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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="10-138" title_number="10" title_name="Support in General" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Civil and Criminal Enforcement">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Upon request of the obligor, the court shall immediately authorize service of an earnings withholding order.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part III, a court may at any time issue an earnings withholding order, in a contempt or other proceeding, if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the recipient or the support enforcement agency has filed a petition that includes a request for an earnings withholding order; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the obligor is in arrears in support payments of more than 30 days.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A hearing shall be held if the obligor appears and contests the issuance of the order.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The amount of the wage withholding order entered under this subsection:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall be enough to pay the support as originally entered by the court; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may include a part of the arrearage.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
