An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency to the obligor's employer without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state.
History: Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 501; 1997, ch. 9, § 11; 2005, ch. 166, § 30.
The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, provided that an income-withholding order issued by another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or a support enforcement agency to the obligor's employer.
The 1997 amendment, effective July 1, 1997, substituted "Employer's receipt of" for "Recognition of" at the beginning of the section heading and rewrote this section to the extent that a detailed comparison is impracticable.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 6A - Uniform Interstate Family Support
Article 5 - DIRECT ENFORCEMENT OF ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE WITHOUT REGISTRATION
Section 40-6A-501 - Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state.
Section 40-6A-502 - Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state.
Section 40-6A-503 - Employee's compliance with two or more income-withholding orders.
Section 40-6A-504 - Immunity from civil liability.
Section 40-6A-505 - Penalties for noncompliance.