1. An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency to the obligor's employer without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state.

History: Laws 1994, ch. 107, § 501; 1997, ch. 9, § 11; 2005, ch. 166, § 30.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, provided that an income-withholding order issued by another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or a support enforcement agency to the obligor's employer.

The 1997 amendment, effective July 1, 1997, substituted "Employer's receipt of" for "Recognition of" at the beginning of the section heading and rewrote this section to the extent that a detailed comparison is impracticable.