1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 40
  3. CHAPTER 5
  4. Part 3
  5. 40-5-310 Priority of income deduction

TITLE 40. FAMILY LAW

CHAPTER 5. ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT

Part 3. Child Support Income Deduction

Priority Of Income Deduction

40-5-310. Priority of income deduction. An order for the deduction of income for the payment of child support payments takes precedence over any:

(1) assignment of income;

(2) voluntary deductions from the obligor's income; and

(3) other court-ordered garnishment of income.

History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 171, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 65, Ch. 552, L. 1997.