JDF 84 Notice to Terminate Income Assignment: How to Stop Wage Withholding

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Last Updated: June 2026

A court grants the termination order. The child support or maintenance obligation is officially over. And then the next paycheck still shows the same deduction.

This catches more parents off guard than almost anything else in Colorado family law. The court’s order ends the legal obligation, but it doesn’t reach the employer’s payroll system. That’s a separate step — and it’s the paying parent’s responsibility to make it happen.

JDF 84 is the form that closes that gap.

What JDF 84 Does

JDF 84 (Notice to Terminate Income Assignment) is a written notice delivered to an employer telling them to stop withholding child support or maintenance from the paying parent’s wages. It’s used after a court has entered an order terminating the support obligation — either through JDF 1409 (Order to Terminate Child Support) or JDF 1402 (Order Re: Maintenance).

This is an administrative notice, not a court filing. There’s no filing fee, no court involvement, and no hearing. The paying parent fills it out, attaches a copy of the court order, and delivers both to their employer’s payroll or human resources department.

When to Use JDF 84

JDF 84 applies in two situations:

After child support termination. When a court enters JDF 1409 (Order to Terminate Child Support), the paying parent delivers JDF 84 and a copy of the order to their employer. The JDF 1426 instructions are direct about this: “It is the responsibility of the Obligor to provided [sic] copies of the Order to Terminate Child Support to his/her employer to terminate the income assignment.”

After maintenance termination. The same responsibility applies when maintenance (alimony) ends. Whether maintenance terminated by remarriage, cohabitation, or another statutory trigger, the paying parent delivers JDF 84 and the maintenance termination order to their employer. JDF 1399 (Instructions for Maintenance Filings) confirms this obligation.

How to Complete and Deliver JDF 84

The form itself is short. The key fields are:

Case information. The court name, case number, and names of the parties — same caption information from the original order.

Employer information. The name and address of the employer whose payroll department currently processes the wage withholding.

What to attach. A copy of the court order that terminated the obligation (JDF 1409 for child support, JDF 1402 for maintenance). The employer needs this to verify that a court actually ended the support obligation — they won’t stop withholding based on the notice alone.

Where to deliver. To the employer’s payroll or human resources department. Delivery can be in person or by mail. There’s no statutory requirement for certified mail, but keeping a copy of the notice and some record of delivery (a timestamp, confirmation email, or certified mail receipt) protects against disputes about when the employer was notified.

Family Support Registry. If payments have been routed through the Family Support Registry (FSR) rather than directly through the employer, a copy of JDF 84 and the termination order should also go to the FSR at:

Family Support Registry

P.O. Box 2171

Denver, CO 80201-2171

What Happens If You Skip This Step

Without JDF 84, the employer continues deducting support from every paycheck. The money gets routed to the other parent or to the FSR, and the paying parent is left trying to recover overpayments after the fact. Getting those funds returned typically involves working through the employer’s payroll department and potentially the FSR — a process that can take weeks and rarely happens without follow-up.

The simplest version of this: the form takes ten minutes to complete. Recovering overpaid support takes considerably longer.

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JDF 84 is the administrative bookend to a child support or maintenance termination. The court handles the legal side; JDF 84 handles the payroll side. Deliver it with the court order to the employer, send a copy to the FSR if they’re involved, and keep a record that you did both.

The form is available on the Colorado Judicial Branch website at coloradojudicial.gov/self-help.

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