1.27.140 Assignments

In the event a person obligated to pay child support is in arrears for at two months or more, the Court may order the person obligated to pay child support to make an assignment of a part of his periodic earnings or trust income to the person entitled to receive the payments. The assignment is binding on the employer, trustee, or other payor of the funds two weeks after service upon such person of notice that the assignment has been made. The payor shall withhold the earns or trust income payable to the person obligated to support the amount specified in the assignment and shall transmit the payments to the Clerk of the Court. The payor may deduct from each payment a sum not exceeding five dollars as reimbursements for costs. An employer shall not discharge or otherwise discipline an employee solely as a result of a wage or salary assignment authorized by this section.