What does the employer do if there are multiple orders for child Support for one employee?
Federal regulations require that some money must be paid to each order for current support if there is more than one withholding order. States have enacted laws specifying the method for apportioning funds toward current support due for each order so that some money will be allocated toward each order. The orders should not be paid on a “first come, first served” basis. The requirement for states to have a method for allocation of monies due when there are multiple obligations for one obligor is found in regulation at 45 CFR 303.100(a)(5): each state: “Must establish procedures for allocation of support among families, but in no case shall the allocation result in a withholding for one of the support obligations not being implemented.
Federal regulations require that some money must be paid to each order for current support if there is more than one withholding order. States enacted laws specifying the method for apportioning funds toward current support due for each order. The orders should not be paid on a “first come, first served” basis. The requirement for States to have a method for allocation of monies due when there are multiple obligations for one obligor is found in regulation at 45 CFR 303.100(a)(5): each State: “Must establish procedures for allocation of support among families, but in no case shall the allocation result in a withholding for one of the support obligations not being implemented.
