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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-5-502

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 14-5-502 - Employers Compliance with Income-Withholding Order of Another State (2025)

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Colorado Revised Statutes 2025 — Title 14: Domestic Matters — Article 5: Uniform Parentage Act § 14-5-502 Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state 14‑5‑502. Employer's compliance with income‑withholding order of another state. (a) Upon receipt of an income‑withholding order, the obligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor. (b) The employer shall treat an income‑withholding order issued in another state which appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this state. (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section and section 14‑5‑503 the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with terms of the order which specify: (1) The duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum certain; (2) The person designated to receive payments and the address to which the payments are to be forwarded; (3) Medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment, stated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the obligor's employment; (4) The amount of periodic payments of fees and costs for a support enforcement agency, the issuing tribunal, and the obligee's attorney, stated as sums certain; and (5) The amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain. (d) An employer shall comply with the law of the state of the obligor's principal place of employment for withholding from income with respect to: (1) The employer's fee for processing an income‑withholding order; (2) The maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor's income; and (3) The times within which the employer must implement the withholding order and forward the child support payment. Source: L. 97: Entire part amended with relocations, p. 539, 11, effective July 1; (b) amended, p. 1264, 6, effective July 1. L. 98: (b) amended, p. 753, 1, effective July 1. L. 2000: (b) amended, p. 1709, 5, effective July 1. L. 2003: (c)(2) amended, p. 1256, 28, effective July 1, 2004. Editor's note: This section was formerly numbered as 14‑5‑501 (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3), and the former 14‑5‑502 was relocated to 14‑5‑507. Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1997 act amending subsection (b), see section 1 of chapter 236, Session Laws of Colorado 1997. Source: Colorado General Assembly, Office of Legislative Legal Services. Colorado Revised Statutes 2025, current through the 75th General Assembly, First Extraordinary Session (August 2025). https://leg.colorado.gov/colorado-revised-statutes