1. A. Any person awarded custody of and support for a minor child by the district court or awarded periodic child support payments by the Department of Human Services, or the Department of Human Services on behalf of a recipient of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or on behalf of a person not receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, upon proper application, shall be entitled to proceed to collect any current child support and child support due and owing through income assignment pursuant to the provisions of this section and Sections 1171.3 and 1171.4 or Sections 240 through 240.3 of Title 56 of the Oklahoma Statutes or by garnishment, if the minor child is in the custody and care of the person entitled to receive the child support or as is otherwise provided by the court or administrative order at the time of the income assignment or garnishment proceedings.
2. B. The maximum part of the aggregate disposable earnings of any person for any workweek which is subject to garnishment or income assignment for the support of a minor child shall not exceed: 1. fifty percent (50%) of such person's disposable earnings for that week, if such person is supporting his spouse or a dependent child other than the child with respect to whose support such order is used; and
3. 2. sixty percent (60%) of such person's disposable earnings for that week if such person is not supporting a spouse or dependent child. The fifty percent (50%) specified in paragraph 1 of this subsection shall be deemed to be fifty-five percent (55%) and the sixty percent (60%) specified in paragraph 2 of this subsection shall be deemed to be sixty-five percent (65%), if and to the extent that such earnings are subject to garnishment or income assignment to enforce a support order with respect to a period which is prior to the twelve-week period which ends with the beginning of such workweek.

Laws 1978, HB 1659, c. 190, § 2, eff. October 1, 1978; Amended by Laws 1985, HB 1209, c. 297, § 11, eff. October 1, 1985; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 2058, c. 272, § 2, eff. November 1, 1997 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1997, SB 706, c. 402, § 6, emerg. eff. July 1, 1997 (superseded document available).