12-812.Effect of order.

Section 12-812 addresses what a deduction order accomplishes for the employer once it complies. The order is enforceable as in other civil cases, and it discharges the employer of all claims by the judgment debtor for the indebtedness the employer paid, delivered, or accounted for under the order. In other words, once the employer has followed the order and turned over what it required, the debtor cannot come back and demand that same money again from the employer. The statute then adds a further sentence: the discharge of an employer is no bar to an action by the judgment debtor for the same claim. The section states both propositions without elaborating on how they interact beyond what the text itself says.

The second paragraph applies the same discharge concept to federal agency employers, tailored to how Section 12-808(b-5) handles them. Entry of the deduction order discharges the federal agency employer of the debtor's claims for the indebtedness the employer paid and delivered, as accounted for by the attorney for the judgment creditor under that arrangement -- consistent with the fact that a federal agency employer pays deducted wages directly to the creditor's attorney rather than holding them itself.