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Article 1 - General Provisions.
§ 52C-1-100 - Short title. - 52C-1-100. Short title. This Chapter may be cited as the...
§ 52C-1-101 - Definitions. - 52C-1-101. Definitions. As used in this Chapter: (1) "Child" means...
§ 52C-1-102 - State tribunal and support enforcement agency. - 52C-1-102. State tribunal and support enforcement agency. (a) The General...
§ 52C-1-103 - Remedies cumulative. - 52C-1-103. Remedies cumulative. (a) Remedies provided by this Chapter are...
§ 52C-1-104 - Application of Chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding. - 52C-1-104. Application of Chapter to resident of foreign country and...
Article 2 - Jurisdiction.
§ 52C-2-201 - Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. - 52C-2-201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. (a) In a proceeding...
§ 52C-2-202 - Duration of personal jurisdiction. - 52C-2-202. Duration of personal jurisdiction. Personal jurisdiction acquired by a...
§ 52C-2-203 - Initiating and responding tribunal of state. - 52C-2-203. Initiating and responding tribunal of state. Under this Chapter,...
§ 52C-2-204 - Simultaneous proceedings. - 52C-2-204. Simultaneous proceedings. (a) A tribunal of this State may...
§ 52C-2-205 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order. - 52C-2-205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order. (a)...
§ 52C-2-206 - Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order. - 52C-2-206. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order. (a) A...
§ 52C-2-207 - Determination of controlling child support order. - 52C-2-207. Determination of controlling child support order. (a) If a...
§ 52C-2-208 - Child support orders for two or more obligees. - 52C-2-208. Child support orders for two or more obligees. In...
§ 52C-2-209 - Credit for payments. - 52C-2-209. Credit for payments. A tribunal of this State shall...
§ 52C-2-210 - Application of this Chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction. - 52C-2-210. Application of this Chapter to nonresident subject to personal...
§ 52C-2-211 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order. - 52C-2-211. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order. (a)...
Article 3 - Civil Provisions of General Application.
§ 52C-3-301 - Proceedings under this Chapter. - 52C-3-301. Proceedings under this Chapter. (a) Except as otherwise provided...
§ 52C-3-302 - Proceeding by minor parent. - 52C-3-302. Proceeding by minor parent. A minor parent, or a...
§ 52C-3-303 - Application of law of this State. - 52C-3-303. Application of law of this State. Except as otherwise...
§ 52C-3-304 - Duties of initiating tribunal. - 52C-3-304. Duties of initiating tribunal. (a) Upon the filing of...
§ 52C-3-305 - Duties and powers of responding tribunal. - 52C-3-305. Duties and powers of responding tribunal. (a) When a...
§ 52C-3-306 - Inappropriate tribunal. - 52C-3-306. Inappropriate tribunal. If a petition or comparable pleading is...
§ 52C-3-307 - Duties of support enforcement agency. - 52C-3-307. Duties of support enforcement agency. (a) In a proceeding...
§ 52C-3-308 - Duty of Department. - 52C-3-308. Duty of Department. (a) If the Department determines that...
§ 52C-3-308.1 - Private counsel. - 52C-3-308.1. Private counsel. An individual may employ private counsel to...
§ 52C-3-309 - Duties of State information agency. - 52C-3-309. Duties of State information agency. (a) The Department is...
§ 52C-3-310 - Pleadings and accompanying documents. - 52C-3-310. Pleadings and accompanying documents. (a) In a proceeding under...
§ 52C-3-311 - Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances. - 52C-3-311. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances. If a party...
§ 52C-3-312 - Costs and fees. - 52C-3-312. Costs and fees. (a) The petitioner shall not be...
§ 52C-3-313 - Limited immunity of petitioner. - 52C-3-313. Limited immunity of petitioner. (a) Participation by a petitioner...
§ 52C-3-314 - Nonparentage as defense. - 52C-3-314. Nonparentage as defense. A party whose parentage of a...
§ 52C-3-315 - Special rules of evidence and procedure. - 52C-3-315. Special rules of evidence and procedure. (a) The physical...
§ 52C-3-316 - Communications between tribunals. - 52C-3-316. Communications between tribunals. A tribunal of this State may...
§ 52C-3-317 - Assistance with discovery. - 52C-3-317. Assistance with discovery. A tribunal of this State may:...
§ 52C-3-318 - Receipt and disbursement of payments. - 52C-3-318. Receipt and disbursement of payments. (a) A support enforcement...
Article 4 - Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage.
§ 52C-4-401 - Establishment of support order. - 52C-4-401. Establishment of support order. (a) If a support order...
§ 52C-4-402 - Proceeding to determine parentage. - 52C-4-402. Proceeding to determine parentage. A tribunal of this State...
Article 5 - Enforcement of Order of Another State Without Registration.
§ 52C-5-501 - Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state. - 52C-5-501. Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state. (a)...
§ 52C-5-502 - Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state. - 52C-5-502. Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state. (a)...
§ 52C-5-503 - Employer's compliance with two or more income-withholding orders. - 52C-5-503. Employer's compliance with two or more income-withholding orders. If...
§ 52C-5-504 - Immunity from civil liability. - 52C-5-504. Immunity from civil liability. An employer that complies with...
§ 52C-5-505 - Penalties for noncompliance. - 52C-5-505. Penalties for noncompliance. An employer that willfully fails to...
§ 52C-5-506 - Contest by obligor. - 52C-5-506. Contest by obligor. (a) An obligor may contest the...
§ 52C-5-507 - Administrative enforcement of orders. - 52C-5-507. Administrative enforcement of orders. (a) A party or support...
Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order.
§ 52C-6-601 - Registration of order for enforcement. - 52C-6-601. Registration of order for enforcement. A support order or...
§ 52C-6-602 - Procedure to register order for enforcement. - 52C-6-602. Procedure to register order for enforcement. (a) Except as...
§ 52C-6-603 - Effect of registration for enforcement. - 52C-6-603. Effect of registration for enforcement. (a) A support order...
§ 52C-6-604 - Choice of law. - 52C-6-604. Choice of law. (a) Except as otherwise provided in...
§ 52C-6-605 - Notice of registration of order. - 52C-6-605. Notice of registration of order. (a) When a support...
§ 52C-6-606 - Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order. - 52C-6-606. Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support...
§ 52C-6-607 - Contest of registration or enforcement. - 52C-6-607. Contest of registration or enforcement. (a) A party contesting...
§ 52C-6-608 - Confirmed order. - 52C-6-608. Confirmed order. Confirmation of a registered support order, whether...
§ 52C-6-609 - Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification. - 52C-6-609. Procedure to register child support order of another state...
§ 52C-6-610 - Effect of registration for modification. - 52C-6-610. Effect of registration for modification. A tribunal of this...
§ 52C-6-611 - Modification of child support order of another state. - 52C-6-611. Modification of child support order of another state. (a)...
§ 52C-6-612 - Recognition of order modified in another state. - 52C-6-612. Recognition of order modified in another state. If a...
§ 52C-6-613 - Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in this State. - 52C-6-613. Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state...
§ 52C-6-614 - Notice to issuing tribunal of modification. - 52C-6-614. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification. Within 30 days...
§ 52C-6-615 - Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country. - 52C-6-615. Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country....
§ 52C-6-616 - Procedure to register child support order of foreign country for modification. - 52C-6-616. Procedure to register child support order of foreign country...
Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention.
§ 52C-7-701 - Definitions. - 52C-7-701. Definitions. As used in this Article: (1) "Application" means...
§ 52C-7-702 - Applicability. - 52C-7-702. Applicability. This Article applies only to a support proceeding...
§ 52C-7-703 - Relationship of Department to United States central authority. - 52C-7-703. Relationship of Department to United States central authority. The...
§ 52C-7-704 - Initiation by Department of support proceeding under Convention. - 52C-7-704. Initiation by Department of support proceeding under Convention. (a)...
§ 52C-7-705 - Direct request. - 52C-7-705. Direct request. (a) A petitioner may file a direct...
§ 52C-7-706 - Registration of Convention support order. - 52C-7-706. Registration of Convention support order. (a) Except as otherwise...
§ 52C-7-707 - Contest of registered Convention support order. - 52C-7-707. Contest of registered Convention support order. (a) Except as...
§ 52C-7-708 - Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order. - 52C-7-708. Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order. (a)...
§ 52C-7-709 - Partial enforcement. - 52C-7-709. Partial enforcement. If a tribunal of this State does...
§ 52C-7-710 - Foreign support agreement. - 52C-7-710. Foreign support agreement. (a) Except as otherwise provided in...
§ 52C-7-711 - Modification of Convention child support order. - 52C-7-711. Modification of Convention child support order. (a) A tribunal...
§ 52C-7-712 - Personal information; limit on use. - 52C-7-712. Personal information; limit on use. Personal information gathered or...
§ 52C-7-713 - Record in original language; English translation. - 52C-7-713. Record in original language; English translation. A record filed...
Article 8 - Interstate Rendition.
§ 52C-8-801 - Grounds for rendition. - 52C-8-801. Grounds for rendition. (a) For purposes of this Article,...
§ 52C-8-802 - Conditions of rendition. - 52C-8-802. Conditions of rendition. (a) Before making demand that the...
Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions.
§ 52C-9-901 - Uniformity of application and construction. - 52C-9-901. Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing...
§ 52C-9-901.1 - Transitional provision. - 52C-9-901.1. Transitional provision. This Chapter applies to proceedings begun on...
§ 52C-9-902 - Severability clause. - 52C-9-902. Severability clause. If any provision of this Chapter or...