Section 10-127 - Service. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-127. Service.
 

(a)  In general.- When the court receives a request for service of the earnings withholding order under § 10-126 of this subtitle, the court shall send to the obligor, by certified mail, return receipt requested and first-class mail, at the home address or, if the home address is unknown, the place of employment last reported to the court: 

(1) a copy of the earnings withholding order; 

(2) a copy of the request for service of the earnings withholding order; 

(3) a statement of the procedures under § 10-133 of this subtitle that the obligor must follow to contest the earnings withholding; 

(4) the form permitted under § 10-133(b)(3) of this subtitle; 

(5) a statement of the issues that may be adjudicated under § 10-133 of this subtitle; and 

(6) notice that: 

(i) the order will be served on the employer and will include arrears as alleged in the request for service of the earnings withholding order unless the obligor moves for a stay of service within 15 days of mailing the notice under this section; and 

(ii) the arrears accrued since the issuance of the support order will be apportioned according to the requirements of § 10-122 of this subtitle. 

(b)  When copy of order to be served on employer.- If the obligor fails to move for a stay under § 10-133 of this subtitle, the court shall immediately cause a copy of the earnings withholding order to be served on the employer of the obligor. 
 

[1985, ch. 329; 1991, ch. 37; 2001, ch. 299, § 2; 2006, ch. 44, § 6.]