Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 1240 - Human Services
Subtitle 1240-02 - Child Support Services Division
Chapter 1240-02-02 - Forms for Withholding of Income for Child Support
Section 1240-02-02-.12 - MODIFIED INCOME WITHHOLDING FOR SUPPORT (ORDER FOR INCOME ASSIGNMENT)

Universal Citation: TN Comp Rules and Regs 1240-02-02-.12

Current through September 24, 2024

(1) For a modification of the amount of a previous Income Withholding for Support (Order for Income Assignment), the Notice form in Paragraph (3) will be attached, by the Department of Human Services or its contractors enforcing child support under Title IV-D, to the modified Order.

(2) Appeals.

(a) The obligor may contest this Notice of Income Assignment by filing a written request for an administrative hearing with the local child support office shown on the Notice within fifteen (15) days of the mailing of the Notice. The grounds for contesting the Notice are that the income withholding is improper due to a mistake of fact, or the amount withheld is improper due to a mistake of fact.

(b) If the obligor contests the Notice of Income Assignment within the above time limit, a hearing will be promptly set. The employer will continue to withhold income unless a decision favorable to the obligor is rendered. The obligor and the employer will be notified of the decision within forty-five (45) days of the date the Income Withholding for Support (also called an Order for Income Assignment or Income Assignment) was issued. If an unfavorable decision is rendered, the obligor has a right to further appeal the decision as described in the Department's administrative order following the decision.

(3) Form:

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Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 8-21-403, 36-5-116, 36-5-501, and 71-1-132(c); 42 U.S.C. §§ 651 et seq., 42 U.S.C §§ 652(a)(11), 654(9)(E), 654a(g)(1)(A)(ii), 654b(a), and 666(a)(8) and (b); 45 C.F.R. §§ 303.6(c)(1), 303.7, and 303.100; and United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Child Support Enforcement Action Transmittal 04-05 (July 15, 2004).

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