Alimony Deductions for the US

Alimony is an involuntary deduction order for support payments to a divorced person by the former spouse. Use the Alimony secondary classification type for these kinds of deductions.

How to Process Alimony Orders

Consider the following when you define these element types for the different states.

When you're processing this

How you do it

Michigan alimony orders

Michigan has different processing fee values for payments remitted by check versus payments remitted electronically. The predefined calculation value definitions support processing fee values for payments by check.

If you remit your payments electronically, you must override these values for your legislative data group appropriately. Use the Calculation Value Definitions task to set these overrides.

  • Michigan Alimony Maximum Processing Fee Per Month

  • Michigan Alimony Processing Fee Per Pay Period Amount

For further info, see Set Legislative Rule Overrides for Involuntary Deductions for the US in the Help Center.

Missouri alimony orders

Missouri alimony orders by default follow Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) exemption limits. If you receive an order issued by Missouri IV-D, you must override the Missouri Alimony Exemption Percentage on the calculation card component to 50%.

For further info, see Overview of Involuntary Deduction Overrides for the US in the Help Center.

Nevada alimony orders

Nevada requires you withhold the organization fee per employee and not per order, subject to a monthly cap.

If an employee receives multiple support orders issued by Nevada, you must override the organization fee to $0 on all active orders but one.

Pennsylvania alimony orders

Pennsylvania alimony orders assess a $50 processing fee per employee not per order.

For employees that have already met this requirement for their alimony orders, select Initial Fee Taken for the deduction on their Involuntary Deductions card.

For further info, see Configure Involuntary Deduction Details for the US in the Help Center.

Wisconsin alimony orders

Including the Wisconsin receipt and disbursement fee in deductions requires special configuration. For further info, see Oracle Cloud HRMS (US): How to Deduct the Wisconsin Child Support Receipt and Disbursement Fee (1987772.1) on My Oracle Support.

Wisconsin allows the processing fee to be taken for multiple orders only when the order is issued from a different state.

If an employee receives multiple support orders issued by Wisconsin, you must set the processing fee to $0 on all orders after the first one.