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INSTRUCTIONS FOR INCOME DEDUCTION ORDER To have your child support or alimony pay ments taken directly from the other side’s pay check you must have an Income Deduction Order (IDO).* This is an order from a judge telling a person’s employer to take money from that person’s paycheck to pay child support or alimony. The employer w ill send the payments to the Family Support Registry, and the Fam ily Support Registry will send payments directly to you. If your original order for support was signed by a judge before July 1, 1991, and no IDO was entere d at that time, you can only ge t a judg e to sign an ID O and get it enforced if the payor is 30 days behind in his/her payments. If your order for support was signed by a judge on or after July 1, 1997, and no IDO was entered at that time, you can have an IDO even if the payor is not behind in his/her sup port paym ents. This packet contain s: $ Instructions for getting an IDO; $ An IDO for the Petitioner to pay; $ An IDO for Respondent to pay; $ A Notice of Delinquency $ A Notice of Withholding $ A Notice to Employer $ Information Sheet * If the Or der is for Alim ony, with out child su pport, the I ncom e Dedu ction Ord er with p ayme nts to the Family Support Registry cannot be used. If you were the Petitioner in the original case, use the “IDO for the Respondent to Pay”. If you were the Respondent in the original case, use the “IDO for the Petitioner to Pay”. You DO NOT need to use bo th IDOs. . STEP 1: Get the Income Deduction Order (IDO) signed by the judge who signed your original support order. . STEP 2: Com plete the In come D eduction Inform ation shee t. . STEP 3: Notify the other side that you have an IDO and that you are going to send a copy of it to his/her employer to have the support payments deducted from his/her paycheck. . STEP 4: Send a copy of the IDO and the Notice to Employer to the other side=s employer. . STEP 5: Send a copy of the ID O and Incom e Ded uction Inform ation sh eet to C hild Suppo rt Enforce ment. STEP ONE: A. You need to fill in all of the blanks in the IDO. Be sure to use the correct IDO. If you werethe Petitioner in the original case, use the IDO for the Respondent to Pay. If you were theRespondent in the original case, use the IDO for the Petitioner to Pay. You DO NOT needto use bo th IDOs. INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING OUT THE IDO 1. Write either your name or the other side’s name next to the word “Petitioner”. Look at the top of the original support order. The person was listed as the “Petitioner” or “Plaintiff” on that order is the Petitioner on ---PAGE BREAK--- the IDO. 2. Write either your name or the other side’s name next to the word “respondent”. The person who was listed as the “Respondent” or “Defe ndan t on the origina l suppo rt orde r is the R espon dent o n the ID 3. In Paragrap h 1, nex t to “TO TAL A MO UN T OF DED UCT ION you m ust wr ite in the total amount to be deducted from the other side’s paycheck, and how often it is to be deducted. For example, $200.00 per month, or $150.00 per biweekly paycheck. This information should be plainly stated in your original support order. 4. Further down in Paragraph 1, there are blanks to fill in the amounts for current child support, current spousal support (alimony), support arrearage, other and FSR fees. Fill in these amounts exactly as there are stated o n the o riginal o rder. You cannot fill in any amount as arrearage unless a judg e has a lready decide d how muc h extra should be paid towar d the a rrears. When all the amount is this section are added together, they should equal the amount listed “Total amount of Dedu ction”. 5. Go down to Paragraph 5. Check either box stating that the deductions shall begin immediately or when the payo r is 30 days behind in support payments. This information should be included in your supp ort order. B. Conta ct the case m anager for the jud ge who signed y our origin al order. Yo u need to find out if there is a specific time that you should go to the judge’s office to get your order signed if it is not signed at the same time as the support order, or if there are any other requirements for that specific judge. C. When you g o to the judge’s office to get the IDO signed, take your original support order, and you r order establishing arrea rage paym ents if there is one. You w ill need these as documentation before the judge will sign your IDO. D. M ake th ree (3 ) copie s of the IDO and file the origin al with the Superior C ourt C lerk’s Office. STEP TWO A. Write your name, address, social security number and date of birth in the space under “custodial pa rent”. B. Write the other side’s name, address, social security number, date of birth, and employer’s address in the space under “non-cu stodial pare nt”. C. Write the name and dates of birth of the child(ren) for whom the other side is paying child supp ort. STEP THREE A. If your original order was signed before July 1, 1997, and no IDO was entered at that time, or if the judge found good cause to delay the effective date of the IDO, or you and the payo r agreed to delay the effective da te of the ID O, you ca n only ge t a judge to sign you r IDO a nd hav e it enforced if the payor is at least 30 days behind in his/her payments. You will need to send the payor a Notice of Delinquency (see attached). ---PAGE BREAK--- INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO FILL IN THE NOTICE OF DELINQUENCY 1. Write the other side’s name and address on the blank lines at the top of the page. 2. In Paragraph 1, you must check the box ne xt to the type of support that you are suppose d to receive . Check th e box ne xt to the child support, or the box n ext to spousal suppo rt (alimony) or both bo xes if you are supp osed to receive both . In the blank spaces w rite in the am ount of su pport tha t you are su pposed to receive and how often you are supposed to receive it. For example, $200.00 per month or $150.00 per biweekly paycheck. 3. In Paragrap h 2, you must c heck th e box n ext to w hen th e supp ort pay men ts end. If the support payments are supposed to end on a specific date, check the second box and write in that date. 4. In Paragraph 3, in the first blank space, write in the court that issued your original order, such as “Superior or Juvenile”. In the second blank space write in the county of the cou rt that or dered the sup port. In the third blank space, w rite in your case number. In the last blank space write in the date that the order was signed by a judge. 5. In the first blank space pf Paragraph 4, write the number of months that the payor is behind in support payments. In the second blank space, write the amoun t that the payor is behind in support paym ents. 6. In Paragraph 6, write the extra amount that is to be taken from each paycheck to go towards the support arrears. 7. At the end of the N otice, you must sign y our nam e and addre ss. B. If your original support order was signed on or after July 1, 1997, and no IDO was entered at that time, you can get the judge to sign your IDO and have it enforced immediately. You do not have to w ait until the payor is behind is his/her support payments. You must send a Notice of Withholding (see attached) to inform him/her that the IDO is being enforced. INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING OUT THE NOTICE OF WITHHOLDING 1. Under the word “TO” write in the name and address of the person who owes you suppor t. 2. Write in th e date ne xt to the w ord “Da te”. 3. In the blank spaces in Paragraph 1, write in the name of the order that requires the other person to pay you support. 4. In the blank space in Paragraph 2, write in your name. 5. Sign your name, then print your name and address on the lines at the bottom of the page. STEP FOUR ---PAGE BREAK--- You must mal a copy of the IDO and Notice to Employer to the other side’s job in order for them to begin deducting the support pay ments. You should call the employer first to find out which departme nt or person is respon sible for handling ID O’s. INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING OUT THE NOTICE TO EMPLOYER 1. Next to the word “Date” write in today’s date. 2. In th e blan k line under the date, write in the nam e and addr ess of the other side’s employer. 3. Next to the word “employee” rite the other side’s name. 4. Next to write in the other side’s Social Security Number. 5. Unde r the section called “De finitions”, write th e other side ’s name n ext to “Employee”. Write your nam e next to “Recipient”. Write the name of the place where the other side work s next to “em ployer”. 6. In the blank line und er the work “Sin cerely” write in your n ame and address. STEP FIVE You m ust sen d a cop y of the IDO and th e Income D eduction Informa tion Sh eet to th e Child Support Enforcement IDO Registry. Everyone must send a copy to Child Support Enforcement even if they are not already handling you r child support case. The address is: Child Support Services, FSR P.O. Box 1600 Carrollton, Georgia [PHONE REDACTED] (800) 227-7993 (404) 657-2780