My order includes wage withholding. How does that work?
Wage withholding is a court ordered deduction from the support payer’s paycheck. The deduction is for the full amount of child support and/or back payments. It typically takes several weeks after the child support order is issued for wage withholding to begin. Wage withholding is designed to make it more convenient to pay child support and to create an accurate record of child support payments made and received, thereby eliminating any dispute over how much child support has been paid. The employer will send a check for the full amount of child support to the Office of Child Support (OCS) Registry, unless the amount exceeds limitations set by the Consumer Credit Protection Act (which is a federal law that protects employees from having too much money withheld from their paychecks). Upon receipt of the support payment, OCS applies the funds to the non-custodial parent’s account and, within 2 to 3 business days, issues the payment to the custodial parent or other entitled party. Payment
