North Carolina General Statutes 52C-5-502. Employer’s compliance with income-withholding order of another state
(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.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52C-5-503, the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the income-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;
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 52C-5-502
- Child: means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent. See North Carolina General Statutes 52C-1-101
- Income: includes earnings or other periodic entitlements to money from any source and any other property subject to withholding for support under the law of this State. See North Carolina General Statutes 52C-1-101
- Income-withholding order: means an order or other legal process directed to an obligor's employer, other debtor, or payor as defined under Chapter 110 of the N. See North Carolina General Statutes 52C-1-101
- Issuing tribunal: means the tribunal of a state or foreign country that issues a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child. See North Carolina General Statutes 52C-1-101
- Law: includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations having the force of law. See North Carolina General Statutes 52C-1-101
- Obligee: means :
- Obligor: means an individual who, or the estate of a decedent that:
- Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See North Carolina General Statutes 52C-1-101
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession under the jurisdiction of the United States. See North Carolina General Statutes 52C-1-101
- Support enforcement agency: means a public official, governmental entity, or private agency authorized to:
- Tribunal: means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. See North Carolina General Statutes 52C-1-101
(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 income-withholding order and forward the child support payment. (1995, c. 538, s. 7(c); 1997-433, s. 10.8; 1998-17, s. 1; 2015-117, s. 1.)