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2011 Florida Statutes
SECTION 5011
Employer’s receipt of income-withholding order of another state.
Employer’s receipt of income-withholding order of another state.
188.5011 Employer’s receipt of income-withholding order of another state.—An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent to the person or entity defined as the obligor’s employer under the income deduction law of this state or payor as defined by s. 61.046, without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state.
History.—s. 5, ch. 96-189; s. 24, ch. 97-170; s. 36, ch. 2011-92.
1Note.—Section 81, ch. 2011-92, provides that “[e]xcept as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect upon the earlier of 90 days following Congress amending 42 U.S.C. s. 666(f) to allow or require states to adopt the 2008 version of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, or 90 days following the state obtaining a waiver of its state plan requirement under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act.” Section 36, ch. 2011-92, amended s. 88.5011, to read:
88.5011 Employer’s receipt of income-withholding order of another state.—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 person defined as the obligor’s employer under the income deduction law of this state or payor as defined by s. 61.046, without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state.