§576B-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 section 576B-301(b), it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.
(b) A responding tribunal of this State, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:
(c) A responding tribunal of this State shall include in a support order issued under this chapter, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.
(d) A responding tribunal of this State may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this chapter upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.
(e) If a responding tribunal of this State issues an order under this chapter, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.
(f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of this State shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in United States dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported. [L 1997, c 295, pt of §1; am L 2015, c 77, pt of §1]