40-5-423. Priority of income withholding. An order to withhold and deliver income by any Title IV-D agency takes priority over any: (1) wage or income deduction order under any other state law and any income-withholding order issued in another state and sent to a payor in this state by a non IV-D agency; (2) voluntary or involuntary assignment of wages; (3) other voluntary deductions from the obligor's income; (4) levies, writs of execution, or garnishments of the obligor's income; and (5) any other claims by creditors. History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 571, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 76, Ch. 552, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 131, L. 2019.
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§ 40-5-423
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