(a) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.
The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issued in another state whichappears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section and section 14-5-503 the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with terms of the order which specify:
The duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as asum certain;
The person designated to receive payments and the address to which the paymentsare to be forwarded;
Medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment, stated as a sumcertain, or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the obligor's employment;
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
The amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated assums certain.
(d) 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:
The employer's fee for processing an income-withholding order;
The maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor's income; and
The times within which the employer must implement the withholding order andforward the child support payment.
Source: L. 97: Entire part amended with relocations, p. 539, § 11, effective July 1; (b) amended, p. 1264, § 6, effective July 1. L. 98: (b) amended, p. 753, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2000: (b) amended, p. 1709, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2003: (c)(2) amended, p. 1256, § 28, effective July 1, 2004.
Editor's note: This section was formerly numbered as § 14-5-501 (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3), and the former § 14-5-502 was relocated to § 14-5-507.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1997 act amending subsection (b), see section 1 of chapter 236, Session Laws of Colorado 1997.