(a) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor’s employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.
     (b) The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issued in another state which appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this State.

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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 750 ILCS 22/502

  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

     (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and Section 503, the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with terms of the order which specify:
         (1) the duration and amount of periodic payments of
    
current child-support, stated as a sum certain;
        (2) the person designated to receive payments and the
    
address to which the payments are to be forwarded;
        (3) medical support, whether in the form of periodic
    
cash payment, stated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the obligor’s employment;
        (4) the amount of periodic payments of fees and costs
    
for a support enforcement agency, the issuing tribunal, and the obligee’s attorney, stated as sums certain; and
        (5) the amount of periodic payments of arrearages and
    
interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain.
    (d) An employer shall comply with the law of the state of the obligor’s principal place of employment for withholding from income with respect to:
         (1) the employer’s fee for processing an
    
income-withholding order;
        (2) the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from
    
the obligor’s income; and
        (3) the times within which the employer must
    
implement the withholding order and forward the child-support payment.