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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: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: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 […]

Section 546-B:38 – Administrative Enforcement of Orders.

    546-B:38 Administrative Enforcement of Orders. – I. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this state. II. Upon receipt […]

Section 546-B:30 – Receipt and Disbursement of Payments.

    546-B:30 Receipt and Disbursement of Payments. – I. A support enforcement agency or other tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a […]

Section 546-B:31 – Establishment of Support Order.

    546-B:31 Establishment of Support Order. – I. If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if: (a) The individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or (b) The support enforcement […]