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Employer Question 25

What do I do if the employee does not have sufficient earnings to satisfy the Order/Notice? What if the employee has multiple Order/Notices?

Answer

Priority of deductions shall be given in the following order:

First to current monthly child, family, and/or spousal support;
Second, to current monthly health premiums, and/or other current medical support;
Third, to payment of ordered support arrears;
Fourth, to any remaining ordered amounts.

Where there are multiple orders for the same employee, first add up the total ongoing support obligations. If 50% of the employee's net disposable earnings will not pay in full all of the assignments for support, you must prorate it first among all of the current support assignments in the same proportion that each assignment bears to the total current support owed.

Apply any remainder to the assignment for arrearage support in the same proportion that each assignment bears to the total arrearage owed.


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