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

§ 1605. Notice of registration of an order (a) 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 must notify the nonregistering party. The notice shall be accompanied by a copy…

§ 1606. Procedure to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered order (a) 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 1605 of this title. The…

§ 1607. Contest of registration or enforcement (a) 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: (1) the issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdic…

§ 1608. 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. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff.…

§ 1609. Procedure to register a child support order of another state for modification A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state must register that order in this State in the same manner provide…

§ 1610. Effect of registration for modification A tribunal of this State and the Office of Child Support 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…

§ 1611. Modification of an order of another state (a) If section 1613 of this title 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, it finds that: (1) t…

§ 1612. Recognition of an 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 which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of this State: (1) may enf…

§ 1613. Jurisdiction to modify an order of another state when individual parties reside in this State (a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this State and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this State has jurisdiction to enforce and to…

§ 1614. 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…

§ 1615. Jurisdiction to modify an order of a foreign country (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 1711 of this title, 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 …

§ 1616. Procedure to register an order of a foreign country for modification A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child support order not under the Convention may register that order in this State under sections 1601 through…