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Most Gulf Coast residents can name several hurricanes - from Hurricane Andrew (Florida and Louisiana), Audrey (Southwest Louisiana), Betsy (Southeast Louisiana), Camille (Mississippi and Louisiana), Hugo (S. Carolina), Opal (Florida and Alabama), to the most recent episodes of Georges (that swept through Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi), and Ivan, Jeanne, Karl, and Nicole.
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New law addresses child support wage assignments AB1426
Employers are required to report bothnew hires and rehired employees to theEmployment Development Department(EDD) within 20 days of the start-of-work date. (For details, visit our Website at www.edd.ca.gov/txner.htm, orcall 916-657-0529.) This informationis cross-matched by federal, state, andlocal agencies against a list of parentswho are delinquent in their childsupport obligations. If a match is found,a child support wage assignment isissued to the employer.Under a new state law (AB 1426,Wright, effective January 1, 2002),when an employer fails to comply with a wage assignment order, local childsupport agencies and/or supportobligees may obtain a court order torequire the employer to make childsupport paymentsthrough electronicfunds transfer.
Specifically, this law allows a courtorder to be obtained if:(1) an employer willfully fails tocomply with a wage assignment order,or (2) has failed to comply with aparticular wage assignment order onthree separate occasions within a12-month period. It also allows the courts to impose additional penaltiesif an employer fails to comply with acourt-ordered child support wageassignment. An employer found incontempt may face a civil penalty ofup to 50 percent of the support amountnot forwarded to the child supportobligee, including any interest incurredas a result of the employers failure toforward child support payments.
For more information about AB 1426,call the state Department of [ChildSupport]Create? Services at (866) 249-0773.If you have received a wage assign-ment, contact the agency listed onthe assignment for further information
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Most Gulf Coast residents can name several hurricanes - from Hurricane Andrew (Florida and Louisiana), Audrey (Southwest Louisiana), Betsy (Southeast Louisiana), Camille (Mississippi and Louisiana), Hugo (S. Carolina), Opal (Florida and Alabama), to the most recent episodes of Georges (that swept through Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi), and Ivan, Jeanne, Karl, and Nicole.
Source: Louisiana State Center
