North Carolina General Statutes 52C-5-506. Contest by obligor
(a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this State by registering the order in a tribunal of this State and filing a contest to that order as provided in Article 6 of this Chapter, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this State.
(b) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:
(1) A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee;
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 52C-5-506
- 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
- 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) Each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and
(3) The person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order or, if no person is designated, to the obligee. (1997-433, s. 10.8; 1998-17, s. 1; 2015-117, s. 1.)