Legal Opinion
Formal Opinion No.
New York Attorney General Reports
Decided December 2, 1987Published
1Opinion of the Court
Hon. Carmine Perrotta Chairman State of New York Workers' Compensation Board
Your predecessor has asked whether the income execution and the income deduction order created by the 1985 Support Enforcement Act take priority over the other statutory deductions from a workers' compensation award.
In the past, awards made pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Law (WCL) have enjoyed certain exemptions. Prior to the Support Enforcement Act of 1985, section 33 of the WCL provided, in part, as follows:
"Compensation or benefits due under this chapter shall not be assigned, released or commuted except as…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Claim of Landgrebe v. County of WestchesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Jefferson v. Bronx Psychiatric CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Claim of Adolf v. City of Buffalo Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Claim of Dickman v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1966
- MATTER OF DICKMAN v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1966
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