N.J.S. § 2A:17-56.9 Income Withholding

• Library: New Jersey Permanent Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through L. 2023, c. 130.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: N.J.S. § 2A:17-56.9

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The total amount of income to be withheld shall not exceed the maximum amount permitted under section 303 (b) of the federal Consumer Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. s. 1673 (b)). The income withholding shall be carried out in full compliance with all procedural due process requirements. The Administrative Office of the Courts shall establish procedures for promptly terminating the withholding when necessary and for promptly refunding amounts which have been improperly withheld.

The Probation Division shall extend the income withholding system to include withholding from income derived within the State in cases where the applicable support order was issued in another state.

When an income withholding order has been issued in this State, it shall promptly be forwarded to the obligor's principal place of employment pursuant to P.L. 1998, c. 2(C.2A:4-30.65 et seq.) or to the appropriate child support agency in the payor's state in the form prescribed by the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement. All procedural due process requirements of the state Title IV-D agency where the obligor has income shall apply to the income withholding.

Cite as N.J.S. § 2A:17-56.9

History: L.1981, c.417, s.3; amended by 1985, c.278, s.3; 1990, c.92, s.2; c. 1, s. 19.