(a) Initiation.--A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a support order issued by a foreign country may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this State.
(b) Procedure.--Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of this State to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to this part.
(Dec. 28, 2015, P.L.559, No.94, eff. imd.)
2015 Amendment. Act 94 amended subsec. (a).
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 75 - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration
Section 7501 - Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state
Section 7501.1 - Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state
Section 7501.2 - Compliance with multiple income-withholding orders
Section 7501.3 - Immunity from civil liability
Section 7501.4 - Penalties for noncompliance
Section 7501.5 - Contest by obligor
Section 7502 - Administrative enforcement of orders