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Section 25-9C-707 – Contest of registered Convention support order.

25-9C-707. Contest of registered Convention support order. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, §§25-9C-605 to 25-9C-608, inclusive, 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 thirty days after notice of the registration, but if the […]

Section 25-9C-708 – Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order.

25-9C-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 […]

Section 25-9C-709 – Partial enforcement.

25-9C-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. Source: SL 2015, ch 148, §709.

Section 25-9C-710 – Foreign support agreement.

25-9C-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 […]

Section 25-9C-711 – Modification of Convention child support order.

25-9C-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 […]

Section 25-9C-612 – Recognition of order modified in another state.

25-9C-612. Recognition of order modified in another state. If a child support order issued by a tribunal of this state is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of this state: (1)May enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears […]

Section 25-9C-614 – Notice to issuing tribunal of modification.

25-9C-614. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification. Within thirty days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order, and in each tribunal in which the party knows the earlier […]

Section 25-9C-615 – Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country.

25-9C-615. Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country. (a) Except as otherwise provided in §25-9C-711, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this state may assume jurisdiction to modify the child support order and bind all individuals […]