Title 14, Domestic Relations and Persons

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…

1. Except as otherwise provided in section 14-12.2-47.11, 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 individ…

A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child support order not subject to the convention may register that order in this state as provided in sections 14-12.2-35 through 14-12.2-42 if the order has not been registered. A petit…

In sections 14-12.2-47.1 through 14-12.2-47.13: 1. "Application" means a request under the convention by an obligee, obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority. 2. "Central authority" means the entity designate…

1. Except as provided in subsections 3 and 4, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this state. 2. An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement shall be accompanied by: a. …

1. 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: a. The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this state, either expressly or by defending…

Personal information gathered or transmitted under sections 14-12.2-47.1 through 14-12.2-47.13 may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.

A record filed with a tribunal of this state under sections 14-12.2-47.1 through 14-12.2-47.13 must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation.

Sections 14-12.2-47.1 through 14-12.2-47.13 apply only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of sections 14-12.2-47.1 through 14-12.2-47.13 is inconsistent with a provision of sections 14-12.2-01 through 14-12.2-46.4, sections 14-12.2-…

The department of health and human services of this state is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the convention.

1. In a support proceeding under the convention, the department of health and human services of this state shall: a. Transmit and receive applications; and b. Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state. 2. The follo…

1. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking the establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In such a proceeding, the law of this state applies. 2. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking the recognition and enforcement …

1. Except as otherwise provided in sections 14-12.2-47.1 through 14-12.2-47.13, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a convention support order shall register the order in this state as provided in sections 14-12.2-35 through 14-12.2…

1. Except as otherwise provided in sections 14-12.2-47.1 through 14-12.2-47.13, sections 14-12.2-39 through 14-12.2-42 apply to a contest of a registered convention support order. 2. A party contesting a registered convention support order must file a contest not later than thirt…

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce a registered convention support order. 2. The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of this state may refuse recognition and enforcement of a registered conv…

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.

1. For purposes of sections 14-12.2-48 and 14-12.2-49, "governor" includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this chapter. 2. The governor of this state may: a. Demand that the governor of another state surrender a…

1. Before making a demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in this state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the governor of this state may require a prosecutor of this state to demonstrate that at least sixty …