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Employer Question 18
What does the Order/Notice to Withhold Income for Child Support require
me to do?
Answer
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Document the date you received the Order/Notice. |
| 2. |
Give a copy of the Order/Notice and the blank Request
for Hearing form to your employee within 10 days of receipt.
Note: Order/Notices to Withhold Income for child support do not have
to be filed at Superior Court to be valid orders. |
| 3. |
Follow the terms of the order. Begin to withhold money
from the employee's net disposable earnings no later than 10 days
after receipt. This usually means you begin deductions at the next
pay period after receipt. Send payments to child support services
agency within seven (7) working days of the employee's pay date. Do
not wait until the end of the month to send the support. (The withholding
limit varies from state to state. California employers may not withhold
more than 50% of the net disposable income.)
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| 4. |
When sending payments, provide the:
- Child support case number
- Employee's name
- Social Security Number
- Dates money was withheld, in order for the payment to be properly
posted. The date the money was withheld is the date your employee
was paid, i.e. the pay date. It is also known as the legal date
of collection (LDOC).
Forms you will receive along with the Order/Notice:
- A cover letter with instructions for how to implement wage withholding;
- Request for Hearing Regarding Wage and Earnings Assignment and Information
sheet
- A letter for employers to inform the child support services agency
if the employee leaves this employment. (Notify the child support
services agency no later than the date of the next payment and provide
the employee's last known address, and, if known, the name and address
of the new employer)
- Payment coupons
- National Medical Support Notice.
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Note: Employers MAY NOT use an Order/Notice as grounds for refusing to
hire a person or for taking disciplinary action against an employee. Employers
could face civil penalties if they do so.
Wage assignments do not mean that the employee has not provided for his/her
children. By federal law, all child support orders issued by child support
services agencies must contain a wage assignment order or notice.
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Asked Questions Answer
| 1. |
Document the date you received the Order/Notice. |
| 2. |
Give a copy of the Order/Notice and the blank Request
for Hearing form to your employee within 10 days of receipt.
Note: Order/Notices to Withhold Income for child support do not have
to be filed at Superior Court to be valid orders. |
| 3. |
Follow the terms of the order. Begin to withhold money
from the employee's net disposable earnings no later than 10 days
after receipt. This usually means you begin deductions at the next
pay period after receipt. Send payments to child support services
agency within seven (7) working days of the employee's pay date. Do
not wait until the end of the month to send the support. (The withholding
limit varies from state to state. California employers may not withhold
more than 50% of the net disposable income.)
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| 4. |
When sending payments, provide the:
- Child support case number
- Employee's name
- Social Security Number
- Dates money was withheld, in order for the payment to be properly
posted. The date the money was withheld is the date your employee
was paid, i.e. the pay date. It is also known as the legal date
of collection (LDOC).
Forms you will receive along with the Order/Notice:
- A cover letter with instructions for how to implement wage withholding;
- Request for Hearing Regarding Wage and Earnings Assignment and Information
sheet
- A letter for employers to inform the child support services agency
if the employee leaves this employment. (Notify the child support
services agency no later than the date of the next payment and provide
the employee's last known address, and, if known, the name and address
of the new employer)
- Payment coupons
- National Medical Support Notice.
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Note: Employers MAY NOT use an Order/Notice as grounds for refusing to
hire a person or for taking disciplinary action against an employee. Employers
could face civil penalties if they do so.
Wage assignments do not mean that the employee has not provided for his/her
children. By federal law, all child support orders issued by child support
services agencies must contain a wage assignment order or notice.
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Asked Questions
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