36-5-2506 - Contest by obligor.

36-5-2506. Contest by obligor.

(a)  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 in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state. Section 36-5-2604 (Choice of Law) applies to the contest.

(b)  The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:

     (1)  A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee;

     (2)  Each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order; and

     (3)  The person or agency designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order or if no person or agency is designated, to the obligee.

[Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 2.]