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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 […]

Section 25-9C-701 – Definitions.

25-9C-701. Definitions. Terms used in this Article mean: (1)”Application,” a request under the Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority; (2)”Central authority,” the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in subsection 25-9C-102(5)(d) to perform […]

Section 25-9C-505 – Penalties for noncompliance.

25-9C-505. 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: SL 2015, ch 148, §505.

Section 25-9C-506 – Contest by obligor.

25-9C-506. Contest by obligor. (a) An obligor may contest the validity or 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 otherwise […]

Section 25-9C-507 – Administrative enforcement of orders.

25-9C-507. Administrative enforcement of orders. (a) 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. (b) Upon receipt of […]

Section 25-9C-602 – Procedure to register order for enforcement.

25-9C-602. Procedure to register order for enforcement. (a) Except as otherwise provided in §25-9C-706, a support order or income withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this state by sending the following records to the appropriate tribunal in this state: (1)A letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting […]