§ 9-17-704. Initiation by Office of Child Support Enforcement of support proceeding under Convention
(a) In a support proceeding under this article, the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration of this state shall: (1) transmit and receive applications; and (2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state. (b) The […]
§ 9-17-705. Direct request
(a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies. (b) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, §§ […]
§ 9-17-706. Registration of Convention support order
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a Convention support order shall register the order in this state as provided in Article 6. (b) Notwithstanding §§ 9-17-311 and 9-17-602(a), a request for registration of a Convention support order must be […]
§ 9-17-707. Contest of registered Convention support order
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, §§ 9-17-605 through 9-17-608 apply to a contest of a registered Convention support order. (b) A party contesting a registered Convention support order shall file a contest not later than 30 days after notice of the registration, but if the contesting party does not reside in the […]
§ 9-17-708. Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a registered Convention support order. (b) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of a registered Convention support order: (1) recognition and enforcement of the order […]
§ 9-17-709. Partial enforcement
If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and enforce a Convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order. An application or direct request may seek recognition and partial enforcement of a Convention support order.
§ 9-17-710. Foreign support agreement
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d), a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state. (b) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by: (1) a complete text of the foreign support agreement; […]
§ 9-17-711. Modification of Convention child-support order
(a) A tribunal of this state may not modify a Convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless: (1) the obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this state, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without […]
§ 9-17-712. Personal information — Limit on use
Personal information gathered or transmitted under this article may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.
§ 9-17-713. Record in original language — English translation
A record filed with a tribunal of this state under this article must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation.