Sec. 2.5. (a) If, in a Title IV-D case, an income withholding order has not been issued with a support order under section 0.5 of this chapter, a Title IV-D agency shall:
(1) issue an income withholding order as required under IC 31-25-4-17 unless the court has stayed the implementation of the income withholding order under section 0.5(c) of this chapter; and
(2) provide notice under section 3.5 of this chapter to the obligor.
(b) In a Title IV-D case in which the implementation of an income withholding order was stayed under section 0.5(c) of this chapter, the Title IV-D agency shall:
(1) provide notice under section 3.5 of this chapter and lift the stay by issuing an income withholding order if the obligor's child support and arrearage payments are delinquent; or
(2) lift the stay by issuing an income withholding order if the obligor requests implementation of the income withholding order.
(c) In a Title IV-D case, if:
(1) an income withholding order was stayed under section 0.5(c) of this chapter; and
(2) an obligor requests the implementation of the income withholding order;
the Title IV-D agency is not required to give notice under section 3.5 of this chapter when implementing the income withholding order.
(d) An income withholding order issued under subsection (a) or (b):
(1) has the same force and effect; and
(2) is enforceable in the same manner;
as an income withholding order issued by a court.
(e) The total amount required to be withheld under an income withholding order implemented under this section is the sum of:
(1) the obligor's current child support obligation; plus
(2) the amount of arrearage payment ordered by the court; plus
(3) an additional amount as determined under subsection (f) for:
(A) any arrearage that has not been adjudicated, if no arrearage has been adjudicated previously; or
(B) any additional arrearage that:
(i) has not been adjudicated; and
(ii) accrues since the last adjudication of arrearage by the court.
(f) If an obligor subject to an income withholding order is in arrears, unless otherwise ordered by a court, the Title IV-D agency or its agent may increase the weekly amount withheld as follows:
(1) If the arrearages are at least ten dollars ($10) and less than five hundred dollars ($500), an additional amount of up to ten dollars ($10).
(2) If the arrearages are at least five hundred dollars ($500) and less than three thousand dollars ($3,000), an additional amount of up to twenty dollars ($20).
(3) If the arrearages are at least three thousand dollars ($3,000) and less than five thousand dollars ($5,000), an additional amount of up to twenty-five dollars ($25).
(4) If the arrearages are at least five thousand dollars ($5,000) and less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), an additional amount of up to thirty dollars ($30).
(5) If the arrearages are at least ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and less than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), an additional amount of up to thirty-five dollars ($35).
(6) If the arrearages are at least fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) and less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), an additional amount of up to forty dollars ($40).
(7) If the arrearages are at least twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) and less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), an additional amount of up to forty-five dollars ($45).
(8) If the arrearages are at least twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), an additional amount of up to fifty dollars ($50).
(g) A court is not bound by and is not required to consider the additional amounts described in subsection (f) when ordering, modifying, or enforcing periodic payments of child support.