Section 546-B:42 – Choice of Law.
546-B:42 Choice of Law. – I. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph IV, the law of the issuing state or foreign country governs: (a) The nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments under a registered support order; (b) The computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest on the arrearages under the […]
Section 546-B:43 – Notice of Registration of Order.
546-B:43 Notice of Registration of Order. – I. When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant […]
Section 546-B:44 – Procedure to Contest Validity or Enforcement of Registered Support Order.
546-B:44 Procedure to Contest Validity or Enforcement of Registered Support Order. – I. A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered order in this state shall request a hearing within the time required by RSA 546-B:43. The nonregistering party may seek to vacate the registration, to assert any defense […]
Section 546-B:45 – Contest of Registration or Enforcement.
546-B:45 Contest of Registration or Enforcement. – I. A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses: (a) The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party; (b) The order was obtained […]
Section 546-B:46 – Confirmed Order.
546-B:46 Confirmed Order. – Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration. Source. 2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
Section 546-B:47 – Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Another State for Modification.
546-B:47 Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Another State for Modification. – A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in RSA 546-B:39 through RSA 546-B:46, if […]
Section 546-B:48 – Effect of Registration for Modification.
546-B:48 Effect of Registration for Modification. – A tribunal of this state may enforce a child support order of another state registered for purposes of modification, in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state, but the registered order may be modified only if the requirements […]
Section 546-B:35 – Immunity From Civil Liability.
546-B:35 Immunity From Civil Liability. – An employer who complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this article is not subject to civil liability to an individual or agency with regard to the employer’s withholding child support from the obligor’s income. Source. 2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
Section 546-B:36 – Penalties for Noncompliance.
546-B:36 Penalties for Noncompliance. – An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding order issued in another state and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance with an order issued by a tribunal of this state. Source. 2015, 75:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
Section 546-B:37 – Contest by Obligor.
546-B:37 Contest by Obligor. – I. An obligor may contest the validity of enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this state by registering the order in a tribunal of this state and filing a contest to that order as provided in Article 6, or […]