Section 10-138 - Earnings withholding order upon request of the obligor or in contempt or other proceedings. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-138. Earnings withholding order upon request of the obligor or in contempt or other proceedings.
 

(a)  Upon request of the obligor.- Upon request of the obligor, the court shall immediately authorize service of an earnings withholding order. 

(b)  In contempt or other proceedings.- Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part III, a court may at any time issue an earnings withholding order, in a contempt or other proceeding, if: 

(1) the recipient or the support enforcement agency has filed a petition that includes a request for an earnings withholding order; and 

(2) the obligor is in arrears in support payments of more than 30 days. 

(c)  Hearing.- A hearing shall be held if the obligor appears and contests the issuance of the order. 

(d)  Amount.- The amount of the wage withholding order entered under this subsection: 

(1) shall be enough to pay the support as originally entered by the court; and 

(2) may include a part of the arrearage. 
 

[1987, ch. 150; 1991, ch. 37; 2001, ch. 299, § 1.]