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Ark. Code Ann. § 9-14-515

Employer prohibited from taking action against parent for income withholding

Acts 1991, No. 368, § 14.

(1) A payor who is an employer is prohibited from discharging, refusing to employ, or taking other disciplinary action against a noncustodial parent under an income withholding order for healthcare coverage.

(2) Any employer violating this subchapter shall be subject to the contempt powers of the court issuing the order and may be fined up to fifty dollars ($50.00) per day.

(3) The noncustodial parent shall have the burden to prove that income withholding for healthcare coverage was the sole reason for the employer's action.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.