H.__An individual who has been ordered to pay child support to the child__in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.

Sec. 29. 19-A MRSA §3101, as repealed and replaced by PL 1997, c. 669, §20, is amended to read:

§3101. Employer's receipt of out-of-state income-withholding

order

An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee or by the support enforcement agency to the obligor's employer, described as a payor of income under chapter 65, subchapter IV 4, without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this State.

Sec. 30. 19-A MRSA §3101-B, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 669, §21, is amended to read:

§3101-B. Employer's compliance with 2 or more income-withholding

orders

If an employer receives multiple 2 or more income-withholding orders for with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the multiple orders if the employer complies with the laws of the state of the obligor's principal place of employment when establishing the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld for multiple 2 or more child support obligees.

Sec. 31. 19-A MRSA §3101-F, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 669, §21, is amended to read:

1. Contesting the validity or enforcement of an order. An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income- withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this State by registering the order in a tribunal of this State and filing a contest to that order as provided in subchapter 6, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this State. Section 3153 applies to the contest.

Sec. 32. 19-A MRSA §3101-F, sub-§2, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 669, §21, is amended to read:

B. Each employer that has directly received an income- withholding order relating to the obligor; and