(a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to section 518C.301, paragraph (b), it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.
(b) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:
(1) establish or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, determine the controlling child support order, or to determine parentage of a child;
(2) order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;
(3) order income withholding;
(4) determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment;
(5) enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;
(6) set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;
(7) place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;
(8) order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's current residential address, electronic mail address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment;
(9) issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the bench warrant in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants;
(10) order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;
(11) award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs; and
(12) grant any other available remedy.
(c) A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a support order issued under this chapter, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.
(d) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this chapter upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.
(e) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order under this chapter, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.
(f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of this state shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
1994 c 630 art 3 s 5; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 54; 1997 c 245 art 3 s 12; 2014 c 189 s 19,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 108,119
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations
Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Section 518C.101 — Definitions.
Section 518C.102 — State Tribunal And Support Enforcement Agency.
Section 518C.103 — Remedies Cumulative.
Section 518C.201 — Bases For Jurisdiction Over Nonresident.
Section 518C.202 — Duration Of Personal Jurisdiction.
Section 518C.203 — Initiating And Responding Tribunal Of This State.
Section 518C.204 — Simultaneous Proceedings In Another State Or Foreign Country.
Section 518C.205 — Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction To Modify Child Support Order.
Section 518C.206 — Continuing Jurisdiction To Enforce Child Support Order.
Section 518C.207 — Determination Of Controlling Child Support Order.
Section 518C.208 — Child Support Orders For Two Or More Obligees.
Section 518C.209 — Credit For Payments.
Section 518C.210 — Application To Nonresident Subject To Personal Jurisdiction.
Section 518C.211 — Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction To Modify Spousal Support Order.
Section 518C.301 — Proceedings Under This Chapter.
Section 518C.302 — Action By Minor Parent.
Section 518C.303 — Application Of Law Of This State.
Section 518C.304 — Duties Of Initiating Tribunal.
Section 518C.305 — Duties And Powers Of Responding Tribunal.
Section 518C.306 — Inappropriate Tribunal.
Section 518C.307 — Duties Of Support Enforcement Agency.
Section 518C.308 — Duty Of Attorney General.
Section 518C.309 — Private Counsel.
Section 518C.310 — Duties Of State Information Agency.
Section 518C.311 — Pleadings And Accompanying Documents.
Section 518C.312 — Nondisclosure Of Information In Exceptional Circumstances.
Section 518C.313 — Costs And Fees.
Section 518C.314 — Limited Immunity Of Petitioner.
Section 518C.315 — Nonparentage As Defense.
Section 518C.316 — Special Rules Of Evidence And Procedure.
Section 518C.317 — Communications Between Tribunals.
Section 518C.318 — Assistance With Discovery.
Section 518C.319 — Receipt And Disbursement Of Payments.
Section 518C.401 — Establishment Of Support Order.
Section 518C.402 — Proceeding To Determine Parentage.
Section 518C.501 — Employer's Receipt Of Income-withholding Order Of Another State.
Section 518C.502 — Employer's Compliance With Income-withholding Order Of Another State.
Section 518C.503 — Employer's Compliance With Two Or More Income-withholding Orders.
Section 518C.504 — Immunity From Civil Liability.
Section 518C.505 — Penalties For Noncompliance.
Section 518C.506 — Contest By Obligor.
Section 518C.507 — Administrative Enforcement Of Orders.
Section 518C.601 — Registration Of Order For Enforcement.
Section 518C.602 — Procedure To Register Order For Enforcement.
Section 518C.603 — Effect Of Registration For Enforcement.
Section 518C.604 — Choice Of Law.
Section 518C.605 — Notice Of Registration Of Order.
Section 518C.606 — Procedure To Contest Validity Or Enforcement Of Registered Support Order.
Section 518C.607 — Contest Of Registration Or Enforcement.
Section 518C.608 — Confirmed Order.
Section 518C.609 — Procedure To Register Child Support Order Of Another State For Modification.
Section 518C.610 — Effect Of Registration For Modification.
Section 518C.611 — Modification Of Child Support Order Of Another State.
Section 518C.612 — Recognition Of Order Modified In Another State.
Section 518C.614 — Notice To Issuing Tribunal Of Modification.
Section 518C.615 — Jurisdiction To Modify Child Support Order Of Foreign Country.
Section 518C.616 — Procedure To Register Child Support Order Of Foreign Country For Modification.
Section 518C.701 — Definitions.
Section 518C.702 — Applicability.
Section 518C.703 — Relationship Of Department Of Human Services To United States Central Authority.
Section 518C.705 — Direct Request.
Section 518C.706 — Registration Of Convention Support Order.
Section 518C.707 — Contest Of Registered Convention Support Order.
Section 518C.708 — Recognition And Enforcement Of Registered Convention Support Order.
Section 518C.709 — Partial Enforcement.
Section 518C.710 — Foreign Support Agreement.
Section 518C.711 — Modification Of Convention Child Support Order.
Section 518C.712 — Personal Information; Limit On Use.
Section 518C.713 — Record In Original Language; English Translation.
Section 518C.801 — Grounds For Rendition.
Section 518C.802 — Conditions Of Rendition.
Section 518C.901 — Uniformity Of Application And Construction.