{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-407.5502","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 407.5502","heading":"Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state.","body":"(1) Upon receipt of an income -withholding order, the obligor's employer shall\nimmediately provide a copy of an order to the obligor.\n(2) The employer shall treat an income -withholding order that has been issued in\nanother state and that appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a\ntribunal of this state.\n(3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section and KRS 407.5503,\nthe employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding\norder by complying with terms of the order terms that specify:\n(a) The duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated\nas a sum certain;\n(b) The person designated to receive payments and the address to which the\npayments are to be forwarded;\n(c) Medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment, stated as a\nsum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage for\nthe child under a policy available through the obligor's employment;\n(d) The amount of periodic payments of fee s and costs for a support enforcement\nagency, the issuing tribunal, and the obligee's attorney, stated as sums certain;\nand\n(e) The amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages,\nstated as sums certain.\n(4) An employer shall comply w ith the law of the state of the obligor's principal place\nof employment for withholding from income with respect to:\n(a) The employer's fee for processing an income-withholding order;\n(b) The maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor's incom e;\nand\n(c) The times within which the employer must implement the withholding order\nand forward the child support payment.","path":["KRS Chapter 407"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=45102","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:59:34Z","sha256":"782317297a0e98cf68510bf01a60a1a81ec891bf8e5cd2af5be122d0e3627e09","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-407.5501","next":"us-ky/krs-407.5503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}