§ 15-23.1-507. Administrative enforcement of orders.
(a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this state.
(b) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of this state to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to this chapter.
History of Section.P.L. 1997, ch. 170, § 15; P.L. 2006, ch. 69, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 76, § 2; P.L. 2011, ch. 243, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 263, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 15-23.1 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Article 5 - Enforcement of Support Without Registration
Section 15-23.1-501. - Employer’s receipt of income-withholding order of another state.
Section 15-23.1-502. - Employer’s compliance with income-withholding order of another state.
Section 15-23.1-503. - Employer’s compliance with two or more income-withholding orders.
Section 15-23.1-504. - Immunity from civil liability.
Section 15-23.1-505. - Penalties for noncompliance.
Section 15-23.1-506. - Contest by obligor.
Section 15-23.1-507. - Administrative enforcement of orders.