N.Y. FCT Law § 580-502
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Employer's compliance with income withholding order of another state
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§ 580-502. Employer's compliance with income withholding order of\nanother state. (a) Upon receipt of an income withholding order, the\nobligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the\nobligor.\n (b) The employer shall treat an income withholding order issued in\nanother state which appears regular on its face as if it had been issued\nby a tribunal of this state.\n (c) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (d) of this section\nand section 580-503 of this part, the employer shall withhold and\ndistribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying\nwith terms of the order which specify:\n (1) the duration and amount of periodic payments of current child\nsupport, stated as a sum certain;\n (2) the person designated to receive payments and the address to which\nthe payments are to be forwarded;\n (3) medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment,\nstated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health\ninsurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the\nobligor's employment;\n (4) the amount of periodic payments of fees and costs for a support\nenforcement agency, the issuing tribunal and the obligee's attorney,\nstated as sums certain; and\n (5) the amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on\narrearages, stated as sums certain.\n (d) An employer shall comply with the law of the state of the\nobligor's principal place of employment for withholding from income with\nrespect to:\n (1) the employer's fee for processing an income withholding order;\n (2) the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor's\nincome; and\n (3) the times within which the employer must implement the withholding\norder and forward the child support payment.\n
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