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(e) If the court authorizes the immediate service of an earnings withholding
order, the court shall immediately cause a copy of the earnings withholding order to
be served on any employer of the obligor.

10-124.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Part III, the Administration may
serve an earnings withholding notice on an employer of an obligor without the need
for any modification of the support order or any further action by a tribunal if:

(1)     (i) a tribunal has issued a support order; and

(ii) the Administration is providing child support services under
Title IV, Part D, of the Social Security Act; or

(2)     an obligor requests the service of an earnings withholding notice.

(b) The Administration may serve an employer with an earnings withholding
notice using an electronic format if the employer has entered into an agreement with
the Administration to accept service of an earnings withholding notice in this manner.

(c) When the Administration serves an employer with an earnings
withholding notice under this section[,]:

(1)      THE EMPLOYER SHALL PROVIDE THE OBLIGOR WITH A COPY OF THE
NOTICE WITHIN 2 DAYS AFTER THE EMPLOYER RECEIVES THE NOTICE; AND

(2) the Administration shall send to the obligor, by [certified mail,
return receipt requested, and] first class mail, at the obligor's last known home
address or, if the home address is unknown, the place of employment last reported to
the court:

[(1)] (I) a copy of the earnings withholding notice;

[(2)] (II) a statement of the procedures under § 10-134 of this subtitle
that the obligor must follow to terminate earnings withholding;

[(3)] (III) a statement of the obligor's right to contest the accuracy of the
information provided in the earnings withholding notice by filing a motion for a stay
of the earnings withholding notice in circuit court or requesting an investigation no
later than 15 days after a copy of the withholding notice is mailed to the obligor under
this section; and

[(4)] (IV) a statement of the amount [of] IN arrears apportioned to each
payment that is to be included in the amount of earnings withheld under § 10-122 of
this subtitle.

(d) The only issues that may be adjudicated at a hearing or contented in an
investigation under subsection [(c)(3)] (C)(2)(III) of this section are:

(1) whether an arrearage existed;

(2) the amount of the withholding or the amount of any arrearage;

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