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§48-16-101. Short Title - §48-16-101. Short title. This article may be cited as the...
§48-16-102. Definitions - §48-16-102. Definitions. As used in this article: (1) "Child" means...
§48-16-103. State Tribunal and Support Enforcement Agency - (a) The family court is the tribunal of this state....
§48-16-104. Remedies Cumulative - (a) Remedies provided by this article are cumulative and do...
§48-16-105. Application of Article to Resident of Foreign Country and Foreign Support Proceeding - (a) A tribunal of this state shall apply parts I...
§48-16-201. Bases for Jurisdiction Over Nonresident - §48-16-201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. (a) In a proceeding...
§48-16-202. Duration of Personal Jurisdiction - Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in...
§48-16-203. Initiating and Responding Tribunal of State - Under this article, a tribunal of this state may serve...
§48-16-204. Simultaneous Proceedings - (a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to...
§48-16-205. Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order - (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a...
§48-16-206. Continuing Jurisdiction to Enforce Child Support Order - (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a...
§48-16-207. Determination of Controlling Child Support Order - (a) If a proceeding is brought under this article and...
§48-16-208. Child Support Orders for Two or More Obligees - In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two...
§48-16-209. Credit for Payments - A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for...
§48-16-210. Application of Article to Nonresident Subject to Personal Jurisdiction - A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a...
§48-16-211. Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Spousal Support Order - (a) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal support...
§48-16-301. Proceeding Under Article - §48-16-301. Proceeding under article. (a) Except as otherwise provided in...
§48-16-302. Proceeding by Minor Parent - A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative...
§48-16-303. Application of Law of State - Except as otherwise provided in this article, a responding tribunal...
§48-16-304. Duties of Initiating Tribunal - (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this...
§48-16-305. Duties and Powers of Responding Tribunal - (a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a...
§48-16-306. Inappropriate Tribunal - If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an...
§48-16-307. Duties of Support Enforcement Agency - (a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request,...
§48-16-309. Private Counsel - An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual...
§48-16-310. Duties of State Information Agency - (a) The Bureau for Child Support Enforcement is the state...
§48-16-311. Pleadings and Accompanying Documents - (a) In a proceeding under this article, a petitioner seeking...
§48-16-312. Nondisclosure of Information in Exceptional Circumstances - If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading...
§48-16-313. Costs and Fees - (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a...
§48-16-314.Limited. Immunity of Petitioner - (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this...
§48-16-315. Nonparentage as Defense - A party whose parentage of a child has been previously...
§48-16-316. Special Rules of Evidence and Procedure - (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is...
§48-16-317. Communications Between Tribunals - A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal...
§48-16-318. Assistance With Discovery - A tribunal of this state may: (1) Request a tribunal...
§48-16-319. Receipt and Disbursement of Payments - (a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state...
§48-16-401. Petition to Establish Support Order - §48-16-401. PETITION TO ESTABLISH SUPPORT ORDER. (a) If a support...
§48-16-402. Proceeding to Determine Parentage - A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of...
§48-16-501. Employer's Receipt of Income Withholding Order of Another State - §48-16-501. Employer's receipt of income withholding order of another state....
§48-16-502. Employer's Compliance With Income Withholding Order of Another State - (a) Upon receipt of an income withholding order, the obligor's...
§48-16-503. Employer's Compliance With Two or More Income Withholding Orders - If an obligor's employer receives two or more income withholding...
§48-16-504. Immunity From Civil Liability - An employer that complies with an income withholding order issued...
§48-16-505. Penalties for Noncompliance - An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income...
§48-16-506. Contest by Obligor - (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of...
§48-16-507. Administrative Enforcement of Orders - (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce...
§48-16-601. Registration of Order for Enforcement - §48-16-601. Registration of order for enforcement. A support order or...
§48-16-602. Procedure to Register Order for Enforcement - (a) Except as provided in section 706 [§48-16-706], a support...
§48-16-603. Effect of Registration for Enforcement - (a) A support order or income withholding order issued in...
§48-16-604. Choice of Law - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this...
§48-16-605. Notice of Registration of Order - (a) When a support order or income withholding order issued...
§48-16-606. Procedure to Contest Validity or Enforcement of Registered Support Order - (a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or...
§48-16-607. Contest of Registration or Enforcement - (a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a...
§48-16-608. Confirmed Order - Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of...
§48-16-609. Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Another State for Modification - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify or...
§48-16-610. Effect of Registration for Modification - A tribunal of this state may enforce a child support...
§48-16-611. Modification of Child Support Order of Another State - (a) If section 613 [§48-16-613] does not apply, upon petition...
§48-16-612. Recognition of Order Modified in Another State - If a child support order issued by a tribunal of...
§48-16-613. 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...
§48-16-614. Notice to Issuing Tribunal of Modification - Within thirty days after issuance of a modified child support...
§48-16-615. Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order of Foreign Country - (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 711 [§48-16-711], if...
§48-16-616. Procedure to Register Child Support Order of Foreign Country for Modification - A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or...
§48-16-701. Definitions - §48-16-701. Definitions. In this part: (1) "Application" means a request...
§48-16-702. Applicability - This article applies only to a support proceeding under the...
§48-16-703. Relationship of Bureau for Child Support Enforcement to United States Central Authority - The Bureau for Child Support Enforcement of this state is...
§48-16-704. Initiation by Bureau for Child Support Enforcement Proceeding Under Convention - (a) In a support proceeding under this article, the Bureau...
§48-16-705. Direct Request - (a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment...
§48-16-706. Registration of Convention Support Order - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, a party...
§48-16-707. Contest of Registered Convention Support Order - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, sections 605...
§48-16-708. Recognition and Enforcement of Registered Convention Support Order - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this...
§48-16-709. Partial Enforcement - If a tribunal of this state does not recognize and...
§48-16-710. Foreign Support Agreement - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d)...
§48-16-711. Modification of Convention Child Support Order - (a) A tribunal of this state may not modify a...
§48-16-712. Personal Information: Limit on Use - Personal information gathered or transmitted under this article may be...
§48-16-713. Record Original Language: English Translation - A record filed with a tribunal of this state under...
§48-16-801. Grounds for Rendition - §48-16-801. Grounds for rendition. (a) For purposes of this article,...
§48-16-802. Conditions of Rendition - (a) Before making a demand that the Governor of another...
§48-16-901. Uniformity of Application and Construction - §48-16-901. Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing...
§48-16-902. Transitional Provision - §48-16-902. Transitional provision. This article applies to proceedings begun on...
§48-16-903. Severability - If any provision of this article or its application to...