Income Withholding Order

When an employer is ordered to collect child support through an income withholding order, a document entitled 'Order/Notice to Withhold Income for Child Support' will be sent to the employer. The reverse side of that notice provides valuable information for the employer such as, the Consumer Credit Protection Limit, what to do when duplicate wage attachments are issued, and what to do when an employee does not earn enough to meet the child support obligation.

Employers must withhold child support payments from the non-custodial parent's pay in the amount specified in the notice and transmit these payments within 7 business days after the date the income would have been paid to the non-custodial parent.

The payment address is: Division of Child Support Enforcement, PO Box 12287, Wilmington, DE 19850

If you receive multiple income witholding orders with different case numbers for the same non-custodial parent, you must honor each of them. If you receive a duplicate income withholding order with the same case number, honor the one with the most recent date.

Employers must enroll identified children in a health insurance plan available to the non-custodial parent and must complete and return the 'Employers Answer to Order for Enforcement of Medical and/or Dental Support' within 20 days of receipt of the income withholding order.