Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 1502
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 1502
- Child: means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent. See
- Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
- Income: includes earnings or other periodic entitlements to money from any source and any other property subject to withholding for support under the law of this State. See
- Income withholding order: means an order or other legal process directed to an obligor's employer or other debtor, as defined by 15 Vt. See
- Issuing tribunal: means the tribunal of a state or foreign country that issues a support order or renders a judgment determining parentage of a child. See
- Law: includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations having the force of law. See
- Obligee: means :
- Obligor: means an individual or the estate of a decedent that:
- Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U. See
- Support enforcement agency: means a public official, governmental entity, or private agency authorized to:
- Tribunal: means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. See
§ 1502. Employer’s compliance with an income withholding order from another state
(a) Upon receipt of an income withholding order, the obligor‘s employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.
(b) 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) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section and section 1503 of this title, 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 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) 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:
(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. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)