Child Support - Earnings Withholdings Limits

Also relevant to:Low-income / working-class

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Specifying that, for purposes of earnings withholdings, the amount deducted from the obligor's earnings may not exceed 35% of the obligor's disposable earnings if the obligor's individual income for the current year does not exceed 250% of the federal poverty guidelines for a family of one; and authorizing an employee to contest the amount of an earnings withholding order based on certain limits.

Source: OpenStates · fetched May 31, 2026

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