40-5-422. Obligor rights protected -- penalties. (1) An employer may not discharge, discipline, or refuse to hire an obligor:
(a) because the person has a child support obligation; or
(b) because of the institution of income withholding on the obligor's income or the initiation of proceedings under this part.
(2) Any person who violates this section may be fined not more than $500 and not less than $150 and may be required to make full restitution to the aggrieved obligor, including reinstatement and backpay.
History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 571, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 702, L. 1989.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 5. Enforcement of Support
Part 4. Child Support Enforcement Act Administrative Income Withholding
40-5-402. Purpose -- applicability
40-5-404. Other remedies available
40-5-405. Rulemaking authority
40-5-406. through 40-5-410 reserved
40-5-411. Immediate income withholding
40-5-412. Delinquency income withholding
40-5-413. Notice of income withholding
40-5-415. Order to withhold income -- rules
40-5-416. Determination of amount of income to be withheld
40-5-417. Modification or termination of withholding orders
40-5-419. Alternative method of payment in lieu of income withholding
40-5-422. Obligor rights protected -- penalties
40-5-423. Priority of income withholding
40-5-424. Civil liability for failure to comply with income-withholding order
40-5-426. through 40-5-430 reserved
40-5-431. Registration of interstate income-withholding orders
40-5-432. Application for withholding
40-5-433. Additional duties of department in income withholding
40-5-434. Initiation of income withholding in other jurisdictions
40-5-435. through 40-5-439 reserved
40-5-443. Payors to provide information -- exemption from liability