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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="10-334" title_number="10" title_name="Support in General" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Maryland Uniform Interstate Family Support Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Upon receipt of an income withholding order, the obligor’s employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section and § 10–335 of this subtitle, the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with terms of the order which specify:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the duration and the amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum certain;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the person designated to receive payment and the address to which the payments are to be forwarded;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>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;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>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</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>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:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the employer’s fee for processing an income withholding order;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor’s income; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the time periods within which the employer must implement the withholding order and forward the child support payment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
