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Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 6-101. Short title. - This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Interstate Family...
§ 6-102. Definitions. - In this chapter: (1) “Child” means an individual, whether over...
§ 6-103. State tribunal and support enforcement agency. - (a) The Family Court of the State of Delaware is...
§ 6-104. Remedies cumulative. - (a) Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do...
§ 6-105. Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding. - (a) A tribunal of this State shall apply subchapters I...
Subchapter II. Jurisdiction
§ 6-201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. - (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support...
§ 6-202. Duration of personal jurisdiction. - Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this State in...
§ 6-203. Initiating and responding tribunal of State. - Under this chapter, a tribunal of this State may serve...
§ 6-204. Simultaneous proceedings. - (a) A tribunal of this State may exercise jurisdiction to...
§ 6-205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child-support order. - (a) A tribunal of this State that has issued a...
§ 6-206. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child-support order. - (a) A tribunal of this State that has issued a...
§ 6-207. Determination of controlling child-support order. - (a) If a proceeding is brought under this chapter and...
§ 6-208. Child-support orders for 2 or more obligees. - In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of 2...
§ 6-209. Credit for payments. - A tribunal of this State shall credit amounts collected for...
§ 6-210. Application of this chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction. - A tribunal of this State exercising personal jurisdiction over a...
§ 6-211. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order. - (a) A tribunal of this State issuing a spousal-support order...
Subchapter III. Civil Provisions of General Application
§ 6-301. Proceedings under this chapter. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions...
§ 6-302. Proceeding by minor parent. - A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative...
§ 6-303. Application of law of State. - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a responding tribunal...
§ 6-304. Duties of initiating tribunal. - (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this...
§ 6-305. Duties and powers of responding tribunal. - (a) When a responding tribunal of this State receives a...
§ 6-306. Inappropriate tribunal. - If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an...
§ 6-307. Duties of support enforcement agency. - (a) In a proceeding under this chapter, a support enforcement...
§ 6-308. Duty of state official or agency. - (a) If the Attorney General determines that the support enforcement...
§ 6-309. Private counsel. - An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual...
§ 6-310. Duties of state information agency. - (a) The Division of Child Support Services is the state...
§ 6-311. Pleadings and accompanying documents. - (a) In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking...
§ 6-312. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances. - If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading...
§ 6-313. Costs and fees. - (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a...
§ 6-314. Limited immunity of petitioner. - (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this...
§ 6-315. Nonparentage as defense. - A party whose parentage of a child has been previously...
§ 6-316. Special rules of evidence and procedure. - (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is...
§ 6-317. Communications between tribunals. - A tribunal of this State may communicate with a tribunal...
§ 6-318. Assistance with discovery. - A tribunal of this State may: (1) Request a tribunal...
§ 6-319. Receipt and disbursement of payments. - (a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this State...
Subchapter IV. Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage.
§ 6-401. Establishment of support order. - (a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this...
§ 6-402. Proceeding to determine parentage. - A tribunal of this State authorized to determine parentage of...
Subchapter V. Enforcement of Support Order of Another State Without Registration
§ 6-501. Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state. - An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent...
§ 6-502. Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state. - (a) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer...
§ 6-503. Employer's compliance with 2 or more income-withholding orders. - If an obligor's employer receives 2 or more income-withholding orders...
§ 6-504. Immunity from civil liability. - An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in...
§ 6-505. Penalties for noncompliance. - An employer that wilfully fails to comply with an income-withholding...
§ 6-506. Contest by obligor. - (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of...
§ 6-507. Administrative enforcement of orders. - (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce...
Subchapter VI. Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order
§ 6-601. Registration of order for enforcement. - A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state...
§ 6-602. Procedure to register order for enforcement. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in § 6-706 of this...
§ 6-603. Effect of registration for enforcement. - (a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another...
§ 6-604. Choice of law. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this...
§ 6-605. Notice of registration of order. - (a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in...
§ 6-606. Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order. - (a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or...
§ 6-607. Contest of registration or enforcement. - (a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a...
§ 6-608. Confirmed order. - Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of...
§ 6-609. Procedure to register child-support order of another state for modification. - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...
§ 6-610. Effect of registration for modification. - A tribunal of this State may enforce a child-support order...
§ 6-611. Modification of child-support order of another state. - (a) If § 6-613 of this title does not apply,...
§ 6-612. Recognition of order modified in another state. - If a child-support order issued by a tribunal of this...
§ 6-613. 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...
§ 6-614. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification. - Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child-support order,...
§ 6-615. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in § 6-711 of this...
§ 6-616. Procedure to register child-support order of foreign country for modification. - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...
Subchapter VII. Support Proceeding Under Convention
§ 6-701. Definitions. - In this subchapter: (1) “Application” means a request under the...
§ 6-702. Applicability. - This subchapter applies only to a support proceeding under the...
§ 6-703. Relationship of Division of Child Support Services to United States central authority. - The Division of Child Support Services of this State is...
§ 6-704. Initiation by Division of Child Support Services of support proceeding under Convention. - (a) In a support proceeding under this subchapter, the Division...
§ 6-705. Direct request. - (a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment...
§ 6-706. Registration of Convention support order. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a party...
§ 6-707. Contest of registered Convention support order. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, §§ 6-605...
§ 6-708. Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this...
§ 6-709. Partial enforcement. - If a tribunal of this State does not recognize and...
§ 6-710. Foreign support agreement. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d)...
§ 6-711. Modification of Convention child-support order. - (a) A tribunal of this State may not modify a...
§ 6-712. Personal information; limit on use. - Personal information gathered or transmitted under this subchapter may be...
§ 6-713. Record in original language; English translation. - A record filed with a tribunal of this State under...
Subchapter VIII. Interstate Rendition
§ 6-801. Grounds for rendition. - (a) For purposes of this chapter, “Governor” includes an individual...
§ 6-802. Conditions of rendition. - (a) Before making a demand that the governor of another...
Subchapter IX. Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 6-901. Uniformity of application and construction. - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...
§ 6-902. Severability clause. - If any provision of this chapter or its application to...
§ 6-903. Transitional provision. - This chapter applies to proceedings begun on or after July...