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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VI
CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 88
UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
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F.S. 88.5061
88.5061 Contest by obligor.
(1) 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 part VI of this chapter, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
(2) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:
(a) A 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 no person is designated, to the obligee.
History.s. 29, ch. 97-170; s. 41, ch. 2011-92.

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Hedge v. Hedge

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2002-05-15

Citation: 816 So. 2d 241, 2002 Fla. App. LEXIS 6594, 2002 WL 985502

Snippet: of the wage garnishment as provided in section 88.5061, Florida Statutes (1997). REVERSED AND REMANDED