Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 88.5061 (2025)
Contest by obligor.
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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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2002–2002 · leading case: Hedge v. Hedge, 816 So. 2d 241 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002).
Hedge v. Hedge, 816 So. 2d 241 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002). “The father may properly contest enforcement of the wage garnishment as provided in section 88.5061, Florida Statutes (1997).”
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