- Consolidated Laws - Family Court
Part 6. A. Registration and enforcement of support order.
S 580-601. Registration of order for enforcement. A support order or
an income-withholding order issued by a tribunal of another state may be
registered in this state for enforcement.
S 580-602. Procedure to register order for enforcement. (a) A support
order or income-withholding order of another state may be registered in
this state by sending the following documents and information to the
appropriate tribunal in this state:
(1) a letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration
and enforcement;
(2) two copies, including one certified copy, of all orders to be
registered, including any modification of an order;
(3) a sworn statement by the party seeking registration or a certified
statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount of any
arrearage;
(4) the name of the obligor and, if known:
(i) the obligor`s address and social security number;
(ii) the name and address of the obligor`s employer and any other
source of income of the obligor; and
(iii) a description and the location of property of the obligor in
this state not exempt from execution; and
(5) the name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the agency
or person to whom support payments are to be remitted.
(b) On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal
shall cause the order to be filed as a foreign judgment, together with
one copy of the documents and information, regardless of their form.
(c) A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that must be
affirmatively sought under other laws of this state may be filed at the
same time as the request for registration or later. The pleading must
specify the grounds for the remedy sought.
S 580-603. Effect of registration for enforcement. (a) A support
order or income-withholding order issued in another state is registered
when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state.
(b) A registered order issued in another state is enforceable in the
same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by
a tribunal of this state.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this article, a tribunal of this
state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered
order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.
S 580-604. Choice of law. (a) The law of the issuing state governs
the nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments and other
obligations of support and the payment of arrearages under the order.
(b) In a proceeding for arrearages, the statute of limitation under
the laws of this state or of the issuing state, whichever is longer,
applies.
