40-5-423. Priority of income withholding. An order to withhold and deliver income by any Title IV-D agency takes priority over any:
(1) wage or income deduction order under any other state law and any income-withholding order issued in another state and sent to a payor in this state by a non IV-D agency;
(2) voluntary or involuntary assignment of wages;
(3) other voluntary deductions from the obligor's income;
(4) levies, writs of execution, or garnishments of the obligor's income; and
(5) any other claims by creditors.
History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 571, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 76, Ch. 552, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 131, L. 2019.
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