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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209D, § 5-501

Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another State

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 209D-1-101 to 209D-9-902 (77 sections).

Section 5–501. Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another State.

An income withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor's employer under section 1A of chapter 119A or to any other source of periodic income to the obligor, without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of the commonwealth.

Official source: Massachusetts Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Massachusetts statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.