or other payor of income served with an assignment of earnings the same payor notice the department is required to provide under section 3816, subsection 2. [PL 1993, c. 654, §1 (NEW).]
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PL 1993, c. 654, §1 (NEW).