2006 Minnesota Statutes

518A.73 EMPLOYER CONTEMPT.
    Subdivision 1. Orders binding. Notices or orders for income withholding or medical support
issued pursuant to sections 518A.41 and 518A.53 are binding on the employer, trustee, or other
payor of funds after the order or notice for income withholding or enforcement of medical support
has been transmitted pursuant to section 518A.53 to the employer, trustee, or payor of funds.
    Subd. 2. Contempt action. An obligee or the public agency responsible for child support
enforcement may initiate a contempt action against an employer, trustee, or payor of funds,
within the action that created the support obligation, by serving an order to show cause upon the
employer, trustee, or payor of funds.
The employer, trustee, or payor of funds is presumed to be in contempt:
(1) if the employer, trustee, or payor of funds has intentionally failed to withhold support
after receiving the order or notice for income withholding or notice of enforcement of medical
support; or
(2) upon presentation of pay stubs or similar documentation showing the employer, trustee,
or payor of funds withheld support and demonstration that the employer, trustee, or payor of funds
intentionally failed to remit support to the agency responsible for child support enforcement.
    Subd. 3. Liability. The employer, trustee, or payor of funds is liable to the obligee or the
agency responsible for child support enforcement for any amounts required to be withheld that
were not paid. The court may enter judgment against the employer, trustee, or payor of funds for
support not withheld or remitted. An employer, trustee, or payor of funds found guilty of contempt
shall be punished by a fine of not more than $250 as provided in chapter 588. The court may also
impose other contempt sanctions authorized under chapter 588.
History: 1993 c 340 s 44; 1995 c 207 art 10 s 24; 1995 c 203 art 6 s 92; 1998 c 382 art 1
s 17,18; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28; 2006 c 280 s 46