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Setting Up A Child Support Garnishment

You must configure data on multiple Costpoint screens to set up a child support garnishment.

To set up a child support garnishment:

  1. Determine the employee's work state and the child support order rules for the work state.
  2. On the Manage State Support Order Rules screen, set up the order calculation rules for the employee's work state. The values set up in this screen default on the Support Calculation subtask of the Manage Employee Garnishments screen, where you can modify them. If the work state specifies a low-income threshold, specify the weekly threshold amount on this screen and enter the Low Income Percentage that is used instead of the standard calculation for the work state.

    For example, Connecticut stated in 2010 that if the employee's weekly disposable earnings were $145 or less, the support order limit was limited to 15% of disposable income, rather than the Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) percentages (50%, 55%, 60%, and 65%). So, for Connecticut, you would enter 145.00 in the Disposable Income Threshold field and 15 in the Low Income Percentage field.

  3. On the Manage Minimum Wage screen, enter the work state's minimum wage amount.
  4. On the Manage Employee Garnishments screen, enter the required data if you are creating a new record. Enter a Deduction code that is linked to a Deduction Type of Child Support Garnishment on the Manage Deductions screen.
  5. On the Support Calculation subtask of the Manage Employee Garnishments screen, enter the amounts and the payment cycle stated on the support order and specify the Percent of Disposable Income that is used to determine the support limit amount. When you compute payroll, the support amount is converted for the employee’s pay frequency in Costpoint. Fill out the rest of this subtask as appropriate.
  6. On the Health Insurance Coverage subtask, enter any mandated health coverage support. You can only enter a deduction code that is already assigned to the employee on the Manage Employee Deductions screen.
  7. On the Disposable Income Exclusions subtask, specify any taxes, pay type amounts, and/or deduction amounts to be excluded from disposable income.
  8. Save the garnishment record.