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Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 93-25-101. Short title - This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Family...
§ 93-25-102. Definitions - In this chapter: Which has been declared under the law...
§ 93-25-103. State tribunal and support enforcement agency - The chancery courts, circuit and county courts, and tribal courts...
§ 93-25-104. Remedies cumulative - Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not...
§ 93-25-105. Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding - A tribunal of this state shall apply Articles 1 through...
§ 93-25-107 through 93-25-117. - Repealed by Laws of 2015, ch. 367, § 2, effective...
Article 2 - Jurisdiction
§ 93-25-201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident - In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order...
§ 93-25-202. Duration of personal jurisdiction - Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in...
§ 93-25-203. Initiating and responding tribunal of state - Under this chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve...
§ 93-25-204. Simultaneous proceedings - A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish...
§ 93-25-205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction - A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support...
§ 93-25-206. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child-support order - A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support...
§ 93-25-207. Determination of controlling child-support order - If a proceeding is brought under this chapter, and only...
§ 93-25-208. Child-support orders for two or more obligees - In responding to registrations or complaints for enforcement of two...
§ 93-25-209. Credit for payments - A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for...
§ 93-25-210. Application of chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction - A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a...
§ 93-25-211. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order - A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal-support order consistent...
Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application
§ 93-25-301. Proceedings under chapter - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this article applies...
§ 93-25-302. Proceeding by minor parent - A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative...
§ 93-25-304. Duties of initiating tribunal - Upon the filing of a complaint authorized by this chapter,...
§ 93-25-305. Duties and powers of responding tribunal - When a responding tribunal of this state receives a complaint...
§ 93-25-306. Inappropriate tribunal - If a complaint or comparable pleading is received by an...
§ 93-25-307. Duties of support enforcement agency - In a proceeding under this chapter, a support enforcement agency...
§ 93-25-308. Duty of the Executive Director of the Department of Human Services - If the Executive Director of the Department of Human Services...
§ 93-25-309. Private counsel - An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual...
§ 93-25-310. Duties of Department of Human Services - The Department of Human Services is the state information agency...
§ 93-25-311. Pleadings and accompanying documents - In a proceeding under this chapter, a complainant seeking to...
§ 93-25-312. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances - If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading...
§ 93-25-313. Costs and fees - The complainant may not be required to pay a filing...
§ 93-25-314. Limited immunity of complainant - Participation by a complainant in a proceeding under this chapter...
§ 93-25-315. Nonparentage as defense - A party whose parentage of a child has been previously...
§ 93-25-316. Special rules of evidence and procedure - The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an...
§ 93-25-317. Communications between tribunals - A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal...
§ 93-25-318. Assistance with discovery - A tribunal of this state may:
§ 93-25-319. Receipt and disbursement of payments - A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall...
Article 4 - Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage
§ 93-25-401. Establishment of support order - If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter...
§ 93-25-402. Proceeding to determine parentage - A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of...
Article 5 - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration
§ 93-25-501. Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state - An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent...
§ 93-25-502. Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state - Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer shall...
§ 93-25-503. Employer's compliance with two or more income-withholding orders of another state - If an obligor's employer receives two (2) or more income-withholding...
§ 93-25-504. Immunity from civil liability - An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in...
§ 93-25-505. Penalties for noncompliance - An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding...
§ 93-25-506. Contest by obligor - An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an...
§ 93-25-507. Administrative enforcement of orders - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a...
Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order
Part 1 - . Registration for Enforcement of Support Order
§ 93-25-601. Registration of order for enforcement - A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state...
§ 93-25-602. Procedure to register order for enforcement - Except as provided in Section 93-25-706, a support order or...
§ 93-25-603. Effect of registration for enforcement - A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state...
§ 93-25-604. Choice of law - Except as otherwiseprovided in subsection (d), the law of the...
Part 2 - . Contest of Validity or Enforcement
§ 93-25-605. Notice of registration of order - When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another...
§ 93-25-606. Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order - A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement...
§ 93-25-607. Contest of registration or enforcement - A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered...
§ 93-25-608. Confirmed order - Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of...
Part 3 - . Registration and Modification of Child-Support Order of Another State
§ 93-25-609. Procedure to register child-support order of another state for modification - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...
§ 93-25-610. Effect of registration for modification - A tribunal of this state may enforce a child-support order...
§ 93-25-611. Modification of child-support order of another state - If Section 93-25-613 does not apply, upon complaint, a tribunal...
§ 93-25-612. Recognition of order modified in another state - If a child-support order issued by a tribunal of this...
§ 93-25-613. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state - If all of the parties who are individuals reside in...
§ 93-25-614. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification - Within thirty (30) days after issuance of a modified child-support...
Part 4 - . Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order
§ 93-25-615. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country - Except as otherwise provided in Section 93-25-711, if a foreign...
§ 93-25-616. 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
§ 93-25-701. Definitions - In this article: Means an agreement for support in a...
§ 93-25-702. Applicability - This article applies only to a support proceeding under the...
§ 93-25-703. Relationship of the Department of Human Services to United States central authority - The Department of Human Services of this state is recognized...
§ 93-25-704. Initiation by the Department of Human Services of support proceeding under Convention - In a support proceeding under this article, the Department of...
§ 93-25-705. Direct request - A complainant may file a direct request seeking establishment or...
§ 93-25-706. Registration of Convention support order - Except as otherwise provided in this article, a party who...
§ 93-25-707. Contest of registered Convention support order - Except as otherwise provided in this article, Sections 93-25-605 through...
§ 93-25-708. Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order - Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a tribunal of...
§ 93-25-709. Partial enforcement - If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and...
§ 93-25-710. Foreign support agreement - Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d), a...
§ 93-25-711. Modification of Convention child-support order - A tribunal of this state may not modify a Convention...
§ 93-25-712. Personal information; limit on use - Personal information gathered or transmitted under this article may be...
§ 93-25-713. Record in original language; English translation - A record filed with a tribunal of this state under...
Article 8 - Interstate Rendition
§ 93-25-801. Grounds for rendition - For purposes of this chapter, "governor" includes an individual performing...
§ 93-25-802. Conditions of rendition - Before making a demand that the governor of another state...
Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 93-25-901. Uniformity of application and construction - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...
§ 93-25-902. Transitional provision - This chapter applies to proceedings begun on or after July...
§ 93-25-903. Severability - If any provision of this chapter or its application to...