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

§ 1705. Direct request (a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this State applies. (b) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition an…

§ 1706. Registration of convention support order (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, 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 chapter 16 of th…

§ 1707. Contest of registered convention support order (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, sections 1605 through 1608 of this title apply to a contest of a registered Convention support order. (b) A party contesting a registered Convention support order must file a …

§ 1708. Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce a registered Convention support order. (b) The following grounds are the only ground…

§ 1709. Partial enforcement 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 suppo…

§ 1710. Foreign support agreement (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this State. (b) An application or direct request for recognition and enfor…

§ 1711. Modification of convention support order (a) 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: (1) the obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribu…

§ 1712. Personal information; limitation on use Personal information gathered or transmitted under this chapter may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)

§ 1713. Record in original language; English translation A record filed with a tribunal of this State under this chapter must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation. (Added 2015, No. 16, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)