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Miss. Code Ann. § 93-11-105: Administrative orders.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 93-11-103, the Department of Human Services shall be authorized to implement administrative orders for withholding without the necessity of obtaining an order through judicial proceedings. The administrative order for withholding shall be implemented pursuant to a previously rendered order for support and shall be on a form prescribed by the Department of Human Services. Unless inconsistent with the provisions of this section, the order for withholding shall be subject to the same requirements as provided in Sections 93-11-101 through 93-11-118.
(2) A copy of the administrative order shall be transmitted to the obligor by regular mail to the last-known address of the obligor.
(3) The order for withholding shall:
(a) Direct any payor to withhold an amount equal to the order for the current support obligation;
(b) Direct any payor to withhold an additional amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of the current support obligation, unless a different amount has been previously ordered by the court, until payment in full of any delinquency; and
(c) Direct the payor not to withhold in excess of the amounts allowed under Section 303(b) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, being 15 USCS 1673, as amended.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 93. Domestic Relations
Chapter 11. Enforcement of Support of Dependents
Orders for Withholding

(2) A copy of the administrative order shall be transmitted to the obligor by regular mail to the last-known address of the obligor.

(3) The order for withholding shall:

(a) Direct any payor to withhold an amount equal to the order for the current support obligation;

(b) Direct any payor to withhold an additional amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of the current support obligation, unless a different amount has been previously ordered by the court, until payment in full of any delinquency; and

(c) Direct the payor not to withhold in excess of the amounts allowed under Section 303(b) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, being 15 USCS 1673, as amended.

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