State Income Withholding Contacts and Program Requirements

The Income Withholding Matrix provides state-specific information in the following areas:

• When the employer should begin to withhold child support
• When the employer should send the child support payment
• Any mandatory deductions required by state law
• Priority for withholding current support, arrears, and medical support
• Withholding limit(s) applied to employees
• Withholding limit(s) applied to non-employees
• How to allocate among orders for child support if the noncustodial parent does not have enough money to satisfy them all
• When to notify the child support agency of the termination of an employee who owes child support
• How long to retain an order after an employee's termination
• Maximum administrative fee allowed to be taken by the employer
• State legislative citation that authorizes these requirements