Cumplimiento de órdenes de retención de ingresos en Colorado

Explicación Simple

Cuando alguien debe dinero por manutención, su empleador debe quitarle una parte de su salario para pagar a quien se lo debe. Esto se aplica incluso si la orden viene de otro estado y el empleador debe seguirla como si fuera de Colorado.

Es como cuando un maestro de escuela le dice a un estudiante que entregue su tarea a la secretaria. Aunque la tarea venga de otro maestro, la secretaria la acepta y se asegura de que llegue a su destino.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan vive en Colorado y tiene que pagar manutención a su hija que vive en California. Si el tribunal de California emite una orden para que su empleador, una empresa en Colorado, le retenga parte de su salario, la empresa debe cumplir esa orden y asegurarse de que el dinero llegue a la madre de la niña.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

C.R.S. 14-5-502 – Employer’s compliance with income-withholding order of another state (a) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor’s employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor. (b) The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issued in another state which appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this state. (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section and section 14-5-503 the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with terms of the order which specify: (1) The duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum certain; (2) The person designated to receive payments and the address to which the payments are to be forwarded; (3) Medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment, stated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the obligor’s employment; (4) The amount of periodic payments of fees and costs for a support enforcement agency, the issuing tribunal, and the obligee’s attorney, stated as sums certain; and (5) The amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain.