40-5-423. Priority of income withholding. An order to withhold and deliver income under this part takes priority over any:
     (1) wage or income deduction order under any other state law and any income-withholding order issued in another state and sent to a payor in this state;
     (2) voluntary or involuntary assignment of wages;
     (3) other voluntary deductions from the obligor's income;
     (4) levies, writs of execution, or garnishments of the obligor's income; and
     (5) any other claims by creditors.

     History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 571, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 76, Ch. 552, L. 1997.