5 CFR 581.307
§ 581.307 Compliance with legal process requiring the payment of attorney fees, interest, and/or court costs.
United States · 5 CFR — Administrative Personnel · Status: effective
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- 5 CFR 581.307, § 581.307 Compliance with legal process requiring the payment of attorney fees, interest, and/or court costs, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/7097
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Before complying with legal process that requires withholding for the payment of attorney fees, interest, and/or court costs, the governmental entity must determine that the legal process meets both of the following requirements:
(a) The legal process must expressly provide for inclusion of attorney fees, interest, and/or court costs as (rather than in addition to) child support and/or alimony payments;
(b) The awarding of attorney fees, interest, and/or court costs as child support and/or alimony must be within the authority of the court, authorized official, or authorized State agency that issued the legal process. It will be deemed to be within the authority of the court, authorized official, or authorized State agency to award attorney fees as child support and/or alimony if such order is not in violation of or inconsistent with State or local law, even if State or local law does not expressly provide for such an award.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.