# RCW 26.18.090: RCW 26.18.090: Wage assignment order for unpaid maintenance—Contents—Amounts—Apportionment of disbursements

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C18_S090

## Section

- **Citation:** RCW 26.18.090
- **Heading:** RCW 26.18.090: Wage assignment order for unpaid maintenance—Contents—Amounts—Apportionment of disbursements
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Code / Title 26 / Chapter 18 / Section 090

## Text

(1) The wage assignment order in RCW 26.18.080 for unpaid maintenance only shall include: (a) The maximum amount of current maintenance, if any, to be withheld from the obligor's earnings each month, or from each earnings disbursement; and (b) The total amount of the arrearage or reimbursement judgment previously entered by the court, if any, together with interest, if any. (2) The total amount to be withheld from the obligor's earnings each month, or from each earnings disbursement, shall not exceed fifty percent of the disposable earnings of the obligor. If the amounts to be paid toward the arrearage are specified in the maintenance order, then the maximum amount to be withheld is the sum of: Either the current support or maintenance ordered, or both; and the amount ordered to be paid toward the arrearage, or fifty percent of the disposable earnings of the obligor, whichever is less. (3) The provisions of RCW 6.27.150 do not apply to wage assignments for maintenance authorized under this chapter, but fifty percent of the disposable earnings of the obligor are exempt, and may be disbursed to the obligor. (4) If an obligor is subject to two or more attachments for maintenance on account of different obligees, the employer shall, if the nonexempt portion of the obligor's earnings is not sufficient to respond fully to all the attachments, apportion the obligor's nonexempt disposable earnings between or among the various obligees equally. An obligee may seek a court order reapportioning the obligor's nonexempt disposable earnings upon notice to all interested obligees. Notice shall be by personal service, or in the manner provided by the civil rules of superior court or applicable statute. (5) An income withholding order for unpaid child support or unpaid child support and unpaid maintenance shall meet federal requirements in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 666.

## Nearby sections

- [RCW 26.18.010 RCW 26.18.010: Legislative findings.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C18_S010.md)
- [RCW 26.18.020 RCW 26.18.020: Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C18_S020.md)
- [RCW 26.18.030 RCW 26.18.030: Application—Liberal construction.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C18_S030.md)
- [RCW 26.18.035 RCW 26.18.035: Other civil and criminal remedies applicable.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C18_S035.md)
- [RCW 26.18.040 RCW 26.18.040: Support or maintenance proceedings.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C18_S040.md)
- [RCW 26.18.050 RCW 26.18.050: Failure to comply with support or maintenance order—Contempt action—Order to show cause—Bench warrant—Continuing jurisdiction.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C18_S050.md)
- [RCW 26.18.055 RCW 26.18.055: Child support liens.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C18_S055.md)
- [RCW 26.18.070 RCW 26.18.070: Mandatory wage assignment—Petition or motion.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C18_S070.md)
- [RCW 26.18.080 RCW 26.18.080: Wage assignment order or income withholding order—Issuance—Information transmitted to state support registry.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C18_S080.md)
- [RCW 26.18.090 RCW 26.18.090: Wage assignment order for unpaid maintenance—Contents—Amounts—Apportionment of disbursements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C18_S090.md)
- [RCW 26.18.110 RCW 26.18.110: Wage assignment order or income withholding order—Employer's answer, duties, and liability—Priorities.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C18_S110.md)
- [RCW 26.18.120 RCW 26.18.120: Wage assignment order—Employer's answer—Form.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C18_S120.md)
- [RCW 26.18.130 RCW 26.18.130: Wage assignment order or income withholding order—Service.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C18_S130.md)
- [RCW 26.18.140 RCW 26.18.140: Hearing to quash, modify, or terminate wage assignment order or income withholding order—Grounds—Alternate payment plan.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C18_S140.md)

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