Upon request, employers must provide information to state child support agencies about employees, including employment status and information on wages, income, withholdings, and possible health insurance.
Employers who do not withhold and send child support payments as ordered are subject to penalties in every state. These may include repayment of the amount of the child support plus penalties and fines.
The Child Support Program automatically sends income withholding for support notices to a parent's employer when the employer is known. The employer withholds child support payments from the employee's income and sends the payments to the Florida State Disbursement Unit.
Under the law, they have the right to garnish up to 50-65% of the parent's disposable income for child support payments.
The Child Support Program automatically sends income withholding for support notices to a parent's employer when the employer is known. The employer withholds child support payments from the employee's income and sends the payments to the Florida State Disbursement Unit.
Withholding order is effective "as soon as possible" but no later than 10 days after it is received.
The Guidelines set a minimum child support amount of $91.00 per child per month.
If the check must be payable to the custodial parent, please include the SDU as the co-payee. For example, please make the check payable to “custodial parent and/or the state SDU.” Sending payments electronically to state SDUs is another way to ensure payments arrive quickly and safely.
However, if you are currently supporting another child or a spouse (for example, if you have remarried and had another child), the court can order that up to 50% of your wages be withheld for child support. The amount withheld from your check – about a third of your wages – is well within these limits.