Rule 69 Enforcement of Judgment or Order for Payment of Support.

If a person is supposed to pay child support or spousal support but isn't keeping up with payments, the court has ways to make sure the money gets paid. One common method is called an income assignment. This means the court can order the paying person's employer to take the support payments directly out of their paycheck and send it to the person who is owed money.

This approach takes the guesswork out of collecting support. Instead of relying on the paying person to remember or choose to pay, the money comes straight from their wages before they even see it. The law also allows other collection methods beyond wage assignment, so the court has flexibility in how it enforces these payments.

The goal is simple: make sure kids and spouses actually get the financial support they're owed under a court order. If someone falls behind on payments, these tools give the court real power to step in and collect what's due, rather than just hoping the paying person follows through on their own.