South Carolina Code 63-17-1910. Voluntary income withholding
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 63-17-1910
- Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
- Court: means the family court of this State and, when the context requires, means either the court or agency of any other jurisdiction with functions similar to those defined in this chapter, including the issuance and enforcement of support orders. See South Carolina Code 63-17-1810
- Income: means any form of payment to an individual as defined in § 63-17-1410. See South Carolina Code 63-17-1810
- Obligor: means any person required to make payments under the term of a support order for a child, spouse, or former spouse. See South Carolina Code 63-17-1810
- Support order: means an order of a court which provides for periodic payments of funds for the support of a child or maintenance of a spouse or former spouse and support of a child, whether temporary or final, whether incidental to a proceeding for divorce, separation, separate maintenance, paternity, guardianship, or otherwise and includes an order providing modification of support payment of an arrearage or reimbursement of support. See South Carolina Code 63-17-1810
Any person who is the obligor on a support order of another jurisdiction may obtain voluntary income withholding by filing with the clerk of court a request for withholding and a certified copy of the support order of a sister state. The clerk of court shall issue a notice to withhold under § 63-17-1450(B). Payment must be made to the State Disbursement Unit.