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Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 43-601-502: Employer obligations

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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 subsection D of this section

and Section 601-503 of this title, the employer shall withhold and

distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by

complying with the 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 sum 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.

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