Opinion ID: 883354
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Text: Did the District Court abuse its discretion in ordering the appellant to sign a wage assignment in the amount of $500.00 per month over and above all amounts collected by the Child Support Enforcement Division for unpaid back child support and current child support? Mr. Hunt's final argument is that the Child Support Enforcement Division is the sole party allowed to enforce the court's decree and, therefore, the court abused its discretion in ordering him to assign wages in the amount of $500 per month over and above all amounts collected by the Child Support Enforcement Division. This argument is without merit. According to § 40-4-209, MCA, the District Court had authority to execute a security or other guarantee for the payment of child support delinquencies which are in amounts equal to the total of six months support payments. We hold the District Court did not abuse its discretion in ordering the assignment of Mr. Hunt's wages. Affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded for recalculation of child support without the $1,800 retirement contribution exclusion from Mrs. Hunt's income. HARRISON, TRIEWEILER, HUNT and NELSON, JJ., concur.