Contents of Income Withholding Order

Contents of Income Withholding Order. The Income Withholding Order shall contain the following: (a) The title and docket number of the suit; (b) The name of the obligee; (c) The name of the obligor and the obligor’s Social Security Number, which the obligor shall disclose to the tribunal. If the obligor is not a United States citizen, the obligor shall disclose to the tribunal, and the tribunal shall include in the order for support, the obligor’s alien registration number, passport number, and home country’s social security or a national health number, if applicable. (d) The amount and duration of the child support, not including medical support, stated as a sum certain; (e) The name and address of the CNMI Support Disbursement Unit, with direction to the CNMI Support Disbursement Unit to disburse the payment to the person designated to receive payments; (f) Medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payments, 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; (g) A cost-sharing statement for un-reimbursed medical expenses; (h) 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; (i) The amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain; (j) A statement that all child support payments delinquent beyond 31 days become automatic judgments; (k) A statement requiring an income withholding notice to be prepared and served immediately upon any payor of the obligor by the obligee or public office, unless a written agreement is reached between and signed by both parties providing for an alternative arrangement, approved and entered into the record by the tribunal, which ensures payment of support; (l) In the case that an alternative arrangement is approved, as allowed in 8 CMC § 19105(a), the order for support shall provide that an income withholding notice is to be prepared and served only if the obligor becomes delinquent in paying the order for support; (m) A statement containing a dollar amount to be paid until payment in full of any delinquency that accrues after entry of the order for support. The amount for payment of delinquency shall not be less than twenty percent of the total of the current support amount and the amount to be paid periodically for payment of any arrearage stated in the order for support. Source: PL 14-34, § 8, modified; redesignated by PL 20-22 § 5 (Oct. 6, 2017), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission inserted the proper codified section referenced in subsection (l) above and deleted figures that were repetitious of words in subsection (m) above pursuant to its authority by 1 CMC § 3806(d) and (e), respectively. In codifying PL 20-22, the Commission renumbered 8 CMC § 1577 pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(a). The Commission changed “8 CMC § 1575(a)” to “8 CMC § 19105(a)” pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(c).