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D.C. Code § 46-355.06

Contest by obligor

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 46–46 (77 sections).

Feb. 27, 2016, D.C

(a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in the District by registering the order in a tribunal of the District and filing a contest to that order as provided in subchapter VI of this chapter [§ 46-356.01 et seq.], or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of the District.

(b) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:

(1) A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee;

(2) Each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and

(3) The person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order or, if no person is designated, to the obligee.

Official source: D.C. Law Library (Council of the District of Columbia). Reproduced from public-domain District of Columbia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.