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Less than 50% of custodial parents in the United States receive the full amount of child support. And the ratio even decreases when it comes to voluntary payment to meet child support obligations. In cases where non-custodial parents do not wish to pay the amount, the court involves the employers of the non-custodial parent in the child support process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is child support withholding?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Once the court has reached the decision of a certain amount to be paid as child support garnishment to the custodial parent, if the non-custodial parent refuses to pay the amount voluntarily, then the court sends a mandatory deduction order to their employers. After receiving this withholding notice, employers are required to make deductions for child support from the employee\u2019s wages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If a non-custodial parent is your employee and has a child support debt unpaid, the court or child support agency will send you an income withholding support order (IWO). Remember that you cannot terminate or fire an employee because of their unpaid debts or child support deduction orders from the court. The CCPA (Consumer Credit Protection Act) protects employees who have one debt that is subject to garnishment. However, if there is more than just a single debt, the CCPA will not protect the employee from other debts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Federal requirements a payroll department must know for child support<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Child support garnishment is a federal<\/a> law and has certain standard rules for payroll departments to comply with if received a deduction order for an employee. Here are some requirements and points to keep in mind:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n