20-6-208. Notice to obligor.

(a) Except where an income withholding order becomes effective immediately, the clerk shall send notice to the obligor no later than fifteen (15) days after the date when:

(i) The obligor becomes delinquent as specified in subsection (b) of this section; or

(ii) An application by the obligee for income withholding has been granted by the court.

(b) When an obligor becomes delinquent in payment in an amount equal to one (1) month's obligation under the support order, the obligee or the department, to initiate income withholding, shall file with the clerk a verified notice of delinquency, a certified copy of which shall be served upon the obligor together with the form by which the obligor may petition to stay service as provided by W.S. 20-6-209.

(c) The notice of delinquency shall state:

(i) The terms of the support order;

(ii) A computation of the period and total amount of arrearage as of the date of the notice;

(iii) That the amount of income that will be withheld shall be the full amount due for current support and an additional sum toward arrearages, the total of which shall not exceed the amount authorized by W.S. 20-6-210(b)(iii);

(iv) The effective date of the income withholding order as provided by W.S. 20-6-205;

(v) The income withholding order will be sent to any known current and subsequent payor of the obligor unless the obligor files a petition to stay service in accordance with W.S. 20-6-209;

(vi) That the income withholding order applies to any current or subsequent payor or period of employment;

(vii) The procedures available for contesting the income withholding including the grounds for contest and the period within which the petition to stay service shall be filed as provided by W.S. 20-6-209; and

(viii) That failure to contest the income withholding within the period specified in W.S. 20-6-209(a) will result in the payor being notified to begin withholding.