New York Child Support

New York child support may be ordered by courts as a result of divorce or when one parent is non-custodial, which means that the other parent provides the primary residence for the child. For more in depth information about child support in New York, including calculating child support, changing child support and enforcing a child support order, read on.

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New York Wage Garnishment: New York Child Support Garnishment

Child support collection in New York is taken very seriously. After an employer has been served with an order for child support garnishment, they are bound by law to enforce this wage garnishment on the noncustodial parent. Upon default, support payments will be collected through income execution. Under New York wage garnishment, money for child support collections must be withheld each pay period until the termination of the order. This article offers a basic overview of child support collection and wage garnishment in New York.

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New York Child Support Garnishment Limits, Exemptions and Protections

Like all other states, New York has maximum wage garnishment limits that cannot be exceeded. This is true even if the noncustodial parent is subject to more than one withholding order for New York child support garnishment. While enforcing child support garnishment can mean extra administrative work for the employer, New York employers are prohibited from discriminating against an employee on the basis of a support order.

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New York Child Support Collections and Fees

After being assigned an order for child support, a noncustodial parent can expect that any form of income will be subject to New York wage garnishment, including lump-sum payments from their employer. While an employer may be subject to fines if they fail to enforce New York child support collections on an employee, the employee is not relieved of liability for the order. Once the employee ceases working for a particular employer, that employer is no longer responsible for enforcing the order for wage garnishment. However, the employer must follow a specific process to relieve itself of this liability.

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