§ 52C-5-502. Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state. - North Carolina Statutes

§52C‑5‑502.  Employer's compliance with income‑withholdingorder of another state.

(a)        Upon receipt of anincome‑withholding order, the obligor's employer shall immediatelyprovide a copy of the order to the obligor.

(b)        The employer shalltreat an income‑withholding order issued in another state which appearsregular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this State.

(c)        Except as otherwiseprovided in subsection (d) of this section and G.S. 52C‑5‑503, theemployer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the income‑withholdingorder by complying with terms of the order which specify:

(1)        The duration andamount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum certain;

(2)        The person or agencydesignated to receive payments and the address to which the payments are to beforwarded;

(3)        Medical support,whether in the form of periodic cash payment, stated as a sum certain, orordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage for the child under apolicy available through the obligor's employment;

(4)        The amount ofperiodic payments of fees and costs for a support enforcement agency, theissuing tribunal, and the obligee's attorney, stated as sums certain; and

(5)        The amount ofperiodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated as sumscertain.

(d)        An employer shallcomply with the law of the state of the obligor's principal place of employmentfor withholding from income with respect to:

(1)        The employer's feefor processing an income‑withholding order;

(2)        The maximum amountpermitted to be withheld from the obligor's income; and

(3)        The times withinwhich the employer must implement the income‑withholding order andforward the child support payment. (1995, c. 538, s. 7(c); 1997‑433,s. 10.8; 1998‑17, s. 1.)