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Florida Income Withholding Order
Posted by Nydia Streets of Streets Law in Florida Child Support
A Florida Income Withholding Order can be entered to require that a parent pay support through the State Disbursement Unit. This provides a method for the State to monitor payments and to have payments involuntarily garnished from the parent’s paycheck to ensure it is received by the other parent. This type of order is required to be entered in a case involving child support unless the parents agree otherwise.
Posted by Nydia Streets of Streets Law in Florida Alimony
What is an income withholding order in Florida? This is an order that obligates someone’s employer to withhold money from his/her paycheck and pay that money to the State Depository. The State Depository then disburses this money as child support and/or alimony on behalf of the person whose paycheck was garnished. Entry of this type of order was an issue in the case Carlson v. Frengut, 4D21-1600 (Fla. 4th DCA September 14, 2022).
Posted by Nydia Streets of Streets Law in Florida Child Support
After an administrative child support order is entered in Florida, a party may choose to file a paternity action to establish timesharing. When that happens, a modification of the child support may be required based on the timesharing schedule ordered. Since the Department of Revenue is involved in administrative child support proceedings, it has an interest in the separately filed paternity action. This is illustrated in the case Boukzam v. Jugo, 4D19-1240 (Fla. 4th DCA March 18, 2020).
Posted by Nydia Streets of Streets Law in Florida Child Support
Entry of an income withholding order in Florida for child support or alimony is customary and generally required. Even if the parties agree for payment to be made directly from the obligor to the obligee, the court is still usually required to enter a delayed income withholding order which allows enforcement of support to be handled via the State Depository if a parent is late with payments. In Moore v. Holton, 2D19-3098 (Fla. 2d DCA March 18, 2020), a second appeal was taken regarding the trial court’s entry of an income withholding order.
