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769.101 - Definitions. - 769.101 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Child" means an individual,...
769.102 - State tribunal and support enforcement agency. - 769.102 State tribunal and support enforcement agency. (1) The courts...
769.103 - Remedies cumulative. - 769.103 Remedies cumulative. (1) Remedies provided by this chapter are...
769.105 - Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding. - 769.105 Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and...
769.201 - Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. - 769.201 Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. (1m) In a proceeding...
769.202 - Duration of personal jurisdiction. - 769.202 Duration of personal jurisdiction. Personal jurisdiction acquired by a...
769.203 - Initiating and responding tribunal of this state. - 769.203 Initiating and responding tribunal of this state. Under this...
769.204 - Simultaneous proceedings. - 769.204 Simultaneous proceedings. (1) A tribunal of this state may...
769.205 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order. - 769.205 Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order. (1)...
769.206 - Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order. - 769.206 Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order. (1) A...
769.207 - Determination of controlling child support order. - 769.207 Determination of controlling child support order. (1c) If a...
769.208 - Child support orders for 2 or more obligees. - 769.208 Child support orders for 2 or more obligees. In...
769.209 - Credit for payments. - 769.209 Credit for payments. A tribunal of this state shall...
769.210 - Application of act to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction. - 769.210 Application of act to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction....
769.211 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order. - 769.211 Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order. (1)...
769.301 - Proceedings under this chapter. - 769.301 Proceedings under this chapter. (1) Except as otherwise provided...
769.302 - Action by minor parent. - 769.302 Action by minor parent. A minor parent, or a...
769.303 - Application of law of this state. - 769.303 Application of law of this state. Except as otherwise...
769.304 - Duties of initiating tribunal. - 769.304 Duties of initiating tribunal. (1) Upon the filing of...
769.305 - Duties and powers of responding tribunal. - 769.305 Duties and powers of responding tribunal. (1) Whenever a...
769.306 - Inappropriate tribunal. - 769.306 Inappropriate tribunal. If a petition or comparable pleading is...
769.307 - Duties of support enforcement agency. - 769.307 Duties of support enforcement agency. (1) A support enforcement...
769.308 - Duty of attorney general. - 769.308 Duty of attorney general. (1) If the attorney general...
769.309 - Private counsel. - 769.309 Private counsel. An individual may employ private counsel to...
769.31 - Duties of state information agency. - 769.31 Duties of state information agency. (1) The department of...
769.311 - Pleadings and accompanying documents. - 769.311 Pleadings and accompanying documents. (1) In a proceeding under...
769.312 - Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances. - 769.312 Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances. If a party...
769.313 - Costs and fees. - 769.313 Costs and fees. (1) The petitioner may not be...
769.314 - Limited immunity of petitioner. - 769.314 Limited immunity of petitioner. (1) Participation by a petitioner...
769.315 - Nonparentage as defense. - 769.315 Nonparentage as defense. A party whose parentage of a...
769.316 - Special rules of evidence and procedure. - 769.316 Special rules of evidence and procedure. (1) The physical...
769.317 - Communications between tribunals. - 769.317 Communications between tribunals. A tribunal of this state may...
769.318 - Assistance with discovery. - 769.318 Assistance with discovery. A tribunal of this state may...
769.319 - Receipt and disbursement of payments. - 769.319 Receipt and disbursement of payments. (1) A support enforcement...
769.401 - Petition to establish support order. - 769.401 Petition to establish support order. (1) If a support...
769.402 - Proceeding to determine parentage. - 769.402 Proceeding to determine parentage. A tribunal of this state...
769.501 - Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state. - 769.501 Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state. An...
769.502 - Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state. - 769.502 Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state. (1)...
769.503 - Compliance with multiple income-withholding orders. - 769.503 Compliance with multiple income-withholding orders. If an obligor's employer...
769.504 - Immunity from civil liability. - 769.504 Immunity from civil liability. An employer that complies with...
769.505 - Penalties for noncompliance. - 769.505 Penalties for noncompliance. An employer that willfully fails to...
769.506 - Contest by obligor. - 769.506 Contest by obligor. (1) An obligor may contest the...
769.507 - Administrative enforcement of orders. - 769.507 Administrative enforcement of orders. (1) A party or support...
769.601 - Registration of order for enforcement. - 769.601 Registration of order for enforcement. A support order or...
769.602 - Procedure to register order for enforcement. - 769.602 Procedure to register order for enforcement. (1) Except as...
769.603 - Effect of registration for enforcement. - 769.603 Effect of registration for enforcement. (1) A support order...
769.604 - Choice of law. - 769.604 Choice of law. (1) Except as otherwise provided in...
769.605 - Notice of registration of order. - 769.605 Notice of registration of order. (1) Whenever a support...
769.606 - Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order. - 769.606 Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support...
769.607 - Contest of registration or enforcement. - 769.607 Contest of registration or enforcement. (1) A party contesting...
769.608 - Confirmed order. - 769.608 Confirmed order. Confirmation of a registered support order, whether...
769.609 - Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification. - 769.609 Procedure to register child support order of another state...
769.61 - Effect of registration for modification. - 769.61 Effect of registration for modification. A tribunal of this...
769.611 - Modification of child support order of another state. - 769.611 Modification of child support order of another state. (1)...
769.612 - Recognition of order modified in another state. - 769.612 Recognition of order modified in another state. If a...
769.613 - Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state. - 769.613 Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state...
769.614 - Notice to issuing tribunal of modification. - 769.614 Notice to issuing tribunal of modification. Within 30 days...
769.615 - Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country. - 769.615 Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country....
769.616 - Procedure to register child support order of foreign country for modification. - 769.616 Procedure to register child support order of foreign country...
769.701 - Definitions. - 769.701 Definitions. In this subchapter: (1) “Application" means a request...
769.702 - Applicability. - 769.702 Applicability. This subchapter applies only to a support proceeding...
769.703 - Relationship of governmental entity to United States central authority. - 769.703 Relationship of governmental entity to United States central authority....
769.704 - Initiation by department of support proceeding under convention. - 769.704 Initiation by department of support proceeding under convention. (1)...
769.705 - Direct request. - 769.705 Direct request. (1) A petitioner may file a direct...
769.706 - Registration of convention support order. - 769.706 Registration of convention support order. (1) Except as otherwise...
769.707 - Contest of registered convention support order. - 769.707 Contest of registered convention support order. (1) Except as...
769.708 - Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order. - 769.708 Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order. (1)...
769.709 - Partial enforcement. - 769.709 Partial enforcement. If a tribunal of this state does...
769.710 - Foreign support agreement. - 769.710 Foreign support agreement. (1) Except as otherwise provided in...
769.711 - Modification of convention child support order. - 769.711 Modification of convention child support order. (1) A tribunal...
769.712 - Personal information; limit on use. - 769.712 Personal information; limit on use. Personal information gathered or...
769.713 - Record in original language; English translation. - 769.713 Record in original language; English translation. A record filed...
769.801 - Grounds for rendition. - 769.801 Grounds for rendition. (1) For purposes of this subchapter,...
769.802 - Conditions of rendition. - 769.802 Conditions of rendition. (1) Before making demand that the...
769.901 - Uniformity of application and construction. - 769.901 Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing...
769.903 - Severability. - 769.903 Severability. If any provision of this chapter or its...