Except as provided in LAB 4900 et seq., prior to payment a workers’ compensation claim or award is exempt without making a claim. After payment, the award is exempt except where sought to be applied to the satisfaction of a judgment for support.
In a judgment for support, the judgment creditor may seek to apply the temporary disability benefit payments to satisfy the support judgment by an assignment of earnings for support or any other applicable enforcement procedure. The amount to be withheld shall be 25 percent of the amount of each periodic payment or any lower amount specified in writing by the judgment creditor or court order, rounded down to the nearest dollar.