Section 20-4-168 – Assistance With Discovery.
20-4-168. Assistance with discovery. (a) A tribunal of this state may: (i) Request a tribunal outside this state to assist in obtaining discovery; and (ii) Upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside this state.
Section 20-4-169 – Receipt and Disbursement of Payments.
20-4-169. Receipt and disbursement of payments. (a) A support enforcement agency or 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 foreign country a certified statement by the […]
Section 20-4-170 – Establishment of Support Order.
20-4-170. Establishment of support order. (a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this act has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if: (i) The individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or (ii) The support enforcement agency seeking […]
Section 20-4-171 – Employer’s Receipt of Income Withholding Order of Another State; Employer’s Compliance With Income Withholding Order of Another State; Compliance With Multiple Income Withholding Orders.
20-4-171. Employer’s receipt of income withholding order of another state; employer’s compliance with income withholding order of another state; compliance with multiple income withholding orders. (a) An income withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency to the person defined as […]
Section 20-4-162 – Nondisclosure of Information in Exceptional Circumstances.
20-4-162. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances. If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information shall be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the […]
Section 20-4-163 – Costs and Fees.
20-4-163. Costs and fees. (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs. (b) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney’s fees, other costs and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and the […]
Section 20-4-164 – Limited Immunity of Petitioner.
20-4-164. Limited immunity of petitioner. (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this act before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by the support enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction over the petitioner in another proceeding. (b) A petitioner is not amenable to service of […]
Section 20-4-152 – Proceeding by Minor Parent.
20-4-152. Proceeding by minor parent. A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of, or for the benefit of, the minor’s child.
Section 20-4-153 – Application of Law of This State.
20-4-153. Application of law of this state. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a responding tribunal of this state shall: (i) Apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this state and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and (ii) Determine the […]
Section 20-4-154 – Duties of Initiating Tribunal.
20-4-154. Duties of initiating tribunal. (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this act, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents: (i) To the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or (ii) If the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, […]