§ 5202 Support Earnings Assignment Definition

• •An 'assignment order' is just a fancy name for taking money from someone's paycheck to pay for child or family support.
• •It means the court can tell your boss to send part of your paycheck to the person you owe support to.
• •This only happens if you're supposed to pay support (like for your kids) but aren't doing it.

A dad is supposed to pay $500 every month to help raise his kid, but he stops paying.

The court can send an 'assignment order' to his boss. His boss will then take $500 from his paycheck each month and send it to the mom to help with the kid's needs.