SB77,1902,7 5(2) The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issued in another
6state that appears to be regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of
7this state.

SB77,1902,10 8(3) Except as provided in sub. (4) and s. 769.503, the employer shall withhold
9and distribute the funds as directed in the income-withholding order by complying
10with the terms of the order, as applicable, that specify any of the following:

SB77,1902,1211 (a) The duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support,
12stated as a sum certain.

SB77,1902,1413 (b) The person or agency designated to receive payments and the address to
14which the payments are to be forwarded.

SB77,1902,1715 (c) Medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payments, stated as
16a sum certain, or the provision of health insurance coverage for the child under a
17policy available through the obligor's employment.

SB77,1902,2018 (d) The amounts of periodic payments of fees and costs for a support
19enforcement agency, the issuing tribunal or the obligee's attorney, stated as sums
20certain.

SB77,1902,2221 (e) The amount of periodic payments of arrears and interest on arrears, stated
22as a sum certain.

SB77,1902,24 23(4) The employer shall comply with the law of the state of the obligor's principal
24place of employment for withholding from income with respect to all of the following:

SB77,1902,2525 (a) The employer's fee for processing an income-withholding order.

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1(b) The maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor's income.

SB77,1903,32 (c) The time periods within which the employer must implement the
3income-withholding order and forward the child support payment.

SB77,1903,10 5769.503 Compliance with multiple income-withholding orders. If an
6obligor's employer receives multiple orders to withhold support from the earnings of
7the same obligor, the employer shall be considered to have satisfied the terms of the
8multiple orders if the employer complies with the law of the state of the obligor's
9principal place of employment to establish the priorities for withholding and
10allocating income withheld for multiple child support obligees.

SB77,1903,15 12769.504 Immunity from civil liability. An employer that complies with an
13income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this
14subchapter is not subject to civil liability to any individual or agency with regard to
15the employer's withholding of child support from an obligor's income.

SB77,1903,20 17769.505 Penalties for noncompliance. An employer that wilfully fails to
18comply with an income-withholding order issued by another state and received for
19enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance
20with an income-withholding order issued by a tribunal of this state.

SB77,1903,22 22769.506 (title) Contest by obligor.

SB77,1903,2524 769.506 (2) (b) Each employer that has directly received an
25income-withholding order.

SB77,1904,5 2769.507 Administrative enforcement of orders. (1) A party seeking to
3enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued by a tribunal
4of another state may send the documents required for registering the order to a
5support enforcement agency of this state.

SB77,1904,12 6(2) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without
7initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any
8administrative procedure authorized by the law of this state to enforce a support
9order or an income-withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest
10administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests
11the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement
12agency shall register the order as provided in this chapter.

SB77,1904,1914 769.605 (1) Whenever a support order or income-withholding order issued in
15another state is registered, the registering tribunal shall notify the nonregistering
16party. Notice must be given by 1st class, certified or registered mail or by any means
17of personal service authorized by the law of this state. The notice must be
18accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant
19information accompanying the order.

SB77,1904,2421 769.606 (3) If a nonregistering party requests a hearing to contest the validity
22or enforcement of the registered order, the registering tribunal shall schedule the
23matter for hearing and give notice to the parties by 1st class mail of the date, time
24and place of the hearing.