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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="10-206" title_number="10" title_name="Support in General" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Criminal Nonsupport and Desertion">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An order to pay support under this subtitle is a lien on the earnings of the accused individual.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The court shall send a certified copy of each order that establishes a lien on earnings to the appropriate support enforcement agency. The support enforcement agency shall notify the individual’s employer of the lien.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On receipt of notice of the lien from the support enforcement agency, the employer shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>on a regular basis, deduct the amount of the lien from the individual’s earnings; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>send the deducted amount to the support enforcement agency.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
