Pennsylvania Act 2016-64 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS CODE (23 PA.C.S.) - ATTACHMENT OF INCOME

Act text

Session of 2016

No. 2016-64

SB 936

AN ACT

Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in support matters generally, further providing for attachment of income.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 4348(j) of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 4348. Attachment of income.

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(j) Effect of compliance by employer.--Compliance by an employer with an order of attachment of income that is regular on its face operates as a discharge of the civil liability of the employer to the obligor as to that portion of the employment income of the obligor affected. An employer shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability to any individual or agency for conduct in compliance with the order. The employer may deduct from the income of the obligor [2% of the amount paid under the order] a one-time fee of $50 for reimbursement of the expense in complying with the order. In no case shall the employer's reimbursement be deducted from the amount of the support order.

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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 1st day of July, A.D. 2016.

TOM WOLF