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SECTION 580-319
Receipt and disbursement of payments
Family Court Act (FCT) CHAPTER 686, ARTICLE 5-B, PART 3
§ 580-319. Receipt and disbursement of payments. (a) A support
enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any
amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order.
The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal
of another state or a foreign country a certified statement by the
custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all payments
received.

(b) If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor
the child resides in this state, upon request from a support enforcement
agency of this state or another state, a support enforcement agency or a
tribunal of this state shall:

(1) direct that the support payment be made to the support enforcement
agency in the state in which the obligee is receiving services; and

(2) issue and send to the obligor's employer a conforming income
withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee,
reflecting the redirected payments.

(c) A support enforcement agency of this state receiving redirected
payments from another state pursuant to a law similar to subdivision (b)
of this section shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of the
other state a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the
amount and dates of all payments received.