The mechanism by which an employer withholds an amount from an employee's wages to satisfy the employee's court-ordered child support obligation.
A mandatory procedure, that is part of the support order, where employers make automatic deductions from a parent’s income to pay child support. Also called income assignment or wage withholding.
Withholding from an obligor's income for the purposes of paying a support obligation. "Income" means: any form of monetary payment, including personal earnings; workers' compensation payments; unemployment compensation benefits; pensions; annuities; allowances; private or governmental retirement benefits; disability or sick pay; insurance proceeds; lottery prize awards; federal, state or local government benefits to the extent that the benefits can be withheld or deducted under the law governing the benefits; any form of trust fund or endowment; lump-sum payments; and any other payment in money.
A procedure by which scheduled deductions are automatically made from wages or income to pay a debt such as child support; may be voluntary or involuntary. Also known as income withholding, wage attachment, immediate wage withholding and withholding from earnings.
Income withholding is the deduction of the current child support, child care support, medical support, or spousal support obligation and arrears from an obligor's wages or other sources of income.
Procedure by which the payer of an obligor deducts support pursuant to an order from the CSEA.
Procedure by which automatic deductions are made from wages or income, as defined in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), to pay a debt such as child support. Income withholding often is incorporated into the child support order and may be voluntary or involuntary. The provision dictates that an employer must withhold support from a non-custodial parent?s wages and transfer that withholding to the appropriate agency (the Centralized Collection Unit or State Disbursement Unit). Sometimes referred to as wage withholding.
