Montana Code 40-5-423. Priority of income withholding
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40-5-423. Priority of income withholding. An order to withhold and deliver income by any Title IV-D agency takes priority over any:
Terms Used In Montana Code 40-5-423
- Income: means any form of payment to a person, regardless of source, including commissions, bonuses, workers' compensation, disability payments, payments under a pension or retirement program, interest, and earnings and wages. See Montana Code 40-5-403
- IV-D agency: means the agency responsible for the provision of services under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, 42 U. See Montana Code 40-5-403
- Obligor: means a person who owes a duty to make payments under a support order. See Montana Code 40-5-403
- Payor: means any payor of income to an obligor and includes any person, firm, corporation, association, employer, trustee, political subdivision, state agency, or any agent thereof who is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state under Rule 4(b) of the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure or any employer under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act contained in part 10 of this chapter. See Montana Code 40-5-403
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(1)wage or income deduction order under any other state law and any income-withholding order issued in another state and sent to a payor in this state by a non IV-D agency;
(2)voluntary or involuntary assignment of wages;
(3)other voluntary deductions from the obligor‘s income;
(4)levies, writs of execution, or garnishments of the obligor’s income; and
(5)any other claims by creditors.