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Fla. Stat. § 88.5061

Contest by obligor

Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2015
As of January 1, 2011
(1) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this state in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state. Section 88.6041, choice of law, applies to the contest.
(1) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this state by registering the order in a tribunal of this state and filing a contest to that order as provided in part VI of this chapter, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
(2) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to: (a) A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee; (b) Each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order; and (c) The person or agency designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order, or if no person or agency is designated, to the obligee.
(2) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to: (a) A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee; (b) Each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and (c) The person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order, or if no person is designated, to the obligee.

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