N.Y. Family Court Act § 580-502: Employer's compliance with income withholding order of another state

§ 580-502. Employer's compliance with income withholding order of

another state. (a) Upon receipt of an income withholding order, the

obligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the

obligor.

(b) The employer shall treat an income withholding order issued in

another state which appears regular on its face as if it had been issued

by a tribunal of this state.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (d) of this section

and section 580-503 of this part, the employer shall withhold and

distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying

with terms of the order which specify:

(1) the duration and amount of periodic payments of current child

support, stated as a sum certain;

(2) the person designated to receive payments and the address to which

the payments are to be forwarded;

(3) medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment,

stated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health

insurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the

obligor's employment;

(4) the amount of periodic payments of fees and costs for a support

enforcement agency, the issuing tribunal and the obligee's attorney,

stated as sums certain; and

(5) the amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on

arrearages, stated as sums certain.

(d) An employer shall comply with the law of the state of the

obligor's principal place of employment for withholding from income with

respect to:

(1) the employer's fee for processing an income withholding order;

(2) the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor's

income; and

(3) the times within which the employer must implement the withholding

order and forward the child support payment.