Income Withholding for Support (IWO)

The Family Support Act of 1988 and the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 established the framework for mandatory income withholding, via a standard format, for child support orders issued or modified through state IV-D agencies. With limited exceptions, that law also mandates immediate wage withholding for all orders entered or modified on or after January 1, 1994 and requires states to adopt an expanded definition of income available for child support payments in addition to wages to include salaries, commissions, bonuses, workers’ compensation, disability, payments pursuant to a pension or retirement program and interest. The Social Security Act requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate the standard income withholding form to be sent to employers by all parties to garnish income for child support payments.

The latest form for Income Withholding for Support (IWO) expires 2023-09-30 and can be found here.

Income withholding order/notice (Courts, private attorneys, custodial parties or their representatives)

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