Wisconsin § 769.319 - Receipt and disbursement of payments.
Full text of Wisconsin Wisconsin Statutes § 769.319 — Receipt and disbursement of payments., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 769.319. Receipt and disbursement of payments.
769.319(1) (1) A support enforcement agency, its designee, or a tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received under a support order, as directed by the order. The agency, its designee, or the tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all payments received. 769.319(2) (2) If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the child resides in this state, upon request from the support enforcement agency of this state or another state, the support enforcement agency of this state or a tribunal of this state shall do all of the following: 769.319(2)(a) (a) Direct that the support payment be made to the support enforcement agency in the state in which the obligee is receiving services. 769.319(2)(b) (b) Issue and send to the obligor’s employer a conforming income-withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee, reflecting the redirected payments. 769.319(3) (3) The support enforcement agency of this state receiving redirected payments from another state under a law similar to sub. (2) shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of the other state a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amount and dates of all payments received. 769.319 History History: 1993 a. 326 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 2009 a. 321 ; 2015 a. 82 s. 12 . subch. IV of ch. 769 SUBCHAPTER IV ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER OR DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE
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Section 769.319 ("Receipt and disbursement of payments.") is part of the Wisconsin Statutes, the codified statutory law of Wisconsin. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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