Utah Code § 81-8-502

Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state
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(1) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer shall immediately provide a
copy of the order to the obligor.
(2) The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issued in another state which appears
regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (4) and Section 81-8-503, the employer shall
withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with terms of
the order which specify:
(a) the duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum
certain;
(b) the person designated to receive payments and the address to which the payments are to be
forwarded;
(c) medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment, stated as a sum certain, or
ordering the obligor to provide health care coverage for the child under a policy available
through the obligor's employment;
(d) the amount of periodic payments of fees and costs for a child support services agency, the
issuing tribunal, and the obligee's attorney, stated as sums certain; and
(e) the amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated as sums
certain.
(4) An employer shall comply with the law of the state of the obligor's principal place of
employment for withholding from income with respect to:
(a) the employer's fee for processing an income withholding order;
(b) the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor's income; and
(c) the times within which the employer must implement the withholding order and forward the
child support payment.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 426, 2025 General Session

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