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§ 20-88.32. Definitions - In this chapter: "Child" means an individual, whether over or...
§ 20-88.32:1. Uniformity of application and construction - In applying and construing this Uniform Interstate Family Support Act,...
§ 20-88.33. Tribunals of the Commonwealth and support enforcement agency - A. The juvenile and domestic relations district courts, circuit courts,...
§ 20-88.34. Remedies cumulative - A. Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do...
§ 20-88.34:1. Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding - A. A tribunal of the Commonwealth shall apply Articles 1...
§ 20-88.35. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident - In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order...
§ 20-88.36. Duration of personal jurisdiction - Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of the Commonwealth in...
§ 20-88.37. Initiating and responding tribunal of the Commonwealth - Under this chapter, a tribunal of the Commonwealth may serve...
§ 20-88.38. Simultaneous proceedings in another state - A. A tribunal of the Commonwealth may exercise jurisdiction to...
§ 20-88.39. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order - A. A tribunal of the Commonwealth that has issued a...
§ 20-88.40. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order - A. A tribunal of the Commonwealth that has issued a...
§ 20-88.41. Determination of controlling child support order - A. If a proceeding is brought under this chapter and...
§ 20-88.42. Child support orders for two or more obligees - In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two...
§ 20-88.43. Credit for payments - A tribunal of the Commonwealth shall credit amounts collected for...
§ 20-88.43:1. Application to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction - A tribunal of the Commonwealth exercising personal jurisdiction over a...
§ 20-88.43:2. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order - A. A court of the Commonwealth issuing a spousal support...
§ 20-88.44. Proceedings under this chapter - A. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article...
§ 20-88.45. Action by minor parent - A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative...
§ 20-88.46. Application of law of the Commonwealth - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a responding tribunal...
§ 20-88.47. Duties of initiating tribunal - A. Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this...
§ 20-88.48. Duties and powers of responding tribunal - A. When a responding tribunal of the Commonwealth receives a...
§ 20-88.49. Inappropriate tribunal - If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an...
§ 20-88.50. Duties of support enforcement agency - A. A support enforcement agency of the Commonwealth, upon request,...
§ 20-88.51. Duty of Secretary of Health and Human Resources - A. If the Secretary of Health and Human Resources determines...
§ 20-88.52. Private counsel - An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual...
§ 20-88.53. Duties of state information agency - A. The Department of Social Services is the state information...
§ 20-88.54. Pleadings and accompanying documents - A. In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking...
§ 20-88.55. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances - Upon a finding, which may be made ex parte, that...
§ 20-88.56. Costs and fees - A. The petitioner may not be required to pay a...
§ 20-88.57. Limited immunity of petitioner - A. Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this...
§ 20-88.58. Nonparentage as defense - A party whose parentage of a child has been previously...
§ 20-88.59. Special rules of evidence and procedure - A. The physical presence of a nonresident party who is...
§ 20-88.60. Communications between tribunals - A tribunal of the Commonwealth may communicate with a tribunal...
§ 20-88.61. Assistance with discovery - A tribunal of the Commonwealth may (i) request a tribunal...
§ 20-88.62. Receipt and disbursement of payments - A. A support enforcement agency or tribunal of the Commonwealth...
§ 20-88.63. Establishment of support order - A. If a support order entitled to recognition under this...
§ 20-88.63:1. Proceeding to determine parentage - A tribunal of the Commonwealth authorized to determine parentage of...
§ 20-88.64. Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state - An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent...
§ 20-88.64:1. Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state - A. Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer...
§ 20-88.64:2. Compliance with two or more income-withholding orders - If an obligor's employer receives two or more income-withholding orders...
§ 20-88.64:3. Immunity from civil liability - An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in...
§ 20-88.64:4. Penalties for noncompliance - An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding...
§ 20-88.64:5. Contest by obligor - A. An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of...
§ 20-88.65. Administrative enforcement of orders - A. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce...
§ 20-88.66. Registration of order for enforcement - A foreign support order, or a support order or an...
§ 20-88.67. Procedure to register order for enforcement - A. Except as provided in § 20-88.88, a foreign support...
§ 20-88.68. Effect of registration for enforcement - A. A support order or income-withholding order issued in another...
§ 20-88.69. Choice of law; statute of limitations - A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection D, the law...
§ 20-88.70. Notice of registration of order; contest of validity or enforcement - A. When a support order or income-withholding order issued in...
§ 20-88.71. Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order - A. A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or...
§ 20-88.72. Contest of registration or enforcement - A. A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a...
§ 20-88.73. Confirmed order - Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of...
§ 20-88.74. Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...
§ 20-88.75. Effect of registration for modification - A tribunal of the Commonwealth may enforce a child support...
§ 20-88.76. Modification of child support order of another state - A. If § 20-88.77:1 does not apply, upon petition a...
§ 20-88.77. Recognition of order modified in another state - If a child support order issued by a tribunal of...
§ 20-88.77:1. Jurisdiction to modify support order of another state when individual parties reside in this Commonwealth - A. If all of the parties who are individuals reside...
§ 20-88.77:2. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification - Within thirty days after issuance of a modified child support...
§ 20-88.77:3. Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country - A. Except as provided in § 20-88.93, if a foreign...
§ 20-88.77:4. Procedure to register child support order of foreign country for modification - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...
§ 20-88.78. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 727, cl. 2, effective April...
§ 20-88.79. Grounds for rendition - A. For purposes of this article, "governor" includes an individual...
§ 20-88.80. Conditions of rendition - A. Before making a demand that the governor of another...
§ 20-88.81. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2015, c. 727, cl. 2, effective April...
§ 20-88.83. Definitions - As used in this article: "Application" means a request under...
§ 20-88.84. Applicability - This article applies only to a support proceeding under the...
§ 20-88.85. Relationship of Department of Social Services to United States central authority - The Department of Social Services of the Commonwealth is recognized...
§ 20-88.86. Initiation by Department of Social Services of support proceeding under convention - A. In a support proceeding under this chapter, the Department...
§ 20-88.87. Direct request - A. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment...
§ 20-88.88. Registration of Convention support order - A. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a party...
§ 20-88.89. Contest of registered convention support order - A. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, §§ 20-88.71,...
§ 20-88.90. Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order - A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B, a tribunal...
§ 20-88.91. Partial enforcement - If a tribunal of the Commonwealth does not recognize and...
§ 20-88.92. Foreign support agreement - A. Except as otherwise provided in subsections C and D,...
§ 20-88.93. Modification of Convention child support order - A. A tribunal of the Commonwealth may not modify a...
§ 20-88.94. Personal information; limit on use - Personal information gathered or transmitted under this article may be...
§ 20-88.95. Record in original language; English translation - A record filed with a tribunal of the Commonwealth under...