Intergovernmental Enforcement
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Introduction
UIFSA is an important tool for the enforcement of the support order and other provisions. It streamlines the enforcement of court orders across state lines through direct income withholding and registration for enforcement.
Direct Income Withholding
An income withholding order issued by a state may be sent to the obligor’s employer in any other state without an intergovernmental filing. The employer must make the appropriate deductions from the obligor’s pay to satisfy the income withholding order and remit the amount to the NJFSPC. The out-of-state employer should honor the income withholding order as if it had been issued by a tribunal of its own state.
If an employer fails to comply with direct income withholding, the state issuing the order should do the following:
- Contact the employer because each state’s UIFSA requires compliance
- Contact the responding agency’s ICR for assistance and guidance
- Register the order for enforcement, making it a two-state process
Probation Child Support Enforcement Operations Manual
To review the Probation Manual section for procedures, please refer to the following documents:
- Section 1003: Organizational Structures and Interagency Relationships (01/06/23)
- Section 1011: Role of the Probation Assistant Division Manager in Child Support Enforcement (01/06/23)
- Section 1100: Intake Procedures (01/06/23)
- Section 1800: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act 2008 Overview (01/02/20)
- Section 1801: Reciprocity/The Hague Child Support Convention/Tribal Nations (05/04/20)
- Section 1802: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act 2008 (07/13/20)
- Section 1803: UIFSA-Hague Intake Procedures (10/11/23)
- Section 1804: Creating an Intergovernmental Case (03/01/23)
- Section 1806: Intergovernmental Modification of Orders (01/06/23)
- Section 1808: Intergovernmental Case Closure Procedures (10/11/23)