§ 15-16-7. Income withholding by withholding agency — Registry — Judicial review.
(a) If an obligor or obligee requests income withholding or if the obligor fails to timely file his or her statement contesting income withholding as required under § 15-16-5, the income withholding shall become effective without the necessity for a hearing before a magistrate of the family court, and the department shall issue an income withholding order to the withholding agent with notice of the order to the obligor, in accordance with § 15-16-9.
(b) The department shall maintain a central registry of all income withholding orders issued pursuant to this section and § 15-16-8, and it shall enter these orders on the CSE system.
(c) An obligor aggrieved by the issuance of an income withholding order by the department under this section shall be entitled to judicial review de novo by the family court.
History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 163, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 478, § 2; P.L. 1998, ch. 442, § 7.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 15-16 - Income Withholding
Section 15-16-2. - Definitions.
Section 15-16-3. - Remedies additional.
Section 15-16-4. - Income withholding agency.
Section 15-16-6. - Notice to obligor.
Section 15-16-7. - Income withholding by withholding agency — Registry — Judicial review.
Section 15-16-8. - Contesting withholding.
Section 15-16-9. - Income withholding order — Service — Effectiveness — Contents.
Section 15-16-10. - Duties and liabilities of withholding agent.
Section 15-16-11. - Duration — Modification or revocation of order.
Section 15-16-12. - Allocation of amounts withheld — Refunds — Distribution.
Section 15-16-14. - Voluntary income withholding.
Section 15-16-15. - Initiation of income withholding with other jurisdictions.