Under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA), employers must comply with the law of the issuing state regarding:
- duration and amount of current support payment;
- payment address;
- medical support, either as cash payments or insurance coverage available from employment;
- amount of payments for fees and costs of the child support agency, issuing tribunal, or attorney; and
- arrears payment amounts and interest on those arrears.
UIFSA also adds that the state law of the obligor’s “principal place of employment” addresses the:
- employer’s fee for processing the IWO,
- maximum amount to be withheld from income (including lump sums if included in the state’s definition of income),
- time frames for the employer to implement and remit the payments,
- the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld for multiple child support obligees, and
- any withholding term or condition not specified in the withholding order.
2020