Contest by obligor

19-A M.R.S. § 3101-F, under Chapter 67.

19-A M.R.S. § 3101-F

1. Contesting the validity or enforcement of an order. An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this State by registering the order in a tribunal of this State and filing a contest to that order as provided in subchapter 6, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this State. Section 3153 applies to the contest.

2. Notice of the contest. The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:

A. The support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee; [PL 1997, c. 669, §21 (NEW).]

B. Each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and [PL 2003, c. 436, §32 (AMD).]

C. The person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order or, if a person is not designated, to the obligee.