Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

§ 9-17-105. Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding - (a) A tribunal of this state shall apply Articles 1...

Article 2 - Jurisdiction

Part 1 - Extended Personal Jurisdiction

§ 9-17-201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident - (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support...

§ 9-17-202. Duration of personal jurisdiction - Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in...

Part 2 - Proceedings Involving Two or More States

§ 9-17-203. Initiating and responding tribunal of this state - Under this chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve...

§ 9-17-204. Simultaneous proceedings - (a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to...

§ 9-17-205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child-support order - (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a...

§ 9-17-206. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child-support order - (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a...

Part 3 - Reconciliation with Orders of Other States

§ 9-17-207. Determination of controlling child-support order - (a) If a proceeding is brought under this chapter and...

§ 9-17-208. Child-support orders for two or more obligees - In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two...

§ 9-17-209. Credit for payments - A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for...

§ 9-17-210. Application of chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction - A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a...

§ 9-17-211. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order - (a) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal-support order...

Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application

§ 9-17-301. Proceedings under chapter - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article...

§ 9-17-302. Proceeding by minor parent - A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative...

§ 9-17-303. Application of law of state - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a responding tribunal...

§ 9-17-304. Duties of initiating tribunal - (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this...

§ 9-17-305. Duties and powers of responding tribunal - (a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a...

§ 9-17-306. Inappropriate tribunal - If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an...

§ 9-17-307. Duties of support enforcement agency - (a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request,...

§ 9-17-308. Duty of prosecuting attorney - (a) If the prosecuting attorney determines that the support enforcement...

§ 9-17-309. Private counsel - An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual...

§ 9-17-310. Duties of state information agency - (a) The Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue...

§ 9-17-311. Pleadings and accompanying documents - (a) In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking...

§ 9-17-312. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances - If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading...

§ 9-17-313. Costs and fees - (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a...

§ 9-17-314. Limited immunity of petitioner - (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this...

§ 9-17-315. Nonparentage as defense - A party whose parentage of a child has been previously...

§ 9-17-316. Special rules of evidence and procedure - (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is...

§ 9-17-317. Communications between tribunals - A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal...

§ 9-17-318. Assistance with discovery - A tribunal of this state may: (1) request a tribunal...

§ 9-17-319. Receipt and disbursement of payments - (a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state...

Article 4 - Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage

§ 9-17-401. Establishment of support order - (a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this...

§ 9-17-402. Proceeding to determine parentage - A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of...

Article 5 - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration

§ 9-17-501. Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state - An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent...

§ 9-17-502. Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state - (a) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer...

§ 9-17-503. Employer's compliance with two or more income-withholding orders - If an obligor's employer receives two or more income-withholding orders...

§ 9-17-504. Immunity from civil liability - An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in...

§ 9-17-505. Penalties for noncompliance - An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding...

§ 9-17-506. Contest by obligor - (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of...

§ 9-17-507. Administrative enforcement of orders - (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce...

Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order

Part 1 - Registration of Order for Enforcement

§ 9-17-601. Registration of order for enforcement - A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state...

§ 9-17-602. Procedure to register order for enforcement - (a) Except as otherwise provided in § 9-17-706, a support...

§ 9-17-603. Effect of registration for enforcement - (a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another...

§ 9-17-604. Choice of law - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the law...

Part 2 - Contest of Validity or Enforcement

§ 9-17-605. Notice of registration of order - (a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in...

§ 9-17-606. Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order - (a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or...

§ 9-17-607. Contest of registration or enforcement - (a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a...

§ 9-17-608. Confirmed order - Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of...

Part 3 - Registration and Modification of Child-Support Order of Another State

§ 9-17-609. Procedure to register child-support order of another state for modification - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...

§ 9-17-610. Effect of registration for modification - A tribunal of this state may enforce a child-support order...

§ 9-17-611. Modification of child-support order of another state - (a) If § 9-17-613 does not apply, upon petition a...

§ 9-17-612. Recognition of order modified in another state - If a child-support order issued by a tribunal of this...

§ 9-17-613. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state - (a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside...

§ 9-17-614. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification - Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child-support order,...

Part 4 - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order

§ 9-17-615. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country - (a) Except as otherwise provided in § 9-17-711, if a...

§ 9-17-616. Procedure to register child-support order of foreign country for modification - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...

Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention

§ 9-17-701. Definitions - In this article: (1) “Application” means a request under the...

§ 9-17-702. Applicability - This article applies only to a support proceeding under the...

§ 9-17-703. Relationship of Office of Child Support Enforcement to United States central authority - The Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division...

§ 9-17-704. Initiation by Office of Child Support Enforcement of support proceeding under Convention - (a) In a support proceeding under this article, the Office...

§ 9-17-705. Direct request - (a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment...

§ 9-17-706. Registration of Convention support order - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, a party...

§ 9-17-707. Contest of registered Convention support order - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, §§ 9-17-605...

§ 9-17-708. Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a tribunal...

§ 9-17-709. Partial enforcement - If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and...

§ 9-17-710. Foreign support agreement - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d),...

§ 9-17-711. Modification of Convention child-support order - (a) A tribunal of this state may not modify a...

§ 9-17-712. Personal information — Limit on use - Personal information gathered or transmitted under this article may be...

§ 9-17-713. Record in original language — English translation - A record filed with a tribunal of this state under...

Article 8 - Interstate Rendition

§ 9-17-801. Grounds for rendition - (a) For purposes of this article, “governor” includes an individual...

§ 9-17-802. Conditions of rendition - (a) Before making demand that the governor of another state...

Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions

§ 9-17-901. Uniformity of application and construction - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...

§ 9-17-902. Transitional provision - This chapter applies to proceedings begun on or after July...

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Arkansas Code Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act