§ 15-23.1-319 - Receipt and disbursement of payments. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 15-23.1-319

   § 15-23.1-319  Receipt and disbursement ofpayments. – (a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disbursepromptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by theorder. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunalof another state a certified statement by the custodian of the record of theamounts and dates of all payments received.

   (b) If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is anindividual, nor the child resides in this state, upon request from the supportenforcement agency of this state or another state, the support enforcementagency of this state or a tribunal of this state shall:

   (1) Direct that the support payment be made to the supportenforcement agency in the state in which the obligee is receiving services; and

   (2) Issue and send to the obligor's employer a conformingincome-withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee,reflecting the redirected payments.

   (c) The support enforcement agency of this state receivingredirected payments from another state pursuant to a law similar to subsection(b) shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of the other state acertified statement by the custodian of the record of the amount and dates ofall payments received.