§2366. Employer or holder responsibility and liability
A person who fails to honor an order to withhold and deliver, an order for expedited withholding, or a duly executed assignment of earnings, or fails to surrender property under section 2363, is liable to the department for the greater of $500 or the amount the person was required to remit to the department under a lien, order to withhold and deliver, order for expedited withholding, demand for surrender or assignment of earnings, together with costs, interest and reasonable attorney's fees. [PL 1997, c. 332, §1 (AMD); PL 1997, c. 332, §2 (AFF).]
When an order to withhold and deliver or assignment of earnings is in effect and the obligor's employment is terminated or the periodic payment terminates, the obligor's employer or other payor of funds shall notify the department of the termination within 30 days of the termination date. The notice must include the obligor's last known home address, the obligor's social security number, the support enforcement case number and the name and address of the obligor's new employer or payor of funds, if known. [PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 (NEW); PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. E, §2 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. E, §2 (AFF). PL 1997, c. 332, §1 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 332, §2 (AFF).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 19-A: DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 65: SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
Subchapter 2: ENFORCEMENT BY DEPARTMENT
Article 3: ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
Subarticle 3: COLLECTION OF SUPPORT DEBT
19-A §2351. Right of support enforcement when order exists
19-A §2352. Notice of support debt when court order exists
19-A §2353. Expeditious procedure during stay
19-A §2354. Interest of debt due
19-A §2355. Notice of requirement of prompt payment
19-A §2358. Order to withhold and deliver
19-A §2359. Expedited income withholding
19-A §2360. Setoff of debts against lottery winnings
19-A §2360-A. Lump-sum settlement; workers' compensation claims
19-A §2360-B. Cooperative agreements between department and Penobscot Nation
19-A §2361. Order to appear and disclose
19-A §2362. Release of excess withheld
19-A §2363. Administrative seizure and disposition of property
19-A §2364. Foreclosure on liens
19-A §2365. Release of lien or order to withhold
19-A §2366. Employer or holder responsibility and liability
19-A §2367. Employee protected
19-A §2368. Assignment of earnings