Opinion No.

The Honorable Wayne Wagner State Representative Box 1135 Manila, Arkansas 72442

Dear Representative Wagner:

This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding the maximum amount of clerk's fees for child support payments to be collected by the county clerk's office. Specifically, you have asked the following questions:

1. If the order specifies "the amount of $1.00 per payment as clerk's fee", is there a maximum of $24.00 regardless of the number of payments made in a year?

2. Is the employer required to withhold the clerk's fee along with the child support payment from the…