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 which appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of the Commonwealth.
B. Except as provided in subsection C and § 20-88.64:2, the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with the terms of the order, as applicable, that specify:
1. The duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum certain;
2. The individual or support enforcement agency designated to receive payments and the address to which the payments are to be forwarded;
3. Medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payments, stated as a sum certain or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the obligor's employer;
4. 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
5. The amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain.
C. 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:
1. The employer's fee for processing an income-withholding order;
2. The maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor's income; and
3. The times within which the employer shall implement the withholding order and forward the child support payment.
1997, cc. 797, 897; 2005, c. 754.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 5.3 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
§ 20-88.32:1. Uniformity of application and construction
§ 20-88.33. Tribunals of the Commonwealth and support enforcement agency
§ 20-88.34. Remedies cumulative
§ 20-88.34:1. Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding
§ 20-88.35. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident
§ 20-88.36. Duration of personal jurisdiction
§ 20-88.37. Initiating and responding tribunal of the Commonwealth
§ 20-88.38. Simultaneous proceedings in another state
§ 20-88.39. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order
§ 20-88.40. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order
§ 20-88.41. Determination of controlling child support order
§ 20-88.42. Child support orders for two or more obligees
§ 20-88.43. Credit for payments
§ 20-88.43:1. Application to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction
§ 20-88.43:2. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order
§ 20-88.44. Proceedings under this chapter
§ 20-88.45. Action by minor parent
§ 20-88.46. Application of law of the Commonwealth
§ 20-88.47. Duties of initiating tribunal
§ 20-88.48. Duties and powers of responding tribunal
§ 20-88.49. Inappropriate tribunal
§ 20-88.50. Duties of support enforcement agency
§ 20-88.51. Duty of Secretary of Health and Human Resources
§ 20-88.53. Duties of state information agency
§ 20-88.54. Pleadings and accompanying documents
§ 20-88.55. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances
§ 20-88.57. Limited immunity of petitioner
§ 20-88.58. Nonparentage as defense
§ 20-88.59. Special rules of evidence and procedure
§ 20-88.60. Communications between tribunals
§ 20-88.61. Assistance with discovery
§ 20-88.62. Receipt and disbursement of payments
§ 20-88.63. Establishment of support order
§ 20-88.63:1. Proceeding to determine parentage
§ 20-88.64. Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state
§ 20-88.64:1. Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state
§ 20-88.64:2. Compliance with two or more income-withholding orders
§ 20-88.64:3. Immunity from civil liability
§ 20-88.64:4. Penalties for noncompliance
§ 20-88.64:5. Contest by obligor
§ 20-88.65. Administrative enforcement of orders
§ 20-88.66. Registration of order for enforcement
§ 20-88.67. Procedure to register order for enforcement
§ 20-88.68. Effect of registration for enforcement
§ 20-88.69. Choice of law; statute of limitations
§ 20-88.70. Notice of registration of order; contest of validity or enforcement
§ 20-88.71. Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order
§ 20-88.72. Contest of registration or enforcement
§ 20-88.74. Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification
§ 20-88.75. Effect of registration for modification
§ 20-88.76. Modification of child support order of another state
§ 20-88.77. Recognition of order modified in another state
§ 20-88.77:2. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification
§ 20-88.77:3. Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country
§ 20-88.77:4. Procedure to register child support order of foreign country for modification
§ 20-88.79. Grounds for rendition
§ 20-88.80. Conditions of rendition
§ 20-88.85. Relationship of Department of Social Services to United States central authority
§ 20-88.86. Initiation by Department of Social Services of support proceeding under convention
§ 20-88.88. Registration of Convention support order
§ 20-88.89. Contest of registered convention support order
§ 20-88.90. Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order
§ 20-88.91. Partial enforcement
§ 20-88.92. Foreign support agreement
§ 20-88.93. Modification of Convention child support order
§ 20-88.94. Personal information; limit on use
§ 20-88.95. Record in original language; English translation