§ 52C-3-305 – Duties and powers of responding tribunal.
52C-3-305. Duties and powers of responding tribunal. (a) When a responding tribunal of this State receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to G.S. 52C-3-301(c) it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed. (b) A responding tribunal […]
§ 52C-3-306 – Inappropriate tribunal.
52C-3-306. Inappropriate tribunal. If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this State, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of this State or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent. (1995, c. 538, s. 7(c); 1997-433, s. […]
§ 52C-3-307 – Duties of support enforcement agency.
52C-3-307. Duties of support enforcement agency. (a) In a proceeding under this Chapter, a support enforcement agency of this State, upon request, shall provide the following: (1) Services to a petitioner residing in a state. (2) Services to a petitioner requesting services through a central authority of a foreign country as described in G.S. 52C-1-102(3a)a. […]
§ 52C-3-308 – Duty of Department.
52C-3-308. Duty of Department. (a) If the Department determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the Department may order the agency to perform its duties under this Chapter or may provide those services directly to the individual. (b) The Department may determine that a foreign country […]
§ 52C-2-205 – Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order.
52C-2-205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order. (a) A tribunal of this State that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this State has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order and: (1) At the time of […]
§ 52C-2-206 – Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order.
52C-2-206. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order. (a) A tribunal of this State that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce: (1) The order if the order is the controlling order and has […]
§ 52C-2-207 – Determination of controlling child support order.
52C-2-207. Determination of controlling child support order. (a) If a proceeding is brought under this Chapter and only one tribunal has issued a child support order, the order of that tribunal controls and must be recognized. (b) If a proceeding is brought under this Chapter, and two or more child support orders have been issued […]
§ 52C-2-208 – Child support orders for two or more obligees.
52C-2-208. Child support orders for two or more obligees. In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a […]
§ 52C-2-209 – Credit for payments.
52C-2-209. Credit for payments. A tribunal of this State shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this State, another state, or a foreign […]
§ 52C-1-104 – Application of Chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.
52C-1-104. Application of Chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding. (a) A tribunal of this State shall apply Articles 1 through 6 and, as applicable, Article 7 of this Chapter, to a support proceeding involving: (1) A foreign support order; (2) A foreign tribunal; or (3) An obligee, obligor, or child residing […]