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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 19-A, § 3101-F

Contest by obligor

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 2801–3401 (91 sections).

PL 1997, c. 669, §21 (NEW)

1. Contesting the validity or enforcement of an order. 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 subchapter 6, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this State. Section 3153 applies to the contest.

2. Notice of the contest. The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:

A. The 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 a person is not designated, to the obligee.

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