(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, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 15-23.1-506

(b)  The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:

(1)  A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee;

(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.

History of Section.
P.L. 1997, ch. 170, § 15; P.L. 2006, ch. 69, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 76, § 2.