PRINTER'S NO. 2345
No. 1694 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY SHAFFER, SALVATORE, O'PAKE, JUBELIRER, FUMO AND
PETERSON, JUNE 22, 1990
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JUNE 22, 1990
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for attachment of
3 income.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4348(j) of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 4348. Attachment of income.
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10 (j) Effect of compliance by employer.--Compliance by an
11 employer with an order of attachment of income operates as a
12 discharge of the liability of the employer to the obligor as to
13 that portion of the employment income of the obligor affected.
14 The employer may deduct from the income of the obligor 2% of the
15 amount paid under the order or $5 per pay, whichever is less,
16 for reimbursement of the expense in complying with the order. In
17 no case shall the money be deducted from the amount of the
18 support order.
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2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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