Indiana Code - Family Law and Juvenile Law - Title 31, Section 31-18-5-1

Recognition of income withholding order of another state

Sec. 1. (a) An income withholding order issued in another state
may be sent by first class mail to the person or entity defined as the
obligor's income payor under Indiana's income withholding law
under IC 31-16-15 without first filing a petition or registering the
order with an Indiana tribunal. Upon receipt of the order, the income
payor shall:
(1) treat an income withholding order issued in another state
that appears regular on its face as if the order had been issued
by an Indiana tribunal;
(2) immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor; and
(3) distribute the funds as specified in section 1.1 of this
chapter.
(b) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an
income withholding order issued in another state in the same manner
as if the order had been issued by an Indiana tribunal. IC 31-18-6
applies to the contest.
(c) The obligor shall give notice of the contest under this section
to:
(1) any support enforcement agency providing services to the
obligee; and
(2) a person or an agency designated in the income withholding
order to receive payments, or if a person or an agency is not
designated, the obligee.

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.213-1999,
SEC.22.

Last modified: May 24, 2006