Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 408 – Distribution of collected support payments
(a) The income withholding order shall direct payment to be made to the state disbursement unit. The state disbursement unit shall promptly transmit payments received pursuant to an income withholding order based on a support order of another jurisdiction entered under this chapter to the agency or person designated in § 403(b)(5)c. of this title.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 408
- Agency: means the Division of Child Support Services of this State and, when the context requires, means either the court or agency of any other jurisdiction with functions similar to those defined in this chapter, including the issuance and enforcement of support orders. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 401
- Court: means the Family Court of this State and, when the context requires, means either the court or agency of any other jurisdiction with functions similar to those defined in this chapter, including the issuance and enforcement of support orders. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 401
- Income: means income as defined in § 513(b)(5) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 401
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Support order: means a judgment, decree or order, whether temporary, final or subject to modification, for the benefit of a child, a spouse or a former spouse, which provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages or reimbursement, and may include related costs and fees, interest, income withholding, attorney's fees and other relief. See Delaware Code Title 13 Sec. 401
(b) A support order entered pursuant to § 403 of this title does not nullify and is not nullified by a support order made by a court of this State pursuant to any other law or by a support order made by a court of any other state. Amounts collected by any withholding of income shall be credited against the amounts accruing or accrued for any period under any support orders issued either by this State or by a sister state.
65 Del. Laws, c. 115, § ?1; 71 Del. Laws, c. 216, §§ ?22, 23;