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Home » US Law » 2022 Utah Code » Title 78B - Judicial Code » Chapter 14 - Utah Uniform Interstate Family Support Act » Part 6 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order

Section 601 – Registration of order for enforcement.

Effective 7/1/2015 78B-14-601. Registration of order for enforcement. A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state, or a foreign support order, may be registered in this state for enforcement. Amended by Chapter 45, 2015 General Session

Section 602 – Procedure to register order for enforcement.

Effective 7/1/2015 78B-14-602. Procedure to register order for enforcement. (1) Except as otherwise provided in Section 78B-14-706, 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: (a) a letter of transmittal to […]

Section 603 – Effect of registration for enforcement.

Effective 7/1/2015 78B-14-603. Effect of registration for enforcement. (1) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state, or a foreign support order, is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state. (2) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the […]

Section 604 – Choice of law.

Effective 7/1/2015 78B-14-604. Choice of law. (1) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (4), the law of the issuing state or foreign country governs: (a) the nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments under a registered support order; (b) the computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest on the arrearages under the […]

Section 605 – Notice of registration of order.

Effective 7/1/2015 78B-14-605. Notice of registration of order. (1) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state, or a foreign support order, is registered, the registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice shall be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant […]

Section 606 – Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order.

Effective 7/1/2015 78B-14-606. Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order. (1) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered support order in this state shall request a hearing within the time required by Section 78B-14-605. The nonregistering party may seek to vacate the registration, to assert any […]

Section 607 – Contest of registration or enforcement.

Effective 7/1/2015 78B-14-607. Contest of registration or enforcement. (1) 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 608 – Confirmed order.

Effective 7/1/2015 78B-14-608. 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. Revisor instructions Chapter 245, 2013 General SessionAmended by Chapter 412, 2011 General Session

Section 610 – Effect of registration for modification.

Effective 7/1/2015 78B-14-610. 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 support order may be modified only if the […]

Section 611 – Modification of child support order of another state.

Effective 7/1/2015 78B-14-611. Modification of child support order of another state. (1) If Section 78B-14-613 does not apply, upon petition a tribunal of this state may modify a child support order issued in another state which is registered in this state if, after notice and hearing, the tribunal finds that: (a) the following requirements are […]

Section 612 – Recognition of order modified in another state.

Effective 7/1/2015 78B-14-612. 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 that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of this state: (1) may enforce its order that was modified only […]

Section 614 – Notice to issuing tribunal of modification.

78B-14-614. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification. Within 30 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 615 – Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country.

Effective 7/1/2015 78B-14-615. Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country. (1) Except as otherwise provided in Section 78B-14-711, 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 […]