Title 15B, Title 15B: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (1996)

§ 1305. Duties and powers of responding tribunal (a) When a responding tribunal of this State or the Office of Child Support receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to subsection 1301(b) of this title, it shall cause the petitio…

§ 1306. Inappropriate tribunal If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this State or the Office of Child Support, it shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal in this State or another state and notify…

§ 1307. Duties of support enforcement (a) A support enforcement agency of this State, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this title. (b) A support enforcement agency of this State that is providing services to the petitioner shall: (1) take…

§ 1308. Duty of the Attorney General (a) If the Attorney General determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services under this title, the Attorney General may order the agency to perform its duties under this title or may provide those se…

§ 1309. Private counsel An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this title. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)

§ 1310. Duties of the Office of Child Support (a) The Office of Child Support is the State Information Agency under this title. (b) The State Information Agency shall: (1) compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this State which have jurisdic…

§ 1311. Pleadings and accompanying documents (a) In a proceeding under this title, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order to determine parentage of a child or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a petitio…

§ 1312. 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 must be s…

§ 1313. Costs and fees (a) The petitioner must 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 re…

§ 1314. Limited immunity of petitioner (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this title before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by the support enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction ov…

§ 1315. Nonparentage as defense A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under this title. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)

§ 1316. Special Rules of Evidence and Procedure (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of this State is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or modification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determining pare…

§ 1317. Communications between tribunals A tribunal of this State or the Office of Child Support may communicate with a tribunal outside this State in a record, or by telephone, electronic mail, or other means, to obtain information concerning the laws of that state, the legal ef…

§ 1318. Assistance with discovery A tribunal or the Office of Child Support of this State may: (1) request a tribunal outside this State to assist in obtaining discovery; and (2) upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued b…

§ 1319. 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 an…