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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="10-122" title_number="10" title_name="Support in General" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Civil and Criminal Enforcement">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The amount of the earnings withholding shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>be enough to pay the support and any arrearage included in the payments required by the support order; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>include any arrearage accrued since the support order.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>When arrearages under subsection (a)(2) of this section are part of an earnings withholding order or earnings withholding notice, the total arrearage withheld shall be in one lump-sum payment or apportioned over a period of time.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The amount of the arrearage withheld under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall be determined by the tribunal or, in a case in which the Administration is providing support services, by the Administration.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The amount of arrears under subsection (a)(2) of this section apportioned to each payment shall be at least $1 but not more than 25% of the current support payment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If there is more than one earnings withholding order or earnings withholding notice against a single obligor, the Administration shall allocate amounts available for withholding, giving priority to current support, up to the limits imposed by the federal Consumer Credit Protection Act.</text>
  </level>
</section>
