Fla. Stat. § 88.5061
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88.5061 Contest by obligor.
Official statutory text
(1) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this state by registering the order in a tribunal of this state and filing a contest to that order as provided in part VI of this chapter, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
(2) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to: (a) A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee; (b) Each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and (c) The person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order, or if no person is designated, to the obligee.
History: s. 29, ch. 97-170; s. 41, ch. 2011-92.
(2) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to: (a) A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee; (b) Each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and (c) The person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order, or if no person is designated, to the obligee.
History: s. 29, ch. 97-170; s. 41, ch. 2011-92.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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