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                                  5685

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 27, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- (at request of the Office of Temporary and
  Disability  Assistance)  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  the  effective
  date  of  adjustments  to  the combined parental income amount; and to
  amend the family court act, in relation to adopting the  2008  changes
  to the uniform interstate family support act

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2  of  section  111-i  of  the
social  services  law, as amended by chapter 466 of the laws of 2014, is
amended to read as follows:
  (b) The combined parental income amount to be reported  in  the  child
support  standards  chart  and  utilized  in calculating orders of child
support in accordance with subparagraph two of paragraph (c) of subdivi-
sion one of section four hundred thirteen of the family  court  act  and
subparagraph  two  of  paragraph (c) of subdivision one-b of section two
hundred forty of the domestic relations law as of January  thirty-first,
two  thousand  fourteen shall be one hundred forty-one thousand dollars;
provided, however, beginning [January  thirty-first]  MARCH  FIRST,  two
thousand  sixteen  and every two years thereafter, the combined parental
income amount shall increase by the sum of the average annual percentage
changes in the consumer price index for all urban consumers  (CPI-U)  as
published  by  the  United  States  department  of labor bureau of labor
statistics for the prior two years multiplied by  the  current  combined
parental  income  amount  and  then  rounded to the nearest one thousand
dollars.
  S 2. Article 5-B of the family court act is REPEALED and a new article
5-B is added to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 5-B
                  UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09632-03-5
              

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PART 1.   GENERAL PROVISIONS.
     2.   JURISDICTION.
     3.   CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION.
     4.   ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER OR DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE.
     5.   ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER WITHOUT REGISTRATION.
     6.   REGISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER.
     7.   SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION.
     8.   INTERSTATE RENDITION.
     9.   MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
                                 PART 1
                           GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 580-101. SHORT TITLE.
        580-102. DEFINITIONS.
        580-103. STATE TRIBUNAL AND SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
        580-104. REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
        580-105. APPLICATION  OF  ARTICLE TO RESIDENT OF FOREIGN COUNTRY
                   AND FOREIGN SUPPORT PROCEEDING.
  S 580-101. SHORT TITLE. THIS ARTICLE MAY  BE  CITED  AS  THE  "UNIFORM
INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT" OR "UIFSA".
  S 580-102. DEFINITIONS. IN THIS ARTICLE:
  (1)  "CHILD"  MEANS  AN  INDIVIDUAL,  WHETHER OVER OR UNDER THE AGE OF
MAJORITY, WHO IS OR IS ALLEGED TO BE OWED A DUTY OF SUPPORT BY THE INDI-
VIDUAL'S PARENT OR WHO IS OR IS ALLEGED  TO  BE  THE  BENEFICIARY  OF  A
SUPPORT ORDER DIRECTED TO THE PARENT.
  (2) "CHILD SUPPORT ORDER" MEANS A SUPPORT ORDER FOR A CHILD, INCLUDING
A  CHILD WHO HAS ATTAINED THE AGE OF MAJORITY UNDER THE LAW OF THE ISSU-
ING STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  (3) "CONVENTION" MEANS THE CONVENTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL RECOVERY OF
CHILD SUPPORT AND OTHER FORMS OF FAMILY MAINTENANCE,  CONCLUDED  AT  THE
HAGUE ON NOVEMBER TWENTY-THIRD, TWO THOUSAND SEVEN.
  (4)  "DUTY OF SUPPORT" MEANS AN OBLIGATION IMPOSED OR IMPOSABLE BY LAW
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR A CHILD, SPOUSE, OR FORMER SPOUSE,  INCLUDING  AN
UNSATISFIED OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.
  (5)  "FOREIGN COUNTRY" MEANS A COUNTRY, INCLUDING A POLITICAL SUBDIVI-
SION THEREOF, OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES, THAT AUTHORIZES THE ISSUANCE
OF SUPPORT ORDERS AND:
  (I) WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED UNDER THE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE A
FOREIGN RECIPROCATING COUNTRY;
  (II) WHICH HAS ESTABLISHED A RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENT FOR CHILD  SUPPORT
WITH THIS STATE AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 580-308 OF THIS ARTICLE;
  (III)  WHICH HAS ENACTED A LAW OR ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES FOR THE ISSU-
ANCE AND ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDERS WHICH ARE  SUBSTANTIALLY  SIMILAR
TO THE PROCEDURES UNDER THIS ARTICLE; OR
  (IV)  IN  WHICH  THE CONVENTION IS IN FORCE WITH RESPECT TO THE UNITED
STATES.
  (6) "FOREIGN SUPPORT ORDER" MEANS A SUPPORT ORDER OF A FOREIGN  TRIBU-
NAL.
  (7)  "FOREIGN TRIBUNAL" MEANS A COURT, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY OR QUASI-
JUDICIAL ENTITY OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY WHICH IS AUTHORIZED  TO  ESTABLISH,
ENFORCE  OR MODIFY SUPPORT ORDERS, OR TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE OF A CHILD.
THE TERM INCLUDES A COMPETENT AUTHORITY UNDER THE CONVENTION.
  (8) "HOME STATE" MEANS THE STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY IN WHICH  A  CHILD
LIVED  WITH  A  PARENT  OR  A  PERSON  ACTING AS PARENT FOR AT LEAST SIX
CONSECUTIVE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE TIME OF FILING OF  A  PETI-
TION OR COMPARABLE PLEADING FOR SUPPORT AND, IF A CHILD IS LESS THAN SIX
MONTHS  OLD,  THE STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY IN WHICH THE CHILD LIVED FROM

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BIRTH WITH ANY OF THEM. A PERIOD OF TEMPORARY ABSENCE OF ANY OF THEM  IS
COUNTED AS PART OF THE SIX-MONTH OR OTHER PERIOD.
  (9) "INCOME" INCLUDES EARNINGS OR OTHER PERIODIC ENTITLEMENTS TO MONEY
FROM  ANY  SOURCE  AND  ANY  OTHER  PROPERTY  SUBJECT TO WITHHOLDING FOR
SUPPORT AS DEFINED BY SECTION FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THE
CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES.
  (10) "INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER" MEANS AN ORDER OR OTHER LEGAL  PROCESS
DIRECTED TO AN OBLIGOR'S EMPLOYER, AN INCOME PAYOR AS DEFINED BY SECTION
FIVE  THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OR FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY-
TWO OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, OR  OTHER  DEBTOR  TO  WITHHOLD
SUPPORT FROM THE INCOME OF THE OBLIGOR.
  (11)  "INITIATING  TRIBUNAL"  MEANS THE TRIBUNAL OF A STATE OR FOREIGN
COUNTRY FROM WHICH A PETITION OR COMPARABLE PLEADING IS FORWARDED OR  IN
WHICH  A  PETITION  OR  COMPARABLE  PLEADING  IS FILED FOR FORWARDING TO
ANOTHER STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  (12) "ISSUING FOREIGN COUNTRY" MEANS THE FOREIGN COUNTRY  IN  WHICH  A
TRIBUNAL ISSUES A SUPPORT ORDER OR A JUDGMENT DETERMINING PARENTAGE OF A
CHILD.
  (13)  "ISSUING  STATE"  MEANS  THE  STATE IN WHICH A TRIBUNAL ISSUES A
SUPPORT ORDER OR A JUDGMENT DETERMINING PARENTAGE OF A CHILD.
  (14) "ISSUING TRIBUNAL" MEANS THE TRIBUNAL OF A STATE OR FOREIGN COUN-
TRY THAT ISSUES A SUPPORT ORDER OR A JUDGMENT DETERMINING PARENTAGE OF A
CHILD.
  (15) "LAW" INCLUDES DECISIONAL AND STATUTORY LAW AND RULES  AND  REGU-
LATIONS HAVING THE FORCE OF LAW.
  (16) "OBLIGEE" MEANS:
  (I)  AN  INDIVIDUAL  TO  WHOM A DUTY OF SUPPORT IS OR IS ALLEGED TO BE
OWED OR IN WHOSE FAVOR A SUPPORT ORDER OR A JUDGMENT DETERMINING PARENT-
AGE OF A CHILD HAS BEEN ISSUED;
  (II) A FOREIGN COUNTRY, STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF A  STATE  TO
WHICH  THE  RIGHTS  UNDER  A  DUTY OF SUPPORT OR SUPPORT ORDER HAVE BEEN
ASSIGNED OR WHICH HAS INDEPENDENT CLAIMS BASED ON  FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE
PROVIDED TO AN INDIVIDUAL OBLIGEE IN PLACE OF CHILD SUPPORT;
  (III)  AN  INDIVIDUAL  SEEKING A JUDGMENT DETERMINING PARENTAGE OF THE
INDIVIDUAL'S CHILD; OR
  (IV) A PERSON THAT IS A CREDITOR IN A PROCEEDING UNDER PART  SEVEN  OF
THIS ARTICLE.
  (17) "OBLIGOR" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL, OR THE ESTATE OF A DECEDENT THAT:
  (I) OWES OR IS ALLEGED TO OWE A DUTY OF SUPPORT;
  (II)  IS  ALLEGED  BUT  HAS  NOT  BEEN ADJUDICATED TO BE A PARENT OF A
CHILD;
  (III) IS LIABLE UNDER A SUPPORT ORDER; OR
  (IV) IS A DEBTOR IN A PROCEEDING UNDER PART SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
  (18) "OUTSIDE THIS STATE" MEANS A LOCATION IN ANOTHER STATE OR A COUN-
TRY OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES,  WHETHER  OR  NOT  THE  COUNTRY  IS  A
FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  (19)  "PERSON"  MEANS  AN  INDIVIDUAL,  CORPORATION,  BUSINESS  TRUST,
ESTATE, TRUST,  PARTNERSHIP,  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY,  ASSOCIATION,
JOINT  VENTURE,  PUBLIC CORPORATION, GOVERNMENT OR GOVERNMENTAL SUBDIVI-
SION, AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL OR COMMERCIAL  ENTI-
TY.
  (20) "RECORD" MEANS INFORMATION THAT IS INSCRIBED ON A TANGIBLE MEDIUM
OR THAT IS STORED IN AN ELECTRONIC OR OTHER MEDIUM AND IS RETRIEVABLE IN
PERCEIVABLE FORM.

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  (21)  "REGISTER"  MEANS  TO FILE IN A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE A SUPPORT
ORDER OR JUDGMENT DETERMINING PARENTAGE OF A  CHILD  ISSUED  IN  ANOTHER
STATE OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  (22)  "REGISTERING TRIBUNAL" MEANS A TRIBUNAL IN WHICH A SUPPORT ORDER
OR JUDGMENT DETERMINING PARENTAGE OF A CHILD IS REGISTERED.
  (23) "RESPONDING STATE" MEANS A STATE IN WHICH A PETITION OR  COMPARA-
BLE  PLEADING  FOR SUPPORT OR TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE OF A CHILD IS FILED
OR TO WHICH A PETITION OR COMPARABLE PLEADING IS  FORWARDED  FOR  FILING
FROM ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  (24) "RESPONDING TRIBUNAL" MEANS THE AUTHORIZED TRIBUNAL IN A RESPOND-
ING STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  (25)  "SPOUSAL  SUPPORT  ORDER"  MEANS A SUPPORT ORDER FOR A SPOUSE OR
FORMER SPOUSE OF THE OBLIGOR.
  (26) "STATE" MEANS A STATE OF  THE  UNITED  STATES,  THE  DISTRICT  OF
COLUMBIA, PUERTO RICO, THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS, OR ANY TERRITO-
RY  OR  INSULAR  POSSESSION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE TERM INCLUDES AN INDIAN NATION OR TRIBE.
  (27) "SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY" MEANS  A  PUBLIC  OFFICIAL,  GOVERN-
MENTAL ENTITY OR PRIVATE AGENCY AUTHORIZED TO:
  (I) SEEK ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDERS OR LAWS RELATING TO THE DUTY OF
SUPPORT;
  (II) SEEK ESTABLISHMENT OR MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT;
  (III) REQUEST DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE OF A CHILD;
  (IV) ATTEMPT TO LOCATE OBLIGORS OR THEIR ASSETS; OR
  (V) REQUEST DETERMINATION OF THE CONTROLLING CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.
  (28)  "SUPPORT  ORDER"  MEANS  A  JUDGMENT, DECREE, ORDER, DECISION OR
DIRECTIVE, WHETHER TEMPORARY, FINAL OR SUBJECT TO  MODIFICATION,  ISSUED
IN  A STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY FOR THE BENEFIT OF A CHILD, A SPOUSE OR A
FORMER SPOUSE, WHICH PROVIDES FOR MONETARY SUPPORT, HEALTH CARE, ARREAR-
AGES, RETROACTIVE SUPPORT  OR  REIMBURSEMENT  FOR  FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE
PROVIDED  TO  AN  INDIVIDUAL OBLIGEE IN PLACE OF CHILD SUPPORT. THE TERM
MAY INCLUDE RELATED COSTS AND FEES, INTEREST, INCOME WITHHOLDING,  AUTO-
MATIC ADJUSTMENT, REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES AND OTHER RELIEF.
  (29)  "TRIBUNAL"  MEANS A COURT, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY, OR QUASI-JUDI-
CIAL ENTITY AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH, ENFORCE, OR MODIFY  SUPPORT  ORDERS
OR TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE OF A CHILD.
  S 580-103. STATE TRIBUNAL AND STATE SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.  (A)
THE FAMILY COURT IS THE TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE.
  (B)  THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND/OR A SOCIAL
SERVICES DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION TWO OF  THE
SOCIAL SERVICES LAW ARE THE SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF THIS STATE.
  S 580-104. REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.  (A) REMEDIES PROVIDED BY THIS ARTICLE
ARE  CUMULATIVE  AND  DO  NOT  AFFECT THE AVAILABILITY OF REMEDIES UNDER
OTHER LAW OR THE RECOGNITION OF A FOREIGN SUPPORT ORDER ON THE BASIS  OF
COMITY.
  (B) THIS ARTICLE DOES NOT:
  (1)  PROVIDE  THE  EXCLUSIVE  METHOD  OF  ESTABLISHING  OR ENFORCING A
SUPPORT ORDER UNDER THE LAW OF THIS STATE; OR
  (2) GRANT A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE JURISDICTION TO RENDER JUDGMENT  OR
ISSUE  AN  ORDER RELATING TO CHILD CUSTODY OR VISITATION IN A PROCEEDING
UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
  S 580-105. APPLICATION OF THE ARTICLE TO A RESIDENT OF A FOREIGN COUN-
TRY AND FOREIGN SUPPORT PROCEEDINGS.  (A) A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL
APPLY PARTS ONE THROUGH SIX OF THIS ARTICLE  AND,  AS  APPLICABLE,  PART
SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE, TO A SUPPORT PROCEEDING INVOLVING:
  (1) A FOREIGN SUPPORT ORDER;

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  (2) A FOREIGN TRIBUNAL; OR
  (3) AN OBLIGEE, OBLIGOR, OR CHILD RESIDING IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  (B)  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS  STATE  THAT  IS REQUESTED TO RECOGNIZE AND
ENFORCE A SUPPORT ORDER ON THE BASIS OF COMITY MAY APPLY THE  PROCEDURAL
AND SUBSTANTIVE PROVISIONS OF PARTS ONE THROUGH SIX OF THIS ARTICLE.
  (C)  PART  SEVEN  OF THIS ARTICLE APPLIES ONLY TO A SUPPORT PROCEEDING
UNDER THE CONVENTION.   IN SUCH A PROCEEDING, IF  A  PROVISION  OF  PART
SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE IS INCONSISTENT WITH PARTS ONE THROUGH SIX OF THIS
ARTICLE, PART SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE CONTROLS.
                                 PART 2
                              JURISDICTION
SECTION 580-201. BASES FOR JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENT.
        580-202. DURATION OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION.
        580-203. INITIATING AND RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF STATE.
        580-204. SIMULTANEOUS PROCEEDINGS.
        580-205. CONTINUING   EXCLUSIVE  JURISDICTION  TO  MODIFY  CHILD
                   SUPPORT ORDER.
        580-206. CONTINUING JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.
        580-207. DETERMINATION OF CONTROLLING CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.
        580-208. CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS FOR TWO OR MORE OBLIGEES.
        580-209. CREDIT FOR PAYMENTS.
        580-210. APPLICATION  OF  ARTICLE  TO  NONRESIDENT  SUBJECT   TO
                   PERSONAL JURISDICTION.
        580-211. CONTINUING    EXCLUSIVE    JURISDICTION    TO    MODIFY
                   SPOUSAL-SUPPORT ORDER.
  S 580-201. BASES FOR JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENT.  (A) IN A PROCEED-
ING TO ESTABLISH OR ENFORCE A SUPPORT ORDER OR TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE OF
A CHILD, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE  MAY  EXERCISE  PERSONAL  JURISDICTION
OVER  A NONRESIDENT INDIVIDUAL OR THE INDIVIDUAL'S GUARDIAN OR CONSERVA-
TOR IF:
  (1) THE INDIVIDUAL IS PERSONALLY SERVED WITH A  SUMMONS  AND  PETITION
WITHIN THIS STATE;
  (2)  THE  INDIVIDUAL  SUBMITS  TO  THE  JURISDICTION  OF THIS STATE BY
CONSENT, BY ENTERING A GENERAL APPEARANCE, OR  BY  FILING  A  RESPONSIVE
DOCUMENT  OR  OTHER  ACTION  HAVING THE EFFECT OF WAIVING ANY CONTEST TO
PERSONAL JURISDICTION;
  (3) THE INDIVIDUAL RESIDED WITH THE CHILD IN THIS STATE;
  (4) THE  INDIVIDUAL  RESIDED  IN  THIS  STATE  AND  PROVIDED  PRENATAL
EXPENSES OR SUPPORT FOR THE CHILD;
  (5)  THE CHILD RESIDES IN THIS STATE AS A RESULT OF THE ACTS OR DIREC-
TIVES OF THE INDIVIDUAL;
  (6) THE INDIVIDUAL ENGAGED IN SEXUAL INTERCOURSE IN THIS STATE AND THE
CHILD MAY HAVE BEEN CONCEIVED BY THAT ACT OF INTERCOURSE;
  (7) THE INDIVIDUAL ASSERTED PARENTAGE  OF  A  CHILD  IN  THE  PUTATIVE
FATHER  REGISTRY  MAINTAINED IN THIS STATE BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILY SERVICES; OR
  (8) THERE IS ANY OTHER BASIS CONSISTENT WITH THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THIS
STATE AND THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EXERCISE OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION.
  (B) THE BASES OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION (A) OF
THIS SECTION OR IN ANY OTHER LAW OF  THIS  STATE  MAY  NOT  BE  USED  TO
ACQUIRE  PERSONAL  JURISDICTION FOR A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE TO MODIFY A
CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE UNLESS THE REQUIREMENTS OF  SECTION
580-611  OF  THIS  ARTICLE ARE MET, OR, IN THE CASE OF A FOREIGN SUPPORT
ORDER, UNLESS THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 580-615 OF  THIS  ARTICLE  ARE
MET.

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  S  580-202.  DURATION OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION.  PERSONAL JURISDICTION
ACQUIRED BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE IN A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS  ARTICLE
OR OTHER LAW OF THIS STATE RELATING TO A SUPPORT ORDER CONTINUES AS LONG
AS  A  TRIBUNAL  OF THIS STATE HAS CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO
MODIFY  ITS  ORDER  OR  CONTINUING  JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE ITS ORDER AS
PROVIDED BY SECTIONS 580-205, 580-206 AND 580-211 OF THIS PART.
  S 580-203. INITIATING AND RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF STATE.    UNDER  THIS
ARTICLE, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY SERVE AS AN INITIATING TRIBUNAL TO
FORWARD  PROCEEDINGS TO A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE, AND AS A RESPONDING
TRIBUNAL FOR PROCEEDINGS INITIATED IN ANOTHER STATE OR A  FOREIGN  COUN-
TRY.
  S 580-204. SIMULTANEOUS PROCEEDINGS.  (A) A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY
EXERCISE  JURISDICTION  TO  ESTABLISH A SUPPORT ORDER IF THE PETITION OR
COMPARABLE PLEADING IS FILED AFTER A PLEADING IS FILED IN ANOTHER  STATE
OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY ONLY IF:
  (1)  THE PETITION OR COMPARABLE PLEADING IN THIS STATE IS FILED BEFORE
THE EXPIRATION OF THE TIME ALLOWED IN THE OTHER  STATE  OR  THE  FOREIGN
COUNTRY  FOR  FILING  A  RESPONSIVE PLEADING CHALLENGING THE EXERCISE OF
JURISDICTION BY THE OTHER STATE OR THE FOREIGN COUNTRY;
  (2) THE CONTESTING PARTY TIMELY CHALLENGES THE EXERCISE  OF  JURISDIC-
TION IN THE OTHER STATE OR THE FOREIGN COUNTRY; AND
  (3) IF RELEVANT, THIS STATE IS THE HOME STATE OF THE CHILD.
  (B)  A  TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY NOT EXERCISE JURISDICTION TO ESTAB-
LISH A SUPPORT ORDER IF THE PETITION OR  COMPARABLE  PLEADING  IS  FILED
BEFORE  A PETITION OR COMPARABLE PLEADING IS FILED IN ANOTHER STATE OR A
FOREIGN COUNTRY IF:
  (1) THE PETITION OR COMPARABLE PLEADING IN THE OTHER STATE OR  FOREIGN
COUNTRY IS FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF THE TIME ALLOWED IN THIS STATE
FOR  FILING  A RESPONSIVE PLEADING CHALLENGING THE EXERCISE OF JURISDIC-
TION BY THIS STATE;
  (2) THE CONTESTING PARTY TIMELY CHALLENGES THE EXERCISE  OF  JURISDIC-
TION IN THIS STATE; AND
  (3)  IF RELEVANT, THE OTHER STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY IS THE HOME STATE
OF THE CHILD.
  S 580-205. CONTINUING EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO MODIFY  CHILD  SUPPORT
ORDER.    (A)  A  TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE THAT HAS ISSUED A CHILD SUPPORT
ORDER CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW OF  THIS  STATE  HAS  AND  SHALL  EXERCISE
CONTINUING,  EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO MODIFY ITS CHILD SUPPORT ORDER IF
THE ORDER IS THE CONTROLLING ORDER AND:
  (1) AT THE TIME OF THE FILING OF A REQUEST FOR MODIFICATION THIS STATE
IS THE RESIDENCE OF THE OBLIGOR, THE INDIVIDUAL OBLIGEE OR THE CHILD FOR
WHOSE BENEFIT THE SUPPORT ORDER IS ISSUED; OR
  (2) EVEN IF THIS STATE IS NOT THE RESIDENCE OF THE OBLIGOR, THE  INDI-
VIDUAL  OBLIGEE  OR  THE  CHILD  FOR  WHOSE BENEFIT THE SUPPORT ORDER IS
ISSUED, THE PARTIES CONSENT IN A RECORD OR IN OPEN COURT THAT THE TRIBU-
NAL OF THIS STATE MAY CONTINUE TO EXERCISE JURISDICTION  TO  MODIFY  ITS
ORDER.
  (B)  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS STATE THAT HAS ISSUED A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER
CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW OF  THIS  STATE  MAY  NOT  EXERCISE  CONTINUING,
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO MODIFY THE ORDER IF:
  (1)  ALL  OF  THE PARTIES WHO ARE INDIVIDUALS FILE CONSENT IN A RECORD
WITH THE TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE THAT A TRIBUNAL OF  ANOTHER  STATE  THAT
HAS  JURISDICTION  OVER AT LEAST ONE OF THE PARTIES WHO IS AN INDIVIDUAL
OR THAT IS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF RESIDENCE OF THE CHILD MAY MODIFY THE
ORDER AND ASSUME CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION; OR
  (2) ITS ORDER IS NOT THE CONTROLLING ORDER.

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  (C) IF A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE HAS ISSUED A  CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDER
PURSUANT  TO THE UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT OR A LAW SUBSTAN-
TIALLY SIMILAR TO THAT ACT WHICH MODIFIES A CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDER  OF  A
TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS  STATE,  TRIBUNALS  OF THIS STATE SHALL RECOGNIZE THE
CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE TRIBUNAL OF THE OTHER STATE.
  (D)  A  TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE THAT LACKS CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURIS-
DICTION TO MODIFY A CHILD SUPPORT  ORDER  MAY  SERVE  AS  AN  INITIATING
TRIBUNAL  TO  REQUEST  A  TRIBUNAL  OF ANOTHER STATE TO MODIFY A SUPPORT
ORDER ISSUED IN THAT STATE.
  (E) A TEMPORARY SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED EX PARTE OR PENDING RESOLUTION OF
A JURISDICTIONAL CONFLICT DOES NOT CREATE CONTINUING,  EXCLUSIVE  JURIS-
DICTION IN THE ISSUING TRIBUNAL.
  S  580-206.  CONTINUING  JURISDICTION  TO ENFORCE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.
(A) A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE THAT  HAS  ISSUED  A  CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDER
CONSISTENT  WITH THE LAW OF THIS STATE MAY SERVE AS AN INITIATING TRIBU-
NAL TO REQUEST A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE TO ENFORCE:
  (1) THE ORDER IF THE ORDER IS THE CONTROLLING ORDER AND HAS  NOT  BEEN
MODIFIED BY A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE THAT ASSUMED JURISDICTION PURSU-
ANT TO THE UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT; OR
  (2)  A MONEY JUDGMENT FOR ARREARS OF SUPPORT AND INTEREST ON THE ORDER
ACCRUED BEFORE A DETERMINATION THAT AN ORDER OF A  TRIBUNAL  OF  ANOTHER
STATE IS THE CONTROLLING ORDER.
  (B)  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS STATE HAVING CONTINUING JURISDICTION OVER A
SUPPORT ORDER MAY ACT AS A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL TO ENFORCE THE ORDER.
  S 580-207. DETERMINATION OF CONTROLLING CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.  (A) IF A
PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT UNDER THIS  ARTICLE  AND  ONLY  ONE  TRIBUNAL  HAS
ISSUED  A  CHILD  SUPPORT ORDER, THE ORDER OF THAT TRIBUNAL CONTROLS AND
MUST BE RECOGNIZED.
  (B) IF A PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT UNDER THIS ARTICLE,  AND  TWO  OR  MORE
CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY TRIBUNALS OF THIS STATE, ANOTH-
ER  STATE  OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY WITH REGARD TO THE SAME OBLIGOR AND SAME
CHILD, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE HAVING PERSONAL JURISDICTION  OVER  BOTH
THE  OBLIGOR  AND INDIVIDUAL OBLIGEE SHALL APPLY THE FOLLOWING RULES AND
BY ORDER SHALL DETERMINE WHICH ORDER CONTROLS AND MUST BE RECOGNIZED:
  (1) IF ONLY ONE OF THE  TRIBUNALS  WOULD  HAVE  CONTINUING,  EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION UNDER THIS ARTICLE, THE ORDER OF THAT TRIBUNAL CONTROLS.
  (2) IF MORE THAN ONE OF THE TRIBUNALS WOULD HAVE CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION UNDER THIS ARTICLE:
  (I)  AN  ORDER  ISSUED  BY A TRIBUNAL IN THE CURRENT HOME STATE OF THE
CHILD CONTROLS; OR
  (II) IF AN ORDER HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED IN THE CURRENT HOME STATE OF  THE
CHILD, THE ORDER MOST RECENTLY ISSUED CONTROLS.
  (3)  IF  NONE OF THE TRIBUNALS WOULD HAVE CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURIS-
DICTION UNDER THIS ARTICLE, THE TRIBUNAL OF THIS  STATE  SHALL  ISSUE  A
CHILD SUPPORT ORDER, WHICH CONTROLS.
  (C)  IF TWO OR MORE CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SAME
OBLIGOR AND SAME CHILD, UPON REQUEST OF A PARTY WHO IS AN INDIVIDUAL  OR
THAT  IS  A  SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE HAVING
PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER BOTH THE OBLIGOR AND THE OBLIGEE  WHO  IS  AN
INDIVIDUAL SHALL DETERMINE WHICH ORDER CONTROLS UNDER SUBDIVISION (B) OF
THIS  SECTION. THE REQUEST MAY BE FILED WITH A REGISTRATION FOR ENFORCE-
MENT OR REGISTRATION FOR MODIFICATION PURSUANT TO PART SIX OF THIS ARTI-
CLE, OR MAY BE FILED AS A SEPARATE PROCEEDING.
  (D) A REQUEST TO DETERMINE WHICH IS  THE  CONTROLLING  ORDER  MUST  BE
ACCOMPANIED  BY  A  COPY  OF EVERY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER IN EFFECT AND THE
APPLICABLE RECORD OF PAYMENTS. THE REQUESTING PARTY SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF

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THE REQUEST TO EACH PARTY WHOSE RIGHTS MAY BE AFFECTED BY  THE  DETERMI-
NATION.
  (E)  THE  TRIBUNAL THAT ISSUED THE CONTROLLING ORDER UNDER SUBDIVISION
(A), (B) OR (C) OF THIS  SECTION  HAS  CONTINUING  JURISDICTION  TO  THE
EXTENT PROVIDED IN SECTION 580-205 OR 580-206 OF THIS PART.
  (F)  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS STATE THAT DETERMINES BY ORDER WHICH IS THE
CONTROLLING ORDER UNDER PARAGRAPH ONE  OR  TWO  OF  SUBDIVISION  (B)  OR
SUBDIVISION  (C) OF THIS SECTION, OR THAT ISSUES A NEW CONTROLLING ORDER
UNDER PARAGRAPH THREE OF SUBDIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION, SHALL STATE IN
THAT ORDER:
  (1) THE BASIS UPON WHICH THE TRIBUNAL MADE ITS DETERMINATION;
  (2) THE AMOUNT OF PROSPECTIVE SUPPORT, IF ANY; AND
  (3) THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CONSOLIDATED ARREARS AND ACCRUED INTEREST,  IF
ANY,  UNDER  ALL  OF  THE ORDERS AFTER ALL PAYMENTS MADE ARE CREDITED AS
PROVIDED BY SECTION 580-209 OF THIS PART.
  (G) WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER DETERMINING WHICH IS
THE CONTROLLING ORDER, THE PARTY OBTAINING THE ORDER SHALL FILE A CERTI-
FIED COPY OF IT IN EACH TRIBUNAL THAT ISSUED OR  REGISTERED  AN  EARLIER
ORDER  OF CHILD SUPPORT. A PARTY OR SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OBTAINING
THE ORDER THAT FAILS TO FILE A CERTIFIED COPY IS SUBJECT TO  APPROPRIATE
SANCTIONS  BY  A  TRIBUNAL IN WHICH THE ISSUE OF FAILURE TO FILE ARISES.
THE FAILURE TO FILE DOES NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY  OR  ENFORCEABILITY  OF
THE CONTROLLING ORDER.
  (H)  AN ORDER THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE THE CONTROLLING ORDER, OR
A JUDGMENT FOR CONSOLIDATED ARREARS OF SUPPORT  AND  INTEREST,  IF  ANY,
MADE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS SECTION MUST BE RECOGNIZED IN PROCEEDINGS UNDER
THIS ARTICLE.
  S 580-208. CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS FOR TWO OR MORE OBLIGEES.  IN RESPOND-
ING TO REGISTRATIONS OR PETITIONS FOR ENFORCEMENT OF TWO OR  MORE  CHILD
SUPPORT  ORDERS IN EFFECT AT THE SAME TIME WITH REGARD TO THE SAME OBLI-
GOR AND DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL OBLIGEES, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH WAS  ISSUED
BY  A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS
STATE SHALL ENFORCE THOSE ORDERS IN THE SAME MANNER AS IF THE ORDERS HAD
BEEN ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE.
  S 580-209. CREDIT FOR PAYMENTS.  A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL CREDIT
AMOUNTS COLLECTED FOR A PARTICULAR PERIOD PURSUANT TO ANY CHILD  SUPPORT
ORDER AGAINST THE AMOUNTS OWED FOR THE SAME PERIOD UNDER ANY OTHER CHILD
SUPPORT ORDER FOR SUPPORT OF THE SAME CHILD ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS
STATE, ANOTHER STATE, OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  S  580-210.  APPLICATION OF ARTICLE TO NONRESIDENT SUBJECT TO PERSONAL
JURISDICTION. A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE EXERCISING PERSONAL  JURISDICTION
OVER  A  NONRESIDENT IN A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS ARTICLE, UNDER OTHER LAW
OF THIS STATE RELATING TO A SUPPORT  ORDER,  OR  RECOGNIZING  A  FOREIGN
SUPPORT  ORDER  MAY RECEIVE EVIDENCE FROM OUTSIDE THIS STATE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 580-316 OF THIS ARTICLE, COMMUNICATE  WITH  A  TRIBUNAL  OUTSIDE
THIS  STATE  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  580-317  OF  THIS ARTICLE AND OBTAIN
DISCOVERY THROUGH A TRIBUNAL OUTSIDE  THIS  STATE  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
580-318  OF THIS ARTICLE. IN ALL OTHER RESPECTS, PARTS THREE THROUGH SIX
OF THIS ARTICLE DO NOT APPLY, AND THE TRIBUNAL SHALL  APPLY  THE  PROCE-
DURAL AND SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF THIS STATE.
  S 580-211. CONTINUING EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO MODIFY SPOUSAL-SUPPORT
ORDER.    (A)  A  TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE ISSUING A SPOUSAL-SUPPORT ORDER
CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW OF THIS STATE HAS CONTINUING,  EXCLUSIVE  JURIS-
DICTION  TO MODIFY THE SPOUSAL-SUPPORT ORDER THROUGHOUT THE EXISTENCE OF
THE SUPPORT OBLIGATION.

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  (B) A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY NOT MODIFY  A  SPOUSAL-SUPPORT  ORDER
ISSUED  BY  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  ANOTHER  STATE  OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY HAVING
CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER THAT ORDER UNDER THE LAW OF THAT
STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  (C)  A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE THAT HAS CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDIC-
TION OVER A SPOUSAL-SUPPORT ORDER MAY SERVE AS:
  (1) AN INITIATING TRIBUNAL TO REQUEST A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER  STATE  TO
ENFORCE THE SPOUSAL-SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED IN THIS STATE; OR
  (2) A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL TO ENFORCE OR MODIFY ITS OWN SPOUSAL-SUPPORT
ORDER.
                                 PART 3
                 CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 580-301. PROCEEDINGS UNDER ARTICLE.
        580-302. ACTION BY MINOR PARENT.
        580-303. APPLICATION OF LAW OF STATE.
        580-304. DUTIES OF INITIATING TRIBUNAL.
        580-305. DUTIES AND POWERS OF RESPONDING TRIBUNAL.
        580-306. INAPPROPRIATE TRIBUNAL.
        580-307. DUTIES OF SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
        580-308. DUTY OF CERTAIN STATE OFFICIALS.
        580-309. PRIVATE COUNSEL.
        580-310. DUTIES OF STATE INFORMATION AGENCY.
        580-311. PLEADINGS AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS.
        580-312. NONDISCLOSURE  OF  INFORMATION  IN  EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUM-
                   STANCES.
        580-313. COSTS AND FEES.
        580-314. LIMITED IMMUNITY OF PETITIONER.
        580-315. NONPARENTAGE AS A DEFENSE.
        580-316. SPECIAL RULES OF EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE.
        580-317. COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN TRIBUNALS.
        580-318. ASSISTANCE WITH DISCOVERY.
        580-319. RECEIPT AND DISBURSEMENT OF PAYMENTS.
  S 580-301. PROCEEDINGS UNDER ARTICLE. (A) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED
IN THIS ARTICLE, THIS PART APPLIES TO ALL PROCEEDINGS UNDER  THIS  ARTI-
CLE.
  (B)  AN  INDIVIDUAL  PETITIONER  OR  A  SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY MAY
INITIATE A PROCEEDING AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS ARTICLE BY FILING A PETITION
IN AN INITIATING TRIBUNAL FOR FORWARDING TO A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OR  BY
FILING  A  PETITION  OR  A COMPARABLE PLEADING DIRECTLY IN A TRIBUNAL OF
ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY WHICH  HAS  OR  CAN  OBTAIN  PERSONAL
JURISDICTION OVER THE RESPONDENT.
  S 580-302. PROCEEDING BY A MINOR PARENT.  A MINOR PARENT, OR A GUARDI-
AN  OR  OTHER  LEGAL  REPRESENTATIVE  OF  A MINOR PARENT, MAY MAINTAIN A
PROCEEDING ON BEHALF OF OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MINOR'S CHILD.
  S 580-303. APPLICATION OF LAW OF STATE.  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE  PROVIDED
IN THIS ARTICLE, A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL:
  1.  APPLY  THE  PROCEDURAL AND SUBSTANTIVE LAW GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO
SIMILAR PROCEEDINGS ORIGINATING IN  THIS  STATE  AND  MAY  EXERCISE  ALL
POWERS AND PROVIDE ALL REMEDIES AVAILABLE IN THOSE PROCEEDINGS; AND
  2.  DETERMINE THE DUTY OF SUPPORT AND THE AMOUNT PAYABLE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAW AND SUPPORT GUIDELINES OF THIS STATE.
  S 580-304. DUTIES OF INITIATING TRIBUNAL.  (A) UPON THE  FILING  OF  A
PETITION  AUTHORIZED  BY  THIS  ARTICLE,  AN INITIATING TRIBUNAL OF THIS
STATE SHALL FORWARD THE PETITION AND ITS ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS:
  (1) TO THE RESPONDING  TRIBUNAL  OR  APPROPRIATE  SUPPORT  ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY IN THE RESPONDING STATE; OR

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  (2)  IF  THE  IDENTITY  OF  THE RESPONDING TRIBUNAL IS UNKNOWN, TO THE
STATE INFORMATION AGENCY OF THE RESPONDING STATE  WITH  A  REQUEST  THAT
THEY  BE  FORWARDED  TO  THE  APPROPRIATE  TRIBUNAL  AND THAT RECEIPT BE
ACKNOWLEDGED.
  (B)  IF REQUESTED BY THE RESPONDING TRIBUNAL, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE
SHALL ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OR OTHER DOCUMENT AND MAKE  FINDINGS  REQUIRED
BY  THE  LAW OF THE RESPONDING STATE. IF THE RESPONDING TRIBUNAL IS IN A
FOREIGN COUNTRY, UPON REQUEST THE TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE  SHALL  SPECIFY
THE  AMOUNT  OF  SUPPORT SOUGHT, CONVERT THAT AMOUNT INTO THE EQUIVALENT
AMOUNT IN THE FOREIGN  CURRENCY  UNDER  APPLICABLE  OFFICIAL  OR  MARKET
EXCHANGE  RATE  AS  PUBLICLY  REPORTED,  AND PROVIDE ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS
NECESSARY TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE RESPONDING  FOREIGN  TRIBU-
NAL.
  S  580-305.  DUTIES  AND  POWERS  OF RESPONDING TRIBUNAL.   (A) WHEN A
RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE  RECEIVES  A  PETITION  OR  COMPARABLE
PLEADING FROM AN INITIATING TRIBUNAL OR DIRECTLY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
(B)  OF  SECTION  580-301  OF  THIS PART, IT SHALL CAUSE THE PETITION OR
PLEADING TO BE FILED AND NOTIFY THE PETITIONER WHERE  AND  WHEN  IT  WAS
FILED.
  (B)  A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE, TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED
BY OTHER LAW, MAY DO ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:
  (1) ESTABLISH OR ENFORCE A  SUPPORT  ORDER,  MODIFY  A  CHILD  SUPPORT
ORDER,  DETERMINE  THE  CONTROLLING  CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDER  OR DETERMINE
PARENTAGE OF A CHILD;
  (2) ORDER AN OBLIGOR TO COMPLY WITH A SUPPORT  ORDER,  SPECIFYING  THE
AMOUNT AND THE MANNER OF COMPLIANCE;
  (3) ORDER INCOME WITHHOLDING;
  (4)  DETERMINE  THE  AMOUNT OF ANY ARREARAGES, AND SPECIFY A METHOD OF
PAYMENT;
  (5) ENFORCE ORDERS BY CIVIL OR CRIMINAL CONTEMPT, OR BOTH;
  (6) SET ASIDE PROPERTY FOR SATISFACTION OF THE SUPPORT ORDER;
  (7) PLACE LIENS AND ORDER EXECUTION ON THE OBLIGOR'S PROPERTY;
  (8) ORDER AN OBLIGOR TO KEEP THE TRIBUNAL INFORMED  OF  THE  OBLIGOR'S
CURRENT  RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS, ELECTRONIC-MAIL ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER,
EMPLOYER, ADDRESS OF EMPLOYMENT AND TELEPHONE NUMBER  AT  THE  PLACE  OF
EMPLOYMENT;
  (9)  ISSUE A WARRANT FOR AN OBLIGOR WHO HAS FAILED AFTER PROPER NOTICE
TO APPEAR AT A HEARING ORDERED BY THE TRIBUNAL AND ENTER THE WARRANT  IN
ANY LOCAL AND STATE COMPUTER SYSTEMS FOR CRIMINAL WARRANTS;
  (10)  ORDER  THE  OBLIGOR  TO SEEK APPROPRIATE EMPLOYMENT BY SPECIFIED
METHODS;
  (11) AWARD REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES AND OTHER FEES AND COSTS; AND
  (12) GRANT ANY OTHER AVAILABLE REMEDY.
  (C) A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL  INCLUDE  IN  A  SUPPORT
ORDER  ISSUED  UNDER  THIS ARTICLE, OR IN THE DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING THE
ORDER, THE CALCULATIONS ON WHICH THE SUPPORT ORDER IS BASED.
  (D) A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY NOT CONDITION THE  PAYMENT
OF  A SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED UNDER THIS ARTICLE UPON COMPLIANCE BY A PARTY
WITH PROVISIONS FOR VISITATION.
  (E) IF A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE ISSUES AN ORDER UNDER  THIS
ARTICLE,  THE  TRIBUNAL SHALL SEND A COPY OF THE ORDER TO THE PETITIONER
AND THE RESPONDENT AND TO THE INITIATING TRIBUNAL, IF ANY.
  (F) IF REQUESTED TO ENFORCE A SUPPORT ORDER, ARREARS, OR  JUDGMENT  OR
MODIFY A SUPPORT ORDER STATED IN A FOREIGN CURRENCY, A RESPONDING TRIBU-
NAL OF THIS STATE SHALL CONVERT THE AMOUNT STATED IN THE FOREIGN CURREN-

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CY  TO THE EQUIVALENT AMOUNT IN DOLLARS UNDER THE APPLICABLE OFFICIAL OR
MARKET EXCHANGE RATE AS PUBLICLY REPORTED.
  S 580-306. INAPPROPRIATE TRIBUNAL.  IF A PETITION OR COMPARABLE PLEAD-
ING IS RECEIVED BY AN INAPPROPRIATE TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE, THE TRIBUNAL
SHALL  FORWARD THE PLEADING AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS TO AN APPROPRIATE
TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE OR ANOTHER STATE AND NOTIFY THE PETITIONER  WHERE
AND WHEN THE PLEADING WAS SENT.
  S  580-307.  DUTIES  OF  SUPPORT  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY.   (A) A SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF THIS STATE, UPON REQUEST  OR,  WHERE  REQUIRED  BY
STATE LAW, UPON APPLICATION, SHALL PROVIDE SERVICES TO A PETITIONER IN A
PROCEEDING UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
  (B)  A  SUPPORT  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY  OF  THIS STATE THAT IS PROVIDING
SERVICES TO THE PETITIONER SHALL:
  (1) TAKE ALL STEPS NECESSARY TO ENABLE AN APPROPRIATE TRIBUNAL OF THIS
STATE, ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY TO  OBTAIN  JURISDICTION  OVER
THE RESPONDENT;
  (2)  REQUEST AN APPROPRIATE TRIBUNAL TO SET A DATE, TIME AND PLACE FOR
A HEARING;
  (3) MAKE A REASONABLE  EFFORT  TO  OBTAIN  ALL  RELEVANT  INFORMATION,
INCLUDING INFORMATION AS TO INCOME AND PROPERTY OF THE PARTIES;
  (4)  WITHIN  TEN DAYS, EXCLUSIVE OF SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND LEGAL HOLI-
DAYS, AFTER RECEIPT OF NOTICE IN A RECORD FROM AN INITIATING, RESPONDING
OR REGISTERING TRIBUNAL, SEND A COPY OF THE NOTICE TO THE PETITIONER;
  (5) WITHIN TEN DAYS, EXCLUSIVE OF SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND  LEGAL  HOLI-
DAYS,  AFTER RECEIPT OF COMMUNICATION IN A RECORD FROM THE RESPONDENT OR
THE RESPONDENT'S ATTORNEY, SEND A COPY OF THE COMMUNICATION TO THE PETI-
TIONER; AND
  (6) NOTIFY THE PETITIONER IF JURISDICTION OVER THE  RESPONDENT  CANNOT
BE OBTAINED.
  (C) A SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF THIS STATE THAT REQUESTS REGISTRA-
TION  OF  A  CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDER  IN THIS STATE FOR ENFORCEMENT OR FOR
MODIFICATION SHALL MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS:
  (1) TO ENSURE THAT THE ORDER  TO  BE  REGISTERED  IS  THE  CONTROLLING
ORDER; OR
  (2)  IF TWO OR MORE CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS EXIST AND THE IDENTITY OF THE
CONTROLLING ORDER HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED, TO ENSURE THAT A REQUEST  FOR
SUCH A DETERMINATION IS MADE IN A TRIBUNAL HAVING JURISDICTION TO DO SO.
  (D) A SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF THIS STATE THAT REQUESTS REGISTRA-
TION AND ENFORCEMENT OF A SUPPORT ORDER, ARREARS OR JUDGMENT STATED IN A
FOREIGN CURRENCY SHALL CONVERT THE AMOUNTS STATED IN THE FOREIGN CURREN-
CY  INTO THE EQUIVALENT AMOUNTS IN DOLLARS UNDER THE APPLICABLE OFFICIAL
OR MARKET EXCHANGE RATE AS PUBLICLY REPORTED.
  (E) A SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF THIS STATE SHALL ISSUE OR  REQUEST
A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS STATE TO ISSUE A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER AND AN INCOME
WITHHOLDING ORDER THAT REDIRECT PAYMENT OF CURRENT SUPPORT, ARREARS, AND
INTEREST IF REQUESTED TO DO SO BY A SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF ANOTH-
ER STATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 580-319 OF THIS PART.
  (F) THIS ARTICLE DOES NOT CREATE OR NEGATE A RELATIONSHIP OF  ATTORNEY
AND CLIENT OR OTHER FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY  OR THE ATTORNEY FOR THE AGENCY AND THE INDIVIDUAL BEING ASSISTED
BY THE AGENCY.
  S 580-308. DUTY OF CERTAIN STATE  OFFICIALS.    (A)  IF  THE  ATTORNEY
GENERAL  DETERMINES THAT THE SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IS NEGLECTING OR
REFUSING TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO AN INDIVIDUAL, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL  MAY
ORDER THE AGENCY TO PERFORM ITS DUTIES UNDER THIS ARTICLE OR MAY PROVIDE
THOSE SERVICES DIRECTLY TO THE INDIVIDUAL.

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  (B) THE COMMISSIONER OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE MAY DETER-
MINE THAT A FOREIGN COUNTRY HAS ESTABLISHED A RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENT FOR
CHILD  SUPPORT WITH THIS STATE AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION FOR NOTIFICA-
TION OF THE DETERMINATION.
  S  580-309. PRIVATE COUNSEL.  AN INDIVIDUAL MAY EMPLOY PRIVATE COUNSEL
TO REPRESENT THE INDIVIDUAL IN PROCEEDINGS AUTHORIZED BY THIS ARTICLE.
  S 580-310. DUTIES OF STATE INFORMATION AGENCY.    (A)  THE  OFFICE  OF
TEMPORARY  AND  DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE  IS  THE STATE INFORMATION AGENCY
UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
  (B) THE STATE INFORMATION AGENCY SHALL:
  (1) COMPILE AND MAINTAIN A CURRENT LIST, INCLUDING ADDRESSES,  OF  THE
TRIBUNALS  IN  THIS STATE WHICH HAVE JURISDICTION UNDER THIS ARTICLE AND
ANY SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THIS STATE AND TRANSMIT  A  COPY  TO
THE STATE INFORMATION AGENCY OF EVERY OTHER STATE;
  (2)  MAINTAIN  A  REGISTER  OF  NAMES  AND  ADDRESSES OF TRIBUNALS AND
SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES RECEIVED FROM OTHER STATES;
  (3) FORWARD TO THE APPROPRIATE TRIBUNAL IN THE COUNTY IN THIS STATE IN
WHICH THE OBLIGEE WHO IS AN INDIVIDUAL OR THE  OBLIGOR  RESIDES,  OR  IN
WHICH  THE  OBLIGOR'S  PROPERTY IS BELIEVED TO BE LOCATED, ALL DOCUMENTS
CONCERNING A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS ARTICLE RECEIVED FROM  ANOTHER  STATE
OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY; AND
  (4)  OBTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE LOCATION OF THE OBLIGOR AND THE
OBLIGOR'S PROPERTY WITHIN THIS STATE NOT EXEMPT FROM EXECUTION, BY  SUCH
MEANS  AS  POSTAL  VERIFICATION  AND  FEDERAL OR STATE LOCATOR SERVICES,
EXAMINATION OF TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES, REQUESTS FOR THE OBLIGOR'S ADDRESS
FROM EMPLOYERS AND EXAMINATION OF GOVERNMENTAL  RECORDS,  INCLUDING,  TO
THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY OTHER LAW, THOSE RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY,
VITAL  STATISTICS,  LAW  ENFORCEMENT, TAXATION, MOTOR VEHICLES, DRIVER'S
LICENSES AND SOCIAL SECURITY.
  S 580-311. PLEADINGS AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS.  (A) IN A  PROCEEDING
UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE, A PETITIONER SEEKING TO ESTABLISH A SUPPORT ORDER,
TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE OF A CHILD OR TO REGISTER AND  MODIFY  A  SUPPORT
ORDER  OF  A  TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY MUST FILE A
PETITION. UNLESS OTHERWISE ORDERED UNDER SECTION 580-312 OF  THIS  PART,
THE  PETITION  OR  ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS MUST PROVIDE, SO FAR AS KNOWN,
THE NAME, RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS OF THE OBLIGOR
AND THE OBLIGEE OR THE PARENT AND ALLEGED PARENT,  AND  THE  NAME,  SEX,
RESIDENTIAL  ADDRESS,  SOCIAL  SECURITY NUMBER AND DATE OF BIRTH OF EACH
CHILD FOR WHOSE BENEFIT SUPPORT IS SOUGHT OR WHOSE PARENTAGE  IS  TO  BE
DETERMINED.  UNLESS FILED AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION, THE PETITION MUST
BE ACCOMPANIED BY A COPY OF ANY SUPPORT ORDER KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN  ISSUED
BY ANOTHER TRIBUNAL. THE PETITION MAY INCLUDE ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT
MAY ASSIST IN LOCATING OR IDENTIFYING THE RESPONDENT.
  (B)  THE  PETITION  MUST  SPECIFY  THE RELIEF SOUGHT. THE PETITION AND
ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS MUST CONFORM SUBSTANTIALLY WITH THE  REQUIREMENTS
IMPOSED BY THE FORMS MANDATED BY FEDERAL LAW FOR USE IN CASES FILED BY A
SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
  S  580-312. NONDISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
IF A PARTY ALLEGES IN AN AFFIDAVIT OR A PLEADING  UNDER  OATH  THAT  THE
HEALTH,  SAFETY  OR  LIBERTY OF A PARTY OR CHILD WOULD BE JEOPARDIZED BY
DISCLOSURE OF SPECIFIC IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, THAT INFORMATION MUST BE
SEALED AND MAY NOT BE DISCLOSED TO THE OTHER PARTY OR THE PUBLIC.  AFTER
A HEARING IN WHICH A TRIBUNAL TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE HEALTH, SAFE-
TY  OR  LIBERTY OF THE PARTY OR CHILD, THE TRIBUNAL MAY ORDER DISCLOSURE
OF INFORMATION THAT THE TRIBUNAL DETERMINES TO BE  IN  THE  INTEREST  OF
JUSTICE.

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  S  580-313. COSTS AND FEES.  (A) THE PETITIONER MAY NOT BE REQUIRED TO
PAY A FILING FEE OR OTHER COSTS.
  (B)  IF  AN  OBLIGEE PREVAILS, A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY
ASSESS AGAINST AN OBLIGOR FILING FEES, REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES, OTHER
COSTS, AND NECESSARY TRAVEL AND OTHER REASONABLE  EXPENSES  INCURRED  BY
THE  OBLIGEE  AND  THE  OBLIGEE'S WITNESSES. THE TRIBUNAL MAY NOT ASSESS
FEES, COSTS OR EXPENSES AGAINST THE OBLIGEE OR THE  SUPPORT  ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY  OF EITHER THE INITIATING OR RESPONDING STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY,
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY OTHER LAW. ATTORNEY'S FEES MAY BE TAXED AS  COSTS,
AND  MAY  BE  ORDERED PAID DIRECTLY TO THE ATTORNEY, WHO MAY ENFORCE THE
ORDER IN THE ATTORNEY'S OWN NAME. PAYMENT OF SUPPORT OWED TO THE OBLIGEE
HAS PRIORITY OVER FEES, COSTS, AND EXPENSES.
  (C) THE TRIBUNAL SHALL ORDER  THE  PAYMENT  OF  COSTS  AND  REASONABLE
ATTORNEY'S  FEES IF IT DETERMINES THAT A HEARING WAS REQUESTED PRIMARILY
FOR DELAY. IN A PROCEEDING UNDER PART SIX OF THIS ARTICLE, A HEARING  IS
PRESUMED  TO  HAVE  BEEN  REQUESTED  PRIMARILY FOR DELAY IF A REGISTERED
SUPPORT ORDER IS CONFIRMED OR ENFORCED WITHOUT CHANGE.
  S 580-314. LIMITED IMMUNITY OF PETITIONER.   (A)  PARTICIPATION  BY  A
PETITIONER IN A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS ARTICLE BEFORE A RESPONDING TRIBU-
NAL, WHETHER IN PERSON, BY PRIVATE ATTORNEY OR THROUGH SERVICES PROVIDED
BY THE SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, DOES NOT CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION
OVER THE PETITIONER IN ANOTHER PROCEEDING.
  (B)  A  PETITIONER  IS  NOT AMENABLE TO SERVICE OF CIVIL PROCESS WHILE
PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THIS STATE TO PARTICIPATE IN  A  PROCEEDING  UNDER
THIS ARTICLE.
  (C)  THE  IMMUNITY  GRANTED  BY  THIS SECTION DOES NOT EXTEND TO CIVIL
LITIGATION BASED ON ACTS UNRELATED TO A PROCEEDING  UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE
COMMITTED  BY  A PARTY WHILE PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THIS STATE TO PARTIC-
IPATE IN THE PROCEEDING.
  S 580-315. NONPARENTAGE AS DEFENSE.   A PARTY  WHOSE  PARENTAGE  OF  A
CHILD HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY DETERMINED BY OR PURSUANT TO LAW MAY NOT PLEAD
NONPARENTAGE AS A DEFENSE TO A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
  S  580-316. SPECIAL RULES OF EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE.  (A) THE PHYSICAL
PRESENCE OF A NONRESIDENT PARTY WHO IS AN INDIVIDUAL IN  A  TRIBUNAL  OF
THIS STATE IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, ENFORCEMENT OR MODIFI-
CATION  OF  A  SUPPORT ORDER, OR THE RENDITION OF A JUDGMENT DETERMINING
PARENTAGE OF A CHILD.
  (B) AN AFFIDAVIT, A DOCUMENT SUBSTANTIALLY  COMPLYING  WITH  FEDERALLY
MANDATED  FORMS  OR A DOCUMENT INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN ANY OF THEM,
WHICH WOULD NOT BE EXCLUDED UNDER THE HEARSAY RULE IF GIVEN  IN  PERSON,
IS  ADMISSIBLE  IN EVIDENCE IF GIVEN UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY BY A PARTY
OR WITNESS RESIDING OUTSIDE THIS STATE.
  (C) A COPY OF THE RECORD OF CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS CERTIFIED AS A TRUE
COPY OF THE ORIGINAL BY THE CUSTODIAN OF THE RECORD MAY BE FORWARDED  TO
A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL. THE COPY IS EVIDENCE OF FACTS ASSERTED IN IT, AND
IS ADMISSIBLE TO SHOW WHETHER PAYMENTS WERE MADE.
  (D)  COPIES  OF  BILLS  FOR  TESTING FOR PARENTAGE OF A CHILD, AND FOR
PRENATAL AND POSTNATAL HEALTH CARE OF THE MOTHER AND CHILD, FURNISHED TO
THE ADVERSE PARTY AT LEAST TEN DAYS  BEFORE  TRIAL,  ARE  ADMISSIBLE  IN
EVIDENCE  TO PROVE THE AMOUNT OF THE CHARGES BILLED AND THAT THE CHARGES
WERE REASONABLE, NECESSARY AND CUSTOMARY.
  (E) DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE TRANSMITTED FROM  OUTSIDE  THIS  STATE  TO  A
TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS  STATE  BY  TELEPHONE, TELECOPIER OR OTHER ELECTRONIC
MEANS THAT DO NOT PROVIDE AN ORIGINAL RECORD MAY NOT  BE  EXCLUDED  FROM
EVIDENCE ON AN OBJECTION BASED ON THE MEANS OF TRANSMISSION.

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  (F) IN A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS ARTICLE, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL
PERMIT  A  PARTY OR WITNESS RESIDING OUTSIDE THIS STATE TO BE DEPOSED OR
TO TESTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY BY TELEPHONE, AUDIOVISUAL  MEANS  OR
OTHER  ELECTRONIC  MEANS  AT  A DESIGNATED TRIBUNAL OR OTHER LOCATION. A
TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL COOPERATE WITH OTHER TRIBUNALS IN DESIGNAT-
ING AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR THE DEPOSITION OR TESTIMONY.
  (G)  IF A PARTY CALLED TO TESTIFY AT A CIVIL HEARING REFUSES TO ANSWER
ON THE GROUND THAT THE TESTIMONY MAY BE SELF-INCRIMINATING, THE TRIER OF
FACT MAY DRAW AN ADVERSE INFERENCE FROM THE REFUSAL.
  (H) A PRIVILEGE AGAINST DISCLOSURE OF COMMUNICATIONS  BETWEEN  SPOUSES
DOES NOT APPLY IN A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
  (I)  THE  DEFENSE OF IMMUNITY BASED ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF HUSBAND AND
WIFE OR PARENT AND CHILD DOES NOT APPLY IN A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS ARTI-
CLE.
  (J) A VOLUNTARY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY, CERTIFIED AS A TRUE COPY,
IS ADMISSIBLE TO ESTABLISH PARENTAGE OF THE CHILD.
  S 580-317. COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN TRIBUNALS. A TRIBUNAL OF THIS  STATE
MAY  COMMUNICATE  WITH  A  TRIBUNAL OUTSIDE THIS STATE IN A RECORD OR BY
TELEPHONE,  ELECTRONIC  MAIL  OR  OTHER  MEANS,  TO  OBTAIN  INFORMATION
CONCERNING  THE LAWS, THE LEGAL EFFECT OF A JUDGMENT, DECREE OR ORDER OF
THAT TRIBUNAL, AND THE STATUS OF A PROCEEDING. A TRIBUNAL OF THIS  STATE
MAY  FURNISH  SIMILAR INFORMATION BY SIMILAR MEANS TO A TRIBUNAL OUTSIDE
THIS STATE.
  S 580-318. ASSISTANCE WITH DISCOVERY. A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY:
  1. REQUEST A TRIBUNAL  OUTSIDE  THIS  STATE  TO  ASSIST  IN  OBTAINING
DISCOVERY; AND
  2.  UPON  REQUEST,  COMPEL  A PERSON OVER WHICH IT HAS JURISDICTION TO
RESPOND TO A DISCOVERY ORDER ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OUTSIDE THIS STATE.
  S 580-319. RECEIPT AND  DISBURSEMENT  OF  PAYMENTS.    (A)  A  SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL DISBURSE PROMPTLY ANY
AMOUNTS  RECEIVED PURSUANT TO A SUPPORT ORDER, AS DIRECTED BY THE ORDER.
THE AGENCY OR TRIBUNAL SHALL FURNISH TO A REQUESTING PARTY  OR  TRIBUNAL
OF  ANOTHER  STATE  OR  A  FOREIGN  COUNTRY A CERTIFIED STATEMENT BY THE
CUSTODIAN OF THE RECORD  OF  THE  AMOUNTS  AND  DATES  OF  ALL  PAYMENTS
RECEIVED.
  (B)  IF NEITHER THE OBLIGOR, NOR THE OBLIGEE WHO IS AN INDIVIDUAL, NOR
THE CHILD RESIDES IN THIS STATE, UPON REQUEST FROM A SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY OF THIS STATE OR ANOTHER STATE, A SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR A
TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL:
  (1) DIRECT THAT THE SUPPORT PAYMENT BE MADE TO THE SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY IN THE STATE IN WHICH THE OBLIGEE IS RECEIVING SERVICES; AND
  (2) ISSUE AND SEND TO THE OBLIGOR'S EMPLOYER A CONFORMING INCOME WITH-
HOLDING ORDER OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE OF CHANGE OF PAYEE, REFLECTING
THE REDIRECTED PAYMENTS.
  (C) A SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF THIS  STATE  RECEIVING  REDIRECTED
PAYMENTS FROM ANOTHER STATE PURSUANT TO A LAW SIMILAR TO SUBDIVISION (B)
OF  THIS  SECTION SHALL FURNISH TO A REQUESTING PARTY OR TRIBUNAL OF THE
OTHER STATE A CERTIFIED STATEMENT BY THE CUSTODIAN OF THE RECORD OF  THE
AMOUNT AND DATES OF ALL PAYMENTS RECEIVED.
                                 PART 4
                    ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER OR
                       DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE
SECTION 580-401. ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER.
        580-402. PROCEEDING TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE.
  S  580-401. ESTABLISHMENT  OF  SUPPORT ORDER.   (A) IF A SUPPORT ORDER
ENTITLED TO RECOGNITION UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE  HAS  NOT  BEEN  ISSUED,  A

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RESPONDING  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS STATE WITH PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE
PARTIES MAY ISSUE A SUPPORT ORDER IF:
  (1) THE INDIVIDUAL SEEKING THE ORDER RESIDES OUTSIDE THIS STATE; OR
  (2)  THE  SUPPORT  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY  SEEKING  THE  ORDER IS LOCATED
OUTSIDE THIS STATE.
  (B) THE TRIBUNAL MAY ISSUE A TEMPORARY  CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDER  IF  THE
TRIBUNAL DETERMINES THAT SUCH AN ORDER IS APPROPRIATE AND THE INDIVIDUAL
ORDERED TO PAY IS:
  (1) A PRESUMED FATHER OF THE CHILD;
  (2) PETITIONING TO HAVE HIS PATERNITY ADJUDICATED;
  (3) IDENTIFIED AS THE FATHER OF THE CHILD THROUGH GENETIC TESTING;
  (4) AN ALLEGED FATHER WHO HAS DECLINED TO SUBMIT TO GENETIC TESTING;
  (5)  SHOWN  BY  CLEAR  AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE TO BE THE FATHER OF THE
CHILD;
  (6) AN ACKNOWLEDGED FATHER AS PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE STATE LAW;
  (7) THE MOTHER OF THE CHILD; OR
  (8) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN ORDERED  TO  PAY  CHILD  SUPPORT  IN  A
PREVIOUS PROCEEDING AND THE ORDER HAS NOT BEEN REVERSED OR VACATED.
  (C)  UPON  FINDING,  AFTER NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, THAT AN
OBLIGOR OWES A DUTY OF SUPPORT, THE TRIBUNAL SHALL ISSUE A SUPPORT ORDER
DIRECTED TO THE OBLIGOR AND MAY ISSUE OTHER ORDERS PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
580-305 OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S  580-402.  PROCEEDING  TO  DETERMINE PARENTAGE.   A TRIBUNAL OF THIS
STATE AUTHORIZED TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE  OF  A  CHILD  MAY  SERVE  AS  A
RESPONDING  TRIBUNAL  IN  A PROCEEDING TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE OF A CHILD
BROUGHT UNDER THIS ARTICLE OR A LAW OR PROCEDURE  SUBSTANTIALLY  SIMILAR
TO THIS ARTICLE.
                                 PART 5
            ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER WITHOUT REGISTRATION
SECTION 580-501. EMPLOYER'S  RECEIPT  OF  INCOME  WITHHOLDING  ORDER  OF
                   ANOTHER STATE.
        580-502. EMPLOYER'S COMPLIANCE WITH INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER  OF
                   ANOTHER STATE.
        580-503. COMPLIANCE WITH MULTIPLE INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDERS.
        580-504. IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY.
        580-505. PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.
        580-506. CONTEST BY OBLIGOR.
        580-507. ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT OF ORDERS.
  S  580-501.  EMPLOYER'S RECEIPT OF INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER OF ANOTHER
STATE.  AN INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE MAY BE  SENT
BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE OBLIGEE, OR BY THE SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, TO
THE  PERSON  DEFINED  AS  THE  OBLIGOR'S  EMPLOYER OR INCOME PAYOR UNDER
SECTION FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THE  CIVIL  PRACTICE  LAW
AND RULES OR OTHER DEBTOR (FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PART AND SECTION 580-605
OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  EMPLOYER  SHALL  ALSO  INCLUDE INCOME PAYOR OR OTHER
DEBTOR) WITHOUT FIRST FILING A PETITION OR COMPARABLE PLEADING OR REGIS-
TERING THE ORDER WITH A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE.
  S 580-502. EMPLOYER'S COMPLIANCE  WITH  INCOME  WITHHOLDING  ORDER  OF
ANOTHER  STATE.    (A)  UPON RECEIPT OF AN INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER, THE
OBLIGOR'S EMPLOYER SHALL IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE A COPY OF THE ORDER TO  THE
OBLIGOR.
  (B)  THE  EMPLOYER  SHALL  TREAT AN INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER ISSUED IN
ANOTHER STATE WHICH APPEARS REGULAR ON ITS FACE AS IF IT HAD BEEN ISSUED
BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE.
  (C) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (D)  OF  THIS  SECTION
AND  SECTION  580-503  OF  THIS  PART,  THE  EMPLOYER SHALL WITHHOLD AND

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DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS AS DIRECTED IN THE WITHHOLDING ORDER  BY  COMPLYING
WITH TERMS OF THE ORDER WHICH SPECIFY:
  (1)  THE  DURATION  AND  AMOUNT  OF PERIODIC PAYMENTS OF CURRENT CHILD
SUPPORT, STATED AS A SUM CERTAIN;
  (2) THE PERSON DESIGNATED TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS AND THE ADDRESS TO WHICH
THE PAYMENTS ARE TO BE FORWARDED;
  (3) MEDICAL SUPPORT, WHETHER IN THE FORM  OF  PERIODIC  CASH  PAYMENT,
STATED  AS  A  SUM  CERTAIN,  OR  ORDERING THE OBLIGOR TO PROVIDE HEALTH
INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE CHILD UNDER A POLICY  AVAILABLE  THROUGH  THE
OBLIGOR'S EMPLOYMENT;
  (4)  THE  AMOUNT  OF PERIODIC PAYMENTS OF FEES AND COSTS FOR A SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, THE ISSUING TRIBUNAL  AND  THE  OBLIGEE'S  ATTORNEY,
STATED AS SUMS CERTAIN; AND
  (5)  THE  AMOUNT  OF  PERIODIC  PAYMENTS OF ARREARAGES AND INTEREST ON
ARREARAGES, STATED AS SUMS CERTAIN.
  (D) AN EMPLOYER SHALL  COMPLY  WITH  THE  LAW  OF  THE  STATE  OF  THE
OBLIGOR'S PRINCIPAL PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT FOR WITHHOLDING FROM INCOME WITH
RESPECT TO:
  (1) THE EMPLOYER'S FEE FOR PROCESSING AN INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER;
  (2)  THE  MAXIMUM  AMOUNT  PERMITTED TO BE WITHHELD FROM THE OBLIGOR'S
INCOME; AND
  (3) THE TIMES WITHIN WHICH THE EMPLOYER MUST IMPLEMENT THE WITHHOLDING
ORDER AND FORWARD THE CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENT.
  S 580-503. COMPLIANCE WITH MULTIPLE INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDERS.  IF  AN
OBLIGOR'S  EMPLOYER  RECEIVES TWO OR MORE INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDERS WITH
RESPECT TO THE EARNINGS OF THE SAME OBLIGOR, THE EMPLOYER SATISFIES  THE
TERMS  OF  THE ORDERS IF THE EMPLOYER COMPLIES WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE
OF THE OBLIGOR'S PRINCIPAL PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT TO ESTABLISH THE  PRIORI-
TIES  FOR  WITHHOLDING  AND  ALLOCATING  INCOME WITHHELD FOR TWO OR MORE
CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGEES.
  S 580-504. IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY.  AN EMPLOYER  THAT  COMPLIES
WITH  AN  INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THIS PART IS NOT SUBJECT TO CIVIL LIABILITY  TO  AN  INDIVIDUAL  OR
AGENCY  WITH  REGARD TO THE EMPLOYER'S WITHHOLDING OF CHILD SUPPORT FROM
THE OBLIGOR'S INCOME.
  S 580-505. PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.   AN EMPLOYER  THAT  WILLFULLY
FAILS TO COMPLY WITH AN INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE
AND  RECEIVED  FOR ENFORCEMENT IS SUBJECT TO THE SAME PENALTIES THAT MAY
BE IMPOSED FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH AN ORDER ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF  THIS
STATE.
  S 580-506. CONTEST BY OBLIGOR.  (A) AN OBLIGOR MAY CONTEST THE VALIDI-
TY OR ENFORCEMENT OF AN INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE
AND  RECEIVED  DIRECTLY  BY AN EMPLOYER IN THIS STATE BY REGISTERING THE
ORDER IN A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE AND FILING A CONTEST TO THAT ORDER  AS
PROVIDED  IN PART SIX OF THIS ARTICLE, OR OTHERWISE CONTESTING THE ORDER
IN THE SAME MANNER AS IF THE ORDER HAD BEEN ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS
STATE.
  (B) THE OBLIGOR SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF THE CONTEST TO:
  (1) A SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE OBLIGEE;
  (2) EACH EMPLOYER THAT HAS DIRECTLY  RECEIVED  AN  INCOME  WITHHOLDING
ORDER RELATING TO THE OBLIGOR; AND
  (3)  THE PERSON DESIGNATED TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS IN THE INCOME WITHHOLD-
ING ORDER OR, IF NO PERSON IS DESIGNATED, TO THE OBLIGEE.
  S 580-507. 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

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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 ARTICLE.
                                 PART 6
       REGISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER
SUBPART A. REGISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER.
        B. CONTEST OF VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT.
        C. REGISTRATION  AND  MODIFICATION  OF  CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDER OF
             ANOTHER STATE.
        D. REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION OF FOREIGN CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.
                                SUBPART A
              REGISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER
SECTION 580-601. REGISTRATION OF ORDER FOR ENFORCEMENT.
        580-602. PROCEDURE TO REGISTER ORDER FOR ENFORCEMENT.
        580-603. EFFECT OF REGISTRATION FOR ENFORCEMENT.
        580-604. CHOICE OF LAW.
  S 580-601. REGISTRATION OF ORDER FOR ENFORCEMENT. A SUPPORT  ORDER  OR
INCOME  WITHHOLDING  ORDER  ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN SUPPORT
ORDER MAY BE REGISTERED IN THIS STATE FOR ENFORCEMENT.
  S 580-602. PROCEDURE TO REGISTER ORDER FOR ENFORCEMENT.  (A) EXCEPT AS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 580-706 OF THIS ARTICLE, A  SUPPORT  ORDER
OR  INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN SUPPORT ORDER
MAY BE REGISTERED IN THIS STATE BY SENDING THE FOLLOWING RECORDS 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  THE  ORDER  TO  BE
REGISTERED, INCLUDING ANY MODIFICATION OF THE ORDER;
  (3)  A  SWORN  STATEMENT  BY  THE  PERSON REQUESTING 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)  EXCEPT  AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 580-312 OF THIS ARTICLE,
THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE OBLIGEE AND, IF APPLICABLE,  THE  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 AN ORDER OF A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER
STATE OR A FOREIGN SUPPORT ORDER, TOGETHER WITH ONE COPY  OF  THE  DOCU-
MENTS AND INFORMATION, REGARDLESS OF THEIR FORM.
  (C)  A  PETITION  OR COMPARABLE PLEADING SEEKING A REMEDY THAT MUST BE
AFFIRMATIVELY SOUGHT UNDER OTHER LAW 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.

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  (D) IF TWO OR MORE ORDERS ARE IN EFFECT, THE PERSON REQUESTING  REGIS-
TRATION SHALL:
  (1)  FURNISH TO THE TRIBUNAL A COPY OF EVERY SUPPORT ORDER ASSERTED TO
BE IN EFFECT IN ADDITION TO THE DOCUMENTS SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION;
  (2) SPECIFY THE ORDER ALLEGED TO BE THE CONTROLLING ORDER, IF ANY; AND
  (3) SPECIFY THE AMOUNT OF CONSOLIDATED ARREARS, IF ANY.
  (E) A REQUEST FOR A DETERMINATION OF WHICH IS  THE  CONTROLLING  ORDER
MAY  BE FILED SEPARATELY OR WITH A REQUEST FOR REGISTRATION AND ENFORCE-
MENT OR FOR REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION. THE PERSON REQUESTING  REGIS-
TRATION  SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF THE REQUEST TO EACH PARTY WHOSE RIGHTS MAY
BE AFFECTED BY THE DETERMINATION.
  S 580-603. EFFECT OF REGISTRATION FOR  ENFORCEMENT.    (A)  A  SUPPORT
ORDER  OR  INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN
SUPPORT ORDER IS REGISTERED WHEN THE ORDER IS FILED IN  THE  REGISTERING
TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE.
  (B)  A  REGISTERED  SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN
COUNTRY 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
SUPPORT ORDER IF THE ISSUING TRIBUNAL HAD JURISDICTION.
  S  580-604. CHOICE OF LAW.  (A) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUBDI-
VISION (D) OF THIS SECTION, THE LAW OF  THE  ISSUING  STATE  OR  FOREIGN
COUNTRY GOVERNS:
  (1)  THE NATURE, EXTENT, AMOUNT AND DURATION OF CURRENT PAYMENTS UNDER
A REGISTERED SUPPORT ORDER;
  (2) THE COMPUTATION AND PAYMENT OF ARREARAGES AND ACCRUAL OF  INTEREST
ON THE ARREARAGES UNDER THE SUPPORT ORDER; AND
  (3)  THE  EXISTENCE  AND  SATISFACTION  OF OTHER OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE
SUPPORT ORDER.
  (B) IN A PROCEEDING FOR ARREARS UNDER A REGISTERED SUPPORT ORDER,  THE
STATUTE  OF  LIMITATION OF THIS STATE OR OF THE ISSUING STATE OR FOREIGN
COUNTRY, WHICHEVER IS LONGER, APPLIES.
  (C) A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL APPLY THE PROCEDURES AND
REMEDIES OF THIS STATE TO ENFORCE CURRENT SUPPORT  AND  COLLECT  ARREARS
AND  INTEREST DUE ON A SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN COUN-
TRY REGISTERED IN THIS STATE.
  (D) AFTER A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE OR ANOTHER STATE  DETERMINES  WHICH
IS  THE  CONTROLLING ORDER AND ISSUES AN ORDER CONSOLIDATING ARREARS, IF
ANY, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL PROSPECTIVELY APPLY THE LAW  OF  THE
STATE  OR  FOREIGN  COUNTRY ISSUING THE CONTROLLING ORDER, INCLUDING ITS
LAW ON INTEREST ON ARREARS,  ON  CURRENT  AND  FUTURE  SUPPORT,  AND  ON
CONSOLIDATED ARREARS.
                                SUBPART B
                   CONTEST OF VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT
SECTION 580-605. NOTICE OF REGISTRATION OF ORDER.
        580-606. PROCEDURE  TO CONTEST VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT OF REGIS-
            TERED SUPPORT ORDER.
        580-607. CONTEST OF REGISTRATION OR ENFORCEMENT.
        580-608. CONFIRMED ORDER.
  S 580-605. NOTICE OF REGISTRATION OF ORDER.  (A) WHEN A SUPPORT  ORDER
OR INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN SUPPORT
ORDER IS REGISTERED, THE REGISTERING TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL NOTIFY
THE  NONREGISTERING  PARTY.  THE NOTICE MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A COPY OF
THE REGISTERED ORDER AND THE DOCUMENTS AND RELEVANT INFORMATION ACCOMPA-
NYING THE ORDER.

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  (B) A NOTICE MUST INFORM THE NONREGISTERING PARTY:
  (1)  THAT  A REGISTERED SUPPORT ORDER IS ENFORCEABLE AS OF THE DATE OF
REGISTRATION IN THE SAME MANNER AS AN ORDER ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS
STATE;
  (2) THAT A HEARING TO CONTEST  THE  VALIDITY  OR  ENFORCEMENT  OF  THE
REGISTERED  ORDER  MUST  BE  REQUESTED  WITHIN  TWENTY DAYS AFTER NOTICE
UNLESS THE REGISTERED ORDER IS UNDER SECTION 580-707 OF THIS ARTICLE;
  (3) THAT FAILURE TO CONTEST THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT OF THE  REGIS-
TERED  ORDER IN A TIMELY MANNER WILL RESULT IN CONFIRMATION OF THE ORDER
AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDER AND THE ALLEGED ARREARAGES; AND
  (4) OF THE AMOUNT OF ANY ALLEGED ARREARAGES.
  (C) IF THE REGISTERING PARTY ASSERTS THAT TWO OR MORE  ORDERS  ARE  IN
EFFECT, A NOTICE MUST ALSO:
  (1)  IDENTIFY  THE  TWO  OR  MORE  ORDERS AND THE ORDER ALLEGED BY THE
REGISTERING PARTY TO BE  THE  CONTROLLING  ORDER  AND  THE  CONSOLIDATED
ARREARS, IF ANY;
  (2) NOTIFY THE NONREGISTERING PARTY OF THE RIGHT TO A DETERMINATION OF
WHICH IS THE CONTROLLING ORDER;
  (3)  STATE  THAT  THE  PROCEDURES  PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (B) OF THIS
SECTION APPLY TO THE DETERMINATION OF WHICH IS  THE  CONTROLLING  ORDER;
AND
  (4)  STATE  THAT FAILURE TO CONTEST THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT OF THE
ORDER ALLEGED TO BE THE CONTROLLING ORDER IN A TIMELY MANNER MAY  RESULT
IN CONFIRMATION THAT THE ORDER IS THE CONTROLLING ORDER.
  (D)  UPON REGISTRATION OF AN INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER FOR ENFORCEMENT,
THE SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THE REGISTERING TRIBUNAL SHALL  NOTIFY
THE  OBLIGOR'S  EMPLOYER  PURSUANT  TO SECTION FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED
FORTY-ONE OR FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY-TWO OF THE  CIVIL  PRACTICE
LAW AND RULES.
  S  580-606. PROCEDURE TO CONTEST VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT OF REGISTERED
SUPPORT ORDER.  (A) A NONREGISTERING PARTY SEEKING TO CONTEST THE VALID-
ITY OR ENFORCEMENT OF A REGISTERED SUPPORT ORDER  IN  THIS  STATE  SHALL
REQUEST  A  HEARING  WITHIN THE TIME REQUIRED BY SECTION 580-605 OF THIS
SUBPART. THE NONREGISTERING PARTY MAY SEEK TO VACATE  THE  REGISTRATION,
TO  ASSERT ANY DEFENSE TO AN ALLEGATION OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE REGIS-
TERED ORDER, OR TO CONTEST THE REMEDIES BEING SOUGHT OR  THE  AMOUNT  OF
ANY ALLEGED ARREARAGES PURSUANT TO SECTION 580-607 OF THIS SUBPART.
  (B)  IF  THE  NONREGISTERING  PARTY  FAILS  TO CONTEST THE VALIDITY OR
ENFORCEMENT OF THE REGISTERED SUPPORT ORDER  IN  A  TIMELY  MANNER,  THE
ORDER IS CONFIRMED BY OPERATION OF LAW.
  (C) IF A NONREGISTERING PARTY REQUESTS A HEARING TO CONTEST THE VALID-
ITY  OR  ENFORCEMENT  OF  THE  REGISTERED SUPPORT ORDER, THE REGISTERING
TRIBUNAL SHALL SCHEDULE THE MATTER FOR HEARING AND GIVE  NOTICE  TO  THE
PARTIES OF THE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE OF THE HEARING.
  S  580-607.  CONTEST  OF  REGISTRATION  OR  ENFORCEMENT.   (A) A PARTY
CONTESTING THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT OF A REGISTERED SUPPORT ORDER  OR
SEEKING TO VACATE THE REGISTRATION HAS THE BURDEN OF PROVING ONE OR MORE
OF THE FOLLOWING DEFENSES:
  (1)  THE  ISSUING  TRIBUNAL  LACKED  PERSONAL  JURISDICTION  OVER  THE
CONTESTING PARTY;
  (2) THE ORDER WAS OBTAINED BY FRAUD;
  (3) THE ORDER HAS BEEN VACATED, SUSPENDED,  OR  MODIFIED  BY  A  LATER
ORDER;
  (4) THE ISSUING TRIBUNAL HAS STAYED THE ORDER PENDING APPEAL;
  (5)  THERE  IS  A  DEFENSE  UNDER  THE LAW OF THIS STATE TO THE REMEDY
SOUGHT;

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  (6) FULL OR PARTIAL PAYMENT HAS BEEN MADE;
  (7)  THE  STATUTE  OF  LIMITATION  UNDER  SECTION 580-604 OF THIS PART
PRECLUDES ENFORCEMENT OF SOME OR ALL OF THE ALLEGED ARREARAGES; OR
  (8) THE ALLEGED CONTROLLING ORDER IS NOT THE CONTROLLING ORDER.
  (B) IF A PARTY  PRESENTS  EVIDENCE  ESTABLISHING  A  FULL  OR  PARTIAL
DEFENSE  UNDER  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  THIS  SECTION, A TRIBUNAL MAY STAY
ENFORCEMENT OF A REGISTERED SUPPORT ORDER, CONTINUE  THE  PROCEEDING  TO
PERMIT  PRODUCTION  OF  ADDITIONAL  RELEVANT  EVIDENCE,  AND ISSUE OTHER
APPROPRIATE ORDERS. AN UNCONTESTED PORTION  OF  THE  REGISTERED  SUPPORT
ORDER  MAY  BE  ENFORCED BY ALL REMEDIES AVAILABLE UNDER THE LAW OF THIS
STATE.
  (C) IF THE CONTESTING PARTY DOES NOT ESTABLISH A DEFENSE UNDER  SUBDI-
VISION  (A)  OF  THIS SECTION TO THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT OF A REGIS-
TERED SUPPORT ORDER, THE  REGISTERING  TRIBUNAL  SHALL  ISSUE  AN  ORDER
CONFIRMING THE ORDER.
  S 580-608. CONFIRMED  ORDER.    CONFIRMATION  OF  A REGISTERED SUPPORT
ORDER, WHETHER  BY  OPERATION  OF  LAW  OR  AFTER  NOTICE  AND  HEARING,
PRECLUDES  FURTHER  CONTEST OF THE ORDER WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER THAT
COULD HAVE BEEN ASSERTED AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION.
                                SUBPART C
          REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDER
                            OF ANOTHER STATE
SECTION 580-609. PROCEDURE TO REGISTER CHILD SUPPORT  ORDER  OF  ANOTHER
                   STATE FOR MODIFICATION.
        580-610. EFFECT OF REGISTRATION FOR MODIFICATION.
        580-611. MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE.
        580-612. RECOGNITION OF ORDER MODIFIED IN ANOTHER STATE.
        580-613. JURISDICTION  TO  MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER
                   STATE WHEN INDIVIDUAL PARTIES RESIDE IN THIS STATE.
        580-614. NOTICE TO ISSUING TRIBUNAL OF MODIFICATION.
  S 580-609. PROCEDURE TO REGISTER CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER  STATE
FOR MODIFICATION. A PARTY OR SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SEEKING TO MODI-
FY,  OR  TO  MODIFY  AND ENFORCE A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTHER
STATE SHALL REGISTER THAT  ORDER  IN  THIS  STATE  IN  THE  SAME  MANNER
PROVIDED  IN  SECTIONS 580-601 THROUGH 580-608 OF THIS PART IF THE ORDER
HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED. A PETITION FOR MODIFICATION MAY BE FILED AT THE
SAME TIME AS A REQUEST FOR REGISTRATION, OR  LATER.  THE  PLEADING  MUST
SPECIFY THE GROUNDS FOR MODIFICATION.
  S  580-610.  EFFECT  OF REGISTRATION FOR MODIFICATION.   A TRIBUNAL OF
THIS STATE MAY ENFORCE A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE REGISTERED
FOR PURPOSES OF MODIFICATION, IN THE SAME MANNER AS  IF  THE  ORDER  HAD
BEEN  ISSUED  BY  A  TRIBUNAL  OF THIS STATE, BUT THE REGISTERED SUPPORT
ORDER MAY BE MODIFIED ONLY IF THE REQUIREMENTS  OF  SECTION  580-611  OR
580-613 OF THIS SUBPART HAVE BEEN MET.
  S  580-611. MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE.  (A)
IF SECTION 580-613 OF THIS SUBPART  DOES  NOT  APPLY,  UPON  PETITION  A
TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY MODIFY A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTH-
ER STATE WHICH IS REGISTERED IN THIS STATE IF, AFTER NOTICE AND HEARING,
THE TRIBUNAL FINDS THAT:
  (1) THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS ARE MET:
  (I)  NEITHER  THE CHILD, NOR THE OBLIGEE WHO IS AN INDIVIDUAL, NOR THE
OBLIGOR RESIDES IN THE ISSUING STATE;
  (II) A PETITIONER WHO IS A NONRESIDENT OF THIS STATE  SEEKS  MODIFICA-
TION; AND
  (III)  THE  RESPONDENT  IS SUBJECT TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF THE
TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE; OR

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  (2) THIS STATE IS THE RESIDENCE OF THE CHILD, OR A  PARTY  WHO  IS  AN
INDIVIDUAL  IS  SUBJECT  TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF THE TRIBUNAL OF
THIS STATE, AND ALL OF  THE  PARTIES  WHO  ARE  INDIVIDUALS  HAVE  FILED
CONSENTS  IN  A  RECORD  IN  THE ISSUING TRIBUNAL FOR A TRIBUNAL OF THIS
STATE  TO  MODIFY  THE  SUPPORT  ORDER  AND ASSUME CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION.
  (B) MODIFICATION OF A REGISTERED CHILD SUPPORT ORDER IS SUBJECT TO THE
SAME REQUIREMENTS, PROCEDURES, AND DEFENSES THAT APPLY TO THE  MODIFICA-
TION OF AN ORDER ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE AND THE ORDER MAY BE
ENFORCED AND SATISFIED IN THE SAME MANNER.
  (C)  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS  STATE MAY NOT MODIFY ANY ASPECT OF A CHILD
SUPPORT ORDER THAT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED UNDER  THE  LAW  OF  THE  ISSUING
STATE,  INCLUDING  THE  DURATION OF THE OBLIGATION OF SUPPORT. IF TWO OR
MORE TRIBUNALS HAVE ISSUED CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS FOR THE SAME OBLIGOR AND
SAME CHILD, THE ORDER THAT CONTROLS AND  MUST  BE  SO  RECOGNIZED  UNDER
SECTION  580-207  OF THIS ARTICLE ESTABLISHES THE ASPECTS OF THE SUPPORT
ORDER WHICH ARE NONMODIFIABLE.
  (D) IN A PROCEEDING TO MODIFY A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER, THE  LAW  OF  THE
STATE  THAT  IS  DETERMINED TO HAVE ISSUED THE INITIAL CONTROLLING ORDER
GOVERNS THE  DURATION  OF  THE  OBLIGATION  OF  SUPPORT.  THE  OBLIGOR'S
FULFILLMENT  OF  THE DUTY OF SUPPORT ESTABLISHED BY THAT ORDER PRECLUDES
IMPOSITION OF A FURTHER OBLIGATION OF SUPPORT  BY  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS
STATE.
  (E)  ON THE ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MODIFYING
A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTHER  STATE,  THE  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS
STATE BECOMES THE TRIBUNAL HAVING CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION.
  (F)  NOTWITHSTANDING  SUBDIVISIONS (A) THROUGH (E) OF THIS SECTION AND
SUBDIVISION (B) OF SECTION 580-201 OF THIS ARTICLE, A TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS
STATE  RETAINS  JURISDICTION  TO MODIFY AN ORDER ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF
THIS STATE IF:
  (1) ONE PARTY RESIDES IN ANOTHER STATE; AND
  (2) THE OTHER PARTY RESIDES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
  S 580-612. RECOGNITION OF ORDER MODIFIED IN ANOTHER STATE.  IF A CHILD
SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE IS MODIFIED BY A TRIBU-
NAL OF ANOTHER STATE WHICH ASSUMED JURISDICTION PURSUANT TO THE  UNIFORM
INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE:
  (A)  MAY  ENFORCE  ITS  ORDER THAT WAS MODIFIED ONLY AS TO ARREARS AND
INTEREST ACCRUING BEFORE THE MODIFICATION;
  (B) MAY PROVIDE APPROPRIATE RELIEF FOR VIOLATIONS OF ITS  ORDER  WHICH
OCCURRED BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE MODIFICATION; AND
  (C)  SHALL  RECOGNIZE  THE  MODIFYING  ORDER  OF THE OTHER STATE, UPON
REGISTRATION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENFORCEMENT.
  S 580-613. 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 IN THIS STATE AND THE CHILD DOES  NOT  RESIDE
IN  THE  ISSUING  STATE,  A  TRIBUNAL  OF THIS STATE HAS JURISDICTION TO
ENFORCE AND TO MODIFY THE ISSUING  STATE'S  CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDER  IN  A
PROCEEDING TO REGISTER THAT ORDER.
  (B)  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS  STATE  EXERCISING  JURISDICTION UNDER THIS
SECTION SHALL APPLY THE PROVISIONS OF PARTS ONE AND TWO OF THIS ARTICLE,
THIS PART AND THE PROCEDURAL AND SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF THIS  STATE  TO  THE
PROCEEDING  FOR  ENFORCEMENT  OR  MODIFICATION. PARTS THREE, FOUR, FIVE,
SEVEN AND EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE DO NOT APPLY.
  S 580-614. NOTICE TO ISSUING TRIBUNAL OF MODIFICATION.  WITHIN  THIRTY
DAYS AFTER ISSUANCE OF A MODIFIED CHILD SUPPORT ORDER, THE PARTY OBTAIN-
ING  THE  MODIFICATION SHALL FILE A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE ORDER WITH THE

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ISSUING TRIBUNAL THAT HAD CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE  JURISDICTION  OVER  THE
EARLIER ORDER, AND IN EACH TRIBUNAL IN WHICH THE PARTY KNOWS THE EARLIER
ORDER  HAS  BEEN  REGISTERED. A PARTY WHO OBTAINS THE ORDER AND FAILS TO
FILE  A CERTIFIED COPY IS SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATE SANCTIONS BY A TRIBUNAL
IN WHICH THE ISSUE OF FAILURE TO FILE ARISES. THE FAILURE TO  FILE  DOES
NOT  AFFECT  THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THE MODIFIED ORDER OF THE
NEW TRIBUNAL HAVING CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION.
                                SUBPART D
      REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION OF FOREIGN CHILD SUPPORT ORDER
SECTION 580-615. JURISDICTION TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER  OF  FOREIGN
                   COUNTRY.
        580-616. PROCEDURE  TO  REGISTER  CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF FOREIGN
                   COUNTRY FOR MODIFICATION.
  S 580-615. JURISDICTION TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF FOREIGN COUN-
TRY.  (A) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 580-711 OF THIS  ARTI-
CLE,  IF  A FOREIGN COUNTRY LACKS OR REFUSES TO EXERCISE JURISDICTION TO
MODIFY ITS CHILD SUPPORT ORDER PURSUANT TO ITS LAWS, A TRIBUNAL OF  THIS
STATE MAY ASSUME JURISDICTION TO MODIFY THE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER AND BIND
ALL  INDIVIDUALS  SUBJECT  TO  THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF THE TRIBUNAL
WHETHER THE CONSENT TO MODIFICATION OF A CHILD SUPPORT  ORDER  OTHERWISE
REQUIRED  OF THE INDIVIDUAL PURSUANT TO SECTION 580-611 OF THIS PART HAS
BEEN GIVEN OR WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL SEEKING MODIFICATION IS A  RESIDENT
OF THIS STATE OR OF THE FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  (B)  AN  ORDER  ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MODIFYING A FOREIGN
CHILD SUPPORT ORDER PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IS THE CONTROLLING ORDER.
  S 580-616. PROCEDURE TO REGISTER CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF FOREIGN  COUN-
TRY  FOR  MODIFICATION. A PARTY OR SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SEEKING TO
MODIFY, OR TO MODIFY AND ENFORCE, A  FOREIGN  CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDER  NOT
UNDER  THE  CONVENTION  MAY  REGISTER  THAT  ORDER  IN  THIS STATE UNDER
SECTIONS 580-601 THROUGH 580-608 OF THIS PART IF THE ORDER HAS NOT  BEEN
REGISTERED. A PETITION FOR MODIFICATION MAY BE FILED AT THE SAME TIME AS
A REQUEST FOR REGISTRATION, OR AT ANOTHER TIME. THE PETITION MUST SPECI-
FY THE GROUNDS FOR MODIFICATION.
                                 PART 7
                  SUPPORT PROCEEDINGS UNDER CONVENTION
SECTION 580-701. DEFINITIONS.
        580-702. APPLICABILITY.
        580-703. RELATIONSHIP  OF  OFFICE  OF  TEMPORARY  AND DISABILITY
                   ASSISTANCE TO UNITED STATES CENTRAL AUTHORITY.
        580-704. INITIATION BY STATE  SUPPORT  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCIES  OF
                   SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION.
        580-705. DIRECT REQUEST.
        580-706. REGISTRATION OF CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER.
        580-707. CONTEST OF REGISTERED CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER.
        580-708. RECOGNITION  AND  ENFORCEMENT  OF REGISTERED CONVENTION
                   SUPPORT ORDER.
        580-709. PARTIAL ENFORCEMENT.
        580-710. FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT.
        580-711. MODIFICATION OF CONVENTION CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.
        580-712. PERSONAL INFORMATION; LIMIT ON USE.
        580-713. RECORD IN ORIGINAL LANGUAGE; ENGLISH TRANSLATION.
  S 580-701. DEFINITIONS. IN THIS PART:
  1. "APPLICATION" MEANS A REQUEST UNDER THE CONVENTION BY AN OBLIGEE OR
OBLIGOR, OR ON BEHALF OF A CHILD, MADE THROUGH A CENTRAL  AUTHORITY  FOR
ASSISTANCE FROM ANOTHER CENTRAL AUTHORITY.

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  2.  "CENTRAL  AUTHORITY"  MEANS  THE  ENTITY  DESIGNATED BY THE UNITED
STATES OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (IV)  OF  SUBDIVISION
FIVE  OF SECTION 580-102 OF THIS ARTICLE TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS SPECI-
FIED IN THE CONVENTION.
  3. "CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER" MEANS A SUPPORT ORDER OF A TRIBUNAL OF A
FOREIGN  COUNTRY  DESCRIBED  IN  PARAGRAPH  (IV)  OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF
SECTION 580-102 OF THIS ARTICLE.
  4. "DIRECT REQUEST" MEANS A PETITION  FILED  BY  AN  INDIVIDUAL  IN  A
TRIBUNAL  OF THIS STATE IN A PROCEEDING INVOLVING AN OBLIGEE, OBLIGOR OR
CHILD RESIDING OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
  5. "FOREIGN CENTRAL  AUTHORITY"  MEANS  THE  ENTITY  DESIGNATED  BY  A
FOREIGN  COUNTRY  DESCRIBED  IN  PARAGRAPH  (IV)  OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF
SECTION 580-102 OF THIS ARTICLE TO PERFORM THE  FUNCTIONS  SPECIFIED  IN
THE CONVENTION.
  6. "FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT":
  (I) MEANS AN AGREEMENT FOR SUPPORT IN A RECORD THAT:
  (A) IS ENFORCEABLE AS A SUPPORT ORDER IN THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN;
  (B) HAS BEEN:
  (A)  FORMALLY  DRAWN  UP OR REGISTERED AS AN AUTHENTIC INSTRUMENT BY A
FOREIGN TRIBUNAL; OR
  (B) AUTHENTICATED BY, OR CONCLUDED, REGISTERED OR FILED WITH A FOREIGN
TRIBUNAL; AND
  (C) MAY BE REVIEWED AND MODIFIED BY A FOREIGN TRIBUNAL; AND
  (II) INCLUDES A MAINTENANCE ARRANGEMENT OR AUTHENTIC INSTRUMENT  UNDER
THE CONVENTION.
  7. "UNITED STATES CENTRAL AUTHORITY" MEANS THE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
  S  580-702.  APPLICABILITY.    THIS  PART  APPLIES  ONLY  TO A SUPPORT
PROCEEDING UNDER THE CONVENTION. IN SUCH A PROCEEDING, IF A PROVISION OF
THIS PART IS INCONSISTENT WITH PARTS ONE THROUGH SIX  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
THIS PART CONTROLS.
  S  580-703. RELATIONSHIP OF OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSIST-
ANCE TO UNITED STATES CENTRAL AUTHORITY.   THE OFFICE OF  TEMPORARY  AND
DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE  IS  RECOGNIZED  AS  THE AGENCY DESIGNATED BY THE
UNITED STATES CENTRAL AUTHORITY TO PERFORM SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS UNDER  THE
CONVENTION;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT OF THIS
STATE MAY PERFORM ANY FUNCTION AUTHORIZED UNDER STATE LAW.
  S 580-704. INITIATION BY STATE SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF SUPPORT
PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION.   (A) IN A SUPPORT  PROCEEDING  UNDER  THIS
PART, THE SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF THIS STATE SHALL:
  (1) TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE APPLICATIONS; AND
  (2)  INITIATE  OR FACILITATE THE INSTITUTION OF A PROCEEDING REGARDING
AN APPLICATION IN A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE.
  (B) THE FOLLOWING SUPPORT PROCEEDINGS  ARE  AVAILABLE  TO  AN  OBLIGEE
UNDER THE CONVENTION:
  (1)  RECOGNITION  OR  RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF A FOREIGN SUPPORT
ORDER;
  (2) ENFORCEMENT OF A SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED OR RECOGNIZED IN THIS STATE;
  (3) ESTABLISHMENT OF A SUPPORT ORDER IF THERE IS  NO  EXISTING  ORDER,
INCLUDING, IF NECESSARY, DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE OF A CHILD;
  (4)  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  A  SUPPORT  ORDER  IF RECOGNITION OF A FOREIGN
SUPPORT ORDER IS REFUSED UNDER PARAGRAPH TWO, FOUR OR NINE  OF  SUBDIVI-
SION (B) OF SECTION 580-708 OF THIS PART;
  (5) MODIFICATION OF A SUPPORT ORDER OF A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE; AND
  (6)  MODIFICATION OF A SUPPORT ORDER OF A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE OR
A FOREIGN COUNTRY.

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  (C) THE FOLLOWING SUPPORT PROCEEDINGS ARE AVAILABLE UNDER THE  CONVEN-
TION TO AN OBLIGOR AGAINST WHICH THERE IS AN EXISTING SUPPORT ORDER:
  (1)  RECOGNITION  OF AN ORDER SUSPENDING OR LIMITING ENFORCEMENT OF AN
EXISTING SUPPORT ORDER OF A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE;
  (2) MODIFICATION OF A SUPPORT ORDER OF A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE; AND
  (3) MODIFICATION OF A SUPPORT ORDER OF A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE  OR
A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  (D)  A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY NOT REQUIRE SECURITY, BOND OR DEPOS-
IT, HOWEVER DESCRIBED, TO GUARANTEE THE PAYMENT OF COSTS AND EXPENSES IN
PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE CONVENTION.
  S 580-705. DIRECT REQUEST.  (A) A PETITIONER MAY FILE A DIRECT REQUEST
SEEKING ESTABLISHMENT OR MODIFICATION OF A  SUPPORT  ORDER  OR  DETERMI-
NATION OF PARENTAGE OF A CHILD. IN THE PROCEEDING, THE LAW OF THIS STATE
APPLIES.
  (B)  A  PETITIONER  MAY  FILE A DIRECT REQUEST SEEKING RECOGNITION AND
ENFORCEMENT OF A SUPPORT ORDER OR SUPPORT AGREEMENT. IN THE  PROCEEDING,
SECTIONS 580-706 THROUGH 580-713 OF THIS PART APPLY.
  (C)  IN  A DIRECT REQUEST FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF A CONVEN-
TION SUPPORT ORDER OR FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT:
  (1) A SECURITY, BOND OR DEPOSIT  IS  NOT  REQUIRED  TO  GUARANTEE  THE
PAYMENT OF COSTS AND EXPENSES; AND
  (2)  AN  OBLIGEE  OR OBLIGOR THAT IN THE ISSUING COUNTRY HAS BENEFITED
FROM FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE IS ENTITLED TO BENEFIT, AT LEAST TO THE  SAME
EXTENT,  FROM  ANY FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED FOR BY THE LAW OF THIS
STATE UNDER THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES.
  (D) A PETITIONER FILING A DIRECT REQUEST IS NOT ENTITLED TO ASSISTANCE
FROM THE STATE CHILD SUPPORT AGENCIES.
  (E) THIS PART DOES NOT PREVENT THE APPLICATION OF LAWS OF  THIS  STATE
THAT  PROVIDE  SIMPLIFIED,  MORE  EXPEDITIOUS  RULES  REGARDING A DIRECT
REQUEST FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF A FOREIGN  SUPPORT  ORDER  OR
FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT.
  S  580-706.  REGISTRATION  OF CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER.  (A) EXCEPT AS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS PART, A PARTY  WHO  IS  AN  INDIVIDUAL  OR  A
SUPPORT  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY SEEKING RECOGNITION OF A CONVENTION SUPPORT
ORDER SHALL REGISTER THE ORDER IN THIS STATE AS PROVIDED IN PART SIX  OF
THIS ARTICLE.
  (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  SECTION  580-311  AND SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION
580-602 OF THIS ARTICLE, A REQUEST  FOR  REGISTRATION  OF  A  CONVENTION
SUPPORT ORDER MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY:
  (1)  A COMPLETE TEXT OF THE SUPPORT ORDER OR AN ABSTRACT OR EXTRACT OF
THE SUPPORT ORDER DRAWN UP BY THE ISSUING FOREIGN TRIBUNAL, WHICH MAY BE
IN THE FORM RECOMMENDED BY THE HAGUE CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL
LAW;
  (2) A RECORD STATING THAT THE SUPPORT  ORDER  IS  ENFORCEABLE  IN  THE
ISSUING COUNTRY;
  (3)  IF  THE  RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AND WAS NOT REPRESENTED IN THE
PROCEEDINGS IN THE ISSUING COUNTRY, A RECORD ATTESTING, AS  APPROPRIATE,
EITHER  THAT  THE RESPONDENT HAD PROPER NOTICE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD OR THAT THE RESPONDENT HAD PROPER NOTICE OF  THE
SUPPORT ORDER AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD IN A CHALLENGE OR APPEAL ON
FACT OR LAW BEFORE A TRIBUNAL;
  (4)  A  RECORD SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF ARREARS, IF ANY, AND THE DATE THE
AMOUNT WAS CALCULATED;
  (5) A RECORD SHOWING A REQUIREMENT FOR  AUTOMATIC  ADJUSTMENT  OF  THE
AMOUNT  OF  SUPPORT,  IF  ANY, AND THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO MAKE THE
APPROPRIATE CALCULATIONS; AND

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  (6) IF NECESSARY, A RECORD SHOWING THE EXTENT TO WHICH  THE  APPLICANT
RECEIVED FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN THE ISSUING COUNTRY.
  (C)  A REQUEST FOR REGISTRATION OF A CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER MAY SEEK
RECOGNITION AND PARTIAL ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDER.
  (D) A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY VACATE THE REGISTRATION OF A  CONVEN-
TION SUPPORT ORDER WITHOUT THE FILING OF A CONTEST UNDER SECTION 580-707
OF  THIS PART ONLY IF, ACTING ON ITS OWN MOTION, THE TRIBUNAL FINDS THAT
RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDER WOULD BE  MANIFESTLY  INCOMPAT-
IBLE WITH PUBLIC POLICY.
  (E) THE TRIBUNAL SHALL PROMPTLY NOTIFY THE PARTIES OF THE REGISTRATION
OR THE ORDER VACATING THE REGISTRATION OF A CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER.
  S 580-707. CONTEST OF REGISTERED CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER.  (A) EXCEPT
AS  OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS PART, SECTIONS 580-605 THROUGH 580-608 OF
THIS ARTICLE APPLY TO A  CONTEST  OF  A  REGISTERED  CONVENTION  SUPPORT
ORDER.
  (B)  A  PARTY  CONTESTING  A REGISTERED CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER SHALL
FILE A CONTEST NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER NOTICE OF THE  REGISTRA-
TION,  BUT IF THE CONTESTING PARTY DOES NOT RESIDE IN THE UNITED STATES,
THE CONTEST MUST BE FILED NOT LATER THAN SIXTY DAYS AFTER NOTICE OF  THE
REGISTRATION.
  (C)  IF  THE  NONREGISTERING  PARTY  FAILS  TO  CONTEST THE REGISTERED
CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER BY THE TIME SPECIFIED  IN  SUBDIVISION  (B)  OF
THIS SECTION, THE ORDER IS ENFORCEABLE.
  (D)  A  CONTEST  OF A REGISTERED CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER MAY BE BASED
ONLY ON GROUNDS SET FORTH IN SECTION 580-708 OF THIS PART. THE  CONTEST-
ING PARTY BEARS THE BURDEN OF PROOF.
  (E)  IN A CONTEST OF A REGISTERED CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER, A TRIBUNAL
OF THIS STATE:
  (1) IS BOUND BY THE FINDINGS OF FACT ON  WHICH  THE  FOREIGN  TRIBUNAL
BASED ITS JURISDICTION; AND
  (2) MAY NOT REVIEW THE MERITS OF THE ORDER.
  (F)  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS  STATE  DECIDING  A CONTEST OF A REGISTERED
CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER SHALL PROMPTLY NOTIFY THE PARTIES OF ITS  DECI-
SION.
  (G)  A CHALLENGE OR APPEAL, IF ANY, DOES NOT STAY THE ENFORCEMENT OF A
CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER UNLESS THERE ARE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
  S  580-708.  RECOGNITION  AND  ENFORCEMENT  OF  REGISTERED  CONVENTION
SUPPORT  ORDER.   (A) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (B) OF
THIS SECTION, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL  RECOGNIZE  AND  ENFORCE  A
REGISTERED CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER.
  (B)  THE FOLLOWING GROUNDS ARE THE ONLY GROUNDS ON WHICH A TRIBUNAL OF
THIS STATE MAY  REFUSE  RECOGNITION  AND  ENFORCEMENT  OF  A  REGISTERED
CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER:
  (1)  RECOGNITION  AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDER IS MANIFESTLY INCOMPAT-
IBLE WITH PUBLIC POLICY, INCLUDING THE FAILURE OF THE  ISSUING  TRIBUNAL
TO OBSERVE MINIMUM STANDARDS OF DUE PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDE NOTICE AND AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD;
  (2)  THE ISSUING TRIBUNAL LACKED PERSONAL JURISDICTION CONSISTENT WITH
SECTION 580-201 OF THIS ARTICLE;
  (3) THE ORDER IS NOT ENFORCEABLE IN THE ISSUING COUNTRY;
  (4) THE ORDER WAS OBTAINED BY FRAUD IN CONNECTION  WITH  A  MATTER  OF
PROCEDURE;
  (5)  A  RECORD  TRANSMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 580-706 OF THIS
PART LACKS AUTHENTICITY OR INTEGRITY;

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  (6) A PROCEEDING BETWEEN THE SAME PARTIES AND HAVING THE SAME  PURPOSE
IS  PENDING  BEFORE A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE AND THAT PROCEEDING WAS THE
FIRST TO BE FILED;
  (7) THE ORDER IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH A MORE RECENT SUPPORT ORDER INVOLV-
ING  THE  SAME  PARTIES  AND  HAVING THE SAME PURPOSE IF THE MORE RECENT
SUPPORT ORDER IS ENTITLED TO  RECOGNITION  AND  ENFORCEMENT  UNDER  THIS
ARTICLE IN THIS STATE;
  (8)  PAYMENT, TO THE EXTENT ALLEGED ARREARS HAVE BEEN PAID IN WHOLE OR
IN PART;
  (9) IN A CASE IN WHICH THE RESPONDENT NEITHER APPEARED NOR WAS REPRES-
ENTED IN THE PROCEEDING IN THE ISSUING FOREIGN COUNTRY:
  (I)  IF  THE  LAW  OF  THAT  COUNTRY  PROVIDES  FOR  PRIOR  NOTICE  OF
PROCEEDINGS,   THE   RESPONDENT  DID  NOT  HAVE  PROPER  NOTICE  OF  THE
PROCEEDINGS AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD; OR
  (II) IF THE LAW OF THAT COUNTRY DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR PRIOR  NOTICE  OF
THE  PROCEEDINGS, THE RESPONDENT DID NOT HAVE PROPER NOTICE OF THE ORDER
AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD IN A CHALLENGE OR APPEAL ON FACT  OR  LAW
BEFORE A TRIBUNAL; OR
  (10) THE ORDER WAS MADE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 580-711 OF THIS PART.
  (C)  IF  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS  STATE  DOES NOT RECOGNIZE A CONVENTION
SUPPORT ORDER UNDER PARAGRAPH TWO, FOUR OR NINE OF  SUBDIVISION  (B)  OF
THIS SECTION:
  (1)  THE  TRIBUNAL  MAY  NOT DISMISS THE PROCEEDING WITHOUT ALLOWING A
REASONABLE TIME FOR A PARTY  TO  REQUEST  THE  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  A  NEW
CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER; AND
  (2) THE STATE CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY SHALL TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE MEASURES
TO  REQUEST A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER FOR THE OBLIGEE IF THE APPLICATION FOR
RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT WAS RECEIVED UNDER SECTION 580-704  OF  THIS
PART.
  S  580-709. PARTIAL ENFORCEMENT.  IF A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE DOES NOT
RECOGNIZE AND ENFORCE A CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER  IN  ITS  ENTIRETY,  IT
SHALL  ENFORCE ANY SEVERABLE PART OF THE ORDER. AN APPLICATION OR DIRECT
REQUEST MAY SEEK RECOGNITION AND PARTIAL  ENFORCEMENT  OF  A  CONVENTION
SUPPORT ORDER.
  S  580-710.  FOREIGN  SUPPORT  AGREEMENT.    (A)  EXCEPT  AS OTHERWISE
PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISIONS (C) AND (D) OF THIS SECTION, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS
STATE SHALL RECOGNIZE AND ENFORCE A FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT REGISTERED
IN THIS STATE.
  (B) AN APPLICATION OR DIRECT REQUEST FOR RECOGNITION  AND  ENFORCEMENT
OF A FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY:
  (1) A COMPLETE TEXT OF THE FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT; AND
  (2) A RECORD STATING THAT THE FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT IS ENFORCEABLE
AS AN ORDER OF SUPPORT IN THE ISSUING COUNTRY.
  (C)  A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY VACATE THE REGISTRATION OF A FOREIGN
SUPPORT AGREEMENT ONLY IF, ACTING ON ITS OWN MOTION, THE TRIBUNAL  FINDS
THAT  RECOGNITION  AND ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE MANIFESTLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH
PUBLIC POLICY.
  (D) IN A CONTEST OF A FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT, A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS
STATE  MAY  REFUSE  RECOGNITION  AND  ENFORCEMENT OF THE AGREEMENT IF IT
FINDS:
  (1) RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE AGREEMENT IS MANIFESTLY  INCOM-
PATIBLE WITH PUBLIC POLICY;
  (2) THE AGREEMENT WAS OBTAINED BY FRAUD OR FALSIFICATION;
  (3)  THE  AGREEMENT IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH A SUPPORT ORDER INVOLVING THE
SAME PARTIES AND HAVING THE SAME PURPOSE IN THIS STATE,  ANOTHER  STATE,

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OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY IF THE SUPPORT ORDER IS ENTITLED TO RECOGNITION AND
ENFORCEMENT UNDER THIS ARTICLE IN THIS STATE; OR
  (4)  THE  RECORD SUBMITTED UNDER SUBDIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION LACKS
AUTHENTICITY OR INTEGRITY.
  (E) A PROCEEDING FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF A FOREIGN  SUPPORT
AGREEMENT  MUST  BE  SUSPENDED  DURING THE PENDENCY OF A CHALLENGE TO OR
APPEAL OF THE AGREEMENT BEFORE A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE OR A  FOREIGN
COUNTRY.
  S  580-711.  MODIFICATION  OF  CONVENTION CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.   (A) A
TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY NOT MODIFY A CONVENTION CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDER
IF  THE  OBLIGEE  REMAINS  A  RESIDENT  OF THE FOREIGN COUNTRY WHERE THE
SUPPORT ORDER WAS ISSUED UNLESS:
  (1) THE OBLIGEE SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION  OF  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS
STATE,  EITHER EXPRESSLY OR BY DEFENDING ON THE MERITS OF THE CASE WITH-
OUT OBJECTING TO THE JURISDICTION AT THE FIRST AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITY; OR
  (2) THE FOREIGN TRIBUNAL LACKS OR REFUSES TO EXERCISE JURISDICTION  TO
MODIFY ITS SUPPORT ORDER OR ISSUE A NEW SUPPORT ORDER.
  (B)  IF  A  TRIBUNAL  OF THIS STATE DOES NOT MODIFY A CONVENTION CHILD
SUPPORT ORDER BECAUSE THE ORDER IS NOT RECOGNIZED IN THIS STATE,  SUBDI-
VISION (C) OF SECTION 580-708 OF THIS PART APPLIES.
  S  580-712.  PERSONAL INFORMATION; LIMIT ON USE.  PERSONAL INFORMATION
GATHERED OR TRANSMITTED UNDER  THIS  PART  MAY  BE  USED  ONLY  FOR  THE
PURPOSES FOR WHICH IT WAS GATHERED OR TRANSMITTED.
  S 580-713. RECORD IN ORIGINAL LANGUAGE; ENGLISH TRANSLATION.  A RECORD
FILED  WITH  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS  STATE UNDER THIS PART MUST BE IN THE
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE AND, IF NOT IN ENGLISH,  MUST  BE  ACCOMPANIED  BY  AN
ENGLISH TRANSLATION.
                                 PART 8
                          INTERSTATE RENDITION
SECTION 580-801. GROUNDS FOR RENDITION.
        580-802. CONDITIONS OF RENDITION.
  S  580-801.  GROUNDS  FOR  RENDITION.   (A) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PART,
"GOVERNOR" INCLUDES AN INDIVIDUAL PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS  OF  GOVERNOR
OR THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY OF A STATE COVERED BY THIS ARTICLE.
  (B) THE GOVERNOR OF THIS STATE MAY:
  (1)  DEMAND THAT THE GOVERNOR OF ANOTHER STATE SURRENDER AN INDIVIDUAL
FOUND IN THE OTHER STATE WHO IS CHARGED CRIMINALLY IN  THIS  STATE  WITH
HAVING FAILED TO PROVIDE FOR THE SUPPORT OF AN OBLIGEE; OR
  (2) ON THE DEMAND OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANOTHER STATE, SURRENDER AN INDI-
VIDUAL  FOUND IN THIS STATE WHO IS CHARGED CRIMINALLY IN THE OTHER STATE
WITH HAVING FAILED TO PROVIDE FOR THE SUPPORT OF AN OBLIGEE.
  (C) A PROVISION FOR EXTRADITION OF INDIVIDUALS NOT  INCONSISTENT  WITH
THIS  ARTICLE APPLIES TO THE DEMAND EVEN IF THE INDIVIDUAL WHOSE SURREN-
DER IS DEMANDED WAS NOT IN  THE  DEMANDING  STATE  WHEN  THE  CRIME  WAS
ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED AND HAS NOT FLED THEREFROM.
  S  580-802.  CONDITIONS OF RENDITION.  (A) BEFORE MAKING A DEMAND THAT
THE GOVERNOR OF ANOTHER STATE SURRENDER AN INDIVIDUAL CHARGED CRIMINALLY
IN THIS STATE WITH HAVING FAILED TO PROVIDE FOR THE SUPPORT OF AN  OBLI-
GEE,  THE  GOVERNOR OF THIS STATE MAY REQUIRE A PROSECUTOR OF THIS STATE
TO DEMONSTRATE THAT AT LEAST  SIXTY  DAYS  PREVIOUSLY  THE  OBLIGEE  HAD
INITIATED  PROCEEDINGS  FOR SUPPORT PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE OR THAT THE
PROCEEDING WOULD BE OF NO AVAIL.
  (B) IF, UNDER THIS ARTICLE OR A  LAW  SUBSTANTIALLY  SIMILAR  TO  THIS
ARTICLE,  THE GOVERNOR OF ANOTHER STATE MAKES A DEMAND THAT THE GOVERNOR
OF THIS STATE SURRENDER AN INDIVIDUAL CHARGED CRIMINALLY IN  THAT  STATE
WITH  HAVING FAILED TO PROVIDE FOR THE SUPPORT OF A CHILD OR OTHER INDI-

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VIDUAL TO WHOM A DUTY OF SUPPORT IS OWED, THE  GOVERNOR  MAY  REQUIRE  A
PROSECUTOR TO INVESTIGATE THE DEMAND AND REPORT WHETHER A PROCEEDING FOR
SUPPORT  HAS  BEEN INITIATED OR WOULD BE EFFECTIVE. IF IT APPEARS THAT A
PROCEEDING  WOULD  BE EFFECTIVE BUT HAS NOT BEEN INITIATED, THE GOVERNOR
MAY DELAY HONORING THE DEMAND FOR A REASONABLE TIME TO PERMIT THE INITI-
ATION OF A PROCEEDING.
  (C) IF A PROCEEDING FOR SUPPORT HAS BEEN INITIATED AND THE  INDIVIDUAL
WHOSE  RENDITION IS DEMANDED PREVAILS, THE GOVERNOR MAY DECLINE TO HONOR
THE DEMAND. IF THE PETITIONER PREVAILS AND THE INDIVIDUAL  WHOSE  RENDI-
TION IS DEMANDED IS SUBJECT TO A SUPPORT ORDER, THE GOVERNOR MAY DECLINE
TO  HONOR  THE  DEMAND  IF  THE INDIVIDUAL IS COMPLYING WITH THE SUPPORT
ORDER.
                                 PART 9
                        MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 580-901. UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.
        580-902. SEVERABILITY.
        580-903. EFFECTIVE DATE.
  S 580-901. UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.    IN  APPLYING
AND CONSTRUING THIS UNIFORM ACT, CONSIDERATION MUST BE GIVEN TO THE NEED
TO  PROMOTE  UNIFORMITY  OF  THE  LAW WITH RESPECT TO ITS SUBJECT MATTER
AMONG STATES THAT ENACT IT.
  S 580-902. SEVERABILITY.   IF ANY PROVISION OF  THIS  ARTICLE  OR  ITS
APPLICATION TO ANY PERSON OR CIRCUMSTANCE IS HELD INVALID, THE INVALIDI-
TY  DOES  NOT  AFFECT  OTHER  PROVISIONS OR APPLICATIONS OF THIS ARTICLE
WHICH CAN BE GIVEN EFFECT WITHOUT THE INVALID PROVISION OR  APPLICATION,
AND TO THIS END THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE ARE SEVERABLE.
  S  580-903. EFFECTIVE DATE.  THIS ARTICLE SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON JANUARY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF IT SHALL  BECOME
A  LAW  AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, IT SHALL BE DEEMED TO
HAVE BEEN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOU-
SAND SIXTEEN; AND PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  ARTICLE
SHALL  APPLY  TO  ANY  ACTION  OR PROCEEDING FILED OR ORDER ISSUED ON OR
BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 3. Section one of this act shall take effect on  the  ninetieth  day
after it shall have become a law; and section two of this act shall take
effect  consistent  with  section  580-903  of article 5-B of the family
court act, as added by section two of this act.

                            
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                                 5685--A
    Cal. No. 1230

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- (at request of the Office of Temporary and
  Disability  Assistance)  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Judiciary  --  reported
  favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered to first report, amended on
  first report, ordered  to  a  second  report  and  ordered  reprinted,
  retaining its place in the order of second report

AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to the effective
  date of adjustments to the combined parental income amount;  to  amend
  the  family court act, in relation to adopting the 2008 changes to the
  uniform interstate family support act; and to repeal  article  5-B  of
  the family court act relating thereto

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2  of  section  111-i  of  the
social  services  law, as amended by chapter 466 of the laws of 2014, is
amended to read as follows:
  (b) The combined parental income amount to be reported  in  the  child
support  standards  chart  and  utilized  in calculating orders of child
support in accordance with subparagraph two of paragraph (c) of subdivi-
sion one of section four hundred thirteen of the family  court  act  and
subparagraph  two  of  paragraph (c) of subdivision one-b of section two
hundred forty of the domestic relations law as of January  thirty-first,
two  thousand  fourteen shall be one hundred forty-one thousand dollars;
provided, however, beginning [January  thirty-first]  MARCH  FIRST,  two
thousand  sixteen  and every two years thereafter, the combined parental
income amount shall increase by the sum of the average annual percentage
changes in the consumer price index for all urban consumers  (CPI-U)  as
published  by  the  United  States  department  of labor bureau of labor
statistics for the prior two years multiplied by  the  current  combined
parental  income  amount  and  then  rounded to the nearest one thousand
dollars.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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  S 2. Article 5-B of the family court act is REPEALED and a new article
5-B is added to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 5-B
                  UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
PART 1.   GENERAL PROVISIONS.
     2.   JURISDICTION.
     3.   CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION.
     4.   ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER OR DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE.
     5.   ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER WITHOUT REGISTRATION.
     6.   REGISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER.
     7.   SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION.
     8.   INTERSTATE RENDITION.
     9.   MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
                                 PART 1
                           GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 580-101. SHORT TITLE.
        580-102. DEFINITIONS.
        580-103. STATE TRIBUNAL AND SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
        580-104. REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
        580-105. APPLICATION  OF  ARTICLE TO RESIDENT OF FOREIGN COUNTRY
                   AND FOREIGN SUPPORT PROCEEDING.
  S 580-101. SHORT TITLE. THIS ARTICLE MAY  BE  CITED  AS  THE  "UNIFORM
INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT" OR "UIFSA".
  S 580-102. DEFINITIONS. IN THIS ARTICLE:
  (1)  "CHILD"  MEANS  AN  INDIVIDUAL,  WHETHER OVER OR UNDER THE AGE OF
MAJORITY, WHO IS OR IS ALLEGED TO BE OWED A DUTY OF SUPPORT BY THE INDI-
VIDUAL'S PARENT OR WHO IS OR IS ALLEGED  TO  BE  THE  BENEFICIARY  OF  A
SUPPORT ORDER DIRECTED TO THE PARENT.
  (2) "CHILD SUPPORT ORDER" MEANS A SUPPORT ORDER FOR A CHILD, INCLUDING
A  CHILD WHO HAS ATTAINED THE AGE OF MAJORITY UNDER THE LAW OF THE ISSU-
ING STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  (3) "CONVENTION" MEANS THE CONVENTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL RECOVERY OF
CHILD SUPPORT AND OTHER FORMS OF FAMILY MAINTENANCE,  CONCLUDED  AT  THE
HAGUE ON NOVEMBER TWENTY-THIRD, TWO THOUSAND SEVEN.
  (4)  "DUTY OF SUPPORT" MEANS AN OBLIGATION IMPOSED OR IMPOSABLE BY LAW
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR A CHILD, SPOUSE, OR FORMER SPOUSE,  INCLUDING  AN
UNSATISFIED OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.
  (5)  "FOREIGN COUNTRY" MEANS A COUNTRY, INCLUDING A POLITICAL SUBDIVI-
SION THEREOF, OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES, THAT AUTHORIZES THE ISSUANCE
OF SUPPORT ORDERS AND:
  (I) WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED UNDER THE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE A
FOREIGN RECIPROCATING COUNTRY;
  (II) WHICH HAS ESTABLISHED A RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENT FOR CHILD  SUPPORT
WITH THIS STATE AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 580-308 OF THIS ARTICLE;
  (III)  WHICH HAS ENACTED A LAW OR ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES FOR THE ISSU-
ANCE AND ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDERS WHICH ARE  SUBSTANTIALLY  SIMILAR
TO THE PROCEDURES UNDER THIS ARTICLE; OR
  (IV)  IN  WHICH  THE CONVENTION IS IN FORCE WITH RESPECT TO THE UNITED
STATES.
  (6) "FOREIGN SUPPORT ORDER" MEANS A SUPPORT ORDER OF A FOREIGN  TRIBU-
NAL.
  (7)  "FOREIGN TRIBUNAL" MEANS A COURT, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY OR QUASI-
JUDICIAL ENTITY OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY WHICH IS AUTHORIZED  TO  ESTABLISH,
ENFORCE  OR MODIFY SUPPORT ORDERS, OR TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE OF A CHILD.
THE TERM INCLUDES A COMPETENT AUTHORITY UNDER THE CONVENTION.

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  (8) "HOME STATE" MEANS THE STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY IN WHICH  A  CHILD
LIVED  WITH  A  PARENT  OR  A  PERSON  ACTING AS PARENT FOR AT LEAST SIX
CONSECUTIVE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE TIME OF FILING OF  A  PETI-
TION OR COMPARABLE PLEADING FOR SUPPORT AND, IF A CHILD IS LESS THAN SIX
MONTHS  OLD,  THE STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY IN WHICH THE CHILD LIVED FROM
BIRTH WITH ANY OF THEM. A PERIOD OF TEMPORARY ABSENCE OF ANY OF THEM  IS
COUNTED AS PART OF THE SIX-MONTH OR OTHER PERIOD.
  (9) "INCOME" INCLUDES EARNINGS OR OTHER PERIODIC ENTITLEMENTS TO MONEY
FROM  ANY  SOURCE  AND  ANY  OTHER  PROPERTY  SUBJECT TO WITHHOLDING FOR
SUPPORT AS DEFINED BY SECTION FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THE
CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES.
  (10) "INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER" MEANS AN ORDER OR OTHER LEGAL  PROCESS
DIRECTED TO AN OBLIGOR'S EMPLOYER, AN INCOME PAYOR AS DEFINED BY SECTION
FIVE  THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OR FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY-
TWO OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES, OR  OTHER  DEBTOR  TO  WITHHOLD
SUPPORT FROM THE INCOME OF THE OBLIGOR.
  (11)  "INITIATING  TRIBUNAL"  MEANS THE TRIBUNAL OF A STATE OR FOREIGN
COUNTRY FROM WHICH A PETITION OR COMPARABLE PLEADING IS FORWARDED OR  IN
WHICH  A  PETITION  OR  COMPARABLE  PLEADING  IS FILED FOR FORWARDING TO
ANOTHER STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  (12) "ISSUING FOREIGN COUNTRY" MEANS THE FOREIGN COUNTRY  IN  WHICH  A
TRIBUNAL ISSUES A SUPPORT ORDER OR A JUDGMENT DETERMINING PARENTAGE OF A
CHILD.
  (13)  "ISSUING  STATE"  MEANS  THE  STATE IN WHICH A TRIBUNAL ISSUES A
SUPPORT ORDER OR A JUDGMENT DETERMINING PARENTAGE OF A CHILD.
  (14) "ISSUING TRIBUNAL" MEANS THE TRIBUNAL OF A STATE OR FOREIGN COUN-
TRY THAT ISSUES A SUPPORT ORDER OR A JUDGMENT DETERMINING PARENTAGE OF A
CHILD.
  (15) "LAW" INCLUDES DECISIONAL AND STATUTORY LAW AND RULES  AND  REGU-
LATIONS HAVING THE FORCE OF LAW.
  (16) "OBLIGEE" MEANS:
  (I)  AN  INDIVIDUAL  TO  WHOM A DUTY OF SUPPORT IS OR IS ALLEGED TO BE
OWED OR IN WHOSE FAVOR A SUPPORT ORDER OR A JUDGMENT DETERMINING PARENT-
AGE OF A CHILD HAS BEEN ISSUED;
  (II) A FOREIGN COUNTRY, STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF A  STATE  TO
WHICH  THE  RIGHTS  UNDER  A  DUTY OF SUPPORT OR SUPPORT ORDER HAVE BEEN
ASSIGNED OR WHICH HAS INDEPENDENT CLAIMS BASED ON  FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE
PROVIDED TO AN INDIVIDUAL OBLIGEE IN PLACE OF CHILD SUPPORT;
  (III)  AN  INDIVIDUAL  SEEKING A JUDGMENT DETERMINING PARENTAGE OF THE
INDIVIDUAL'S CHILD; OR
  (IV) A PERSON THAT IS A CREDITOR IN A PROCEEDING UNDER PART  SEVEN  OF
THIS ARTICLE.
  (17) "OBLIGOR" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL, OR THE ESTATE OF A DECEDENT THAT:
  (I) OWES OR IS ALLEGED TO OWE A DUTY OF SUPPORT;
  (II)  IS  ALLEGED  BUT  HAS  NOT  BEEN ADJUDICATED TO BE A PARENT OF A
CHILD;
  (III) IS LIABLE UNDER A SUPPORT ORDER; OR
  (IV) IS A DEBTOR IN A PROCEEDING UNDER PART SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
  (18) "OUTSIDE THIS STATE" MEANS A LOCATION IN ANOTHER STATE OR A COUN-
TRY OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES,  WHETHER  OR  NOT  THE  COUNTRY  IS  A
FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  (19)  "PERSON"  MEANS  AN  INDIVIDUAL,  CORPORATION,  BUSINESS  TRUST,
ESTATE, TRUST,  PARTNERSHIP,  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY,  ASSOCIATION,
JOINT  VENTURE,  PUBLIC CORPORATION, GOVERNMENT OR GOVERNMENTAL SUBDIVI-
SION, AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL OR COMMERCIAL  ENTI-
TY.

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  (20) "RECORD" MEANS INFORMATION THAT IS INSCRIBED ON A TANGIBLE MEDIUM
OR THAT IS STORED IN AN ELECTRONIC OR OTHER MEDIUM AND IS RETRIEVABLE IN
PERCEIVABLE FORM.
  (21)  "REGISTER"  MEANS  TO FILE IN A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE A SUPPORT
ORDER OR JUDGMENT DETERMINING PARENTAGE OF A  CHILD  ISSUED  IN  ANOTHER
STATE OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  (22)  "REGISTERING TRIBUNAL" MEANS A TRIBUNAL IN WHICH A SUPPORT ORDER
OR JUDGMENT DETERMINING PARENTAGE OF A CHILD IS REGISTERED.
  (23) "RESPONDING STATE" MEANS A STATE IN WHICH A PETITION OR  COMPARA-
BLE  PLEADING  FOR SUPPORT OR TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE OF A CHILD IS FILED
OR TO WHICH A PETITION OR COMPARABLE PLEADING IS  FORWARDED  FOR  FILING
FROM ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  (24) "RESPONDING TRIBUNAL" MEANS THE AUTHORIZED TRIBUNAL IN A RESPOND-
ING STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  (25)  "SPOUSAL-SUPPORT  ORDER"  MEANS  A SUPPORT ORDER FOR A SPOUSE OR
FORMER SPOUSE OF THE OBLIGOR.
  (26) "STATE" MEANS A STATE OF  THE  UNITED  STATES,  THE  DISTRICT  OF
COLUMBIA, PUERTO RICO, THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS, OR ANY TERRITO-
RY  OR  INSULAR  POSSESSION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE TERM INCLUDES AN INDIAN NATION OR TRIBE.
  (27) "SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY" MEANS  A  PUBLIC  OFFICIAL,  GOVERN-
MENTAL ENTITY OR PRIVATE AGENCY AUTHORIZED TO:
  (I) SEEK ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDERS OR LAWS RELATING TO THE DUTY OF
SUPPORT;
  (II) SEEK ESTABLISHMENT OR MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT;
  (III) REQUEST DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE OF A CHILD;
  (IV) ATTEMPT TO LOCATE OBLIGORS OR THEIR ASSETS; OR
  (V) REQUEST DETERMINATION OF THE CONTROLLING CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.
  (28)  "SUPPORT  ORDER"  MEANS  A  JUDGMENT, DECREE, ORDER, DECISION OR
DIRECTIVE, WHETHER TEMPORARY, FINAL OR SUBJECT TO  MODIFICATION,  ISSUED
IN  A STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY FOR THE BENEFIT OF A CHILD, A SPOUSE OR A
FORMER SPOUSE, WHICH PROVIDES FOR MONETARY SUPPORT, HEALTH CARE, ARREAR-
AGES, RETROACTIVE SUPPORT  OR  REIMBURSEMENT  FOR  FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE
PROVIDED  TO  AN  INDIVIDUAL OBLIGEE IN PLACE OF CHILD SUPPORT. THE TERM
MAY INCLUDE RELATED COSTS AND FEES, INTEREST, INCOME WITHHOLDING,  AUTO-
MATIC ADJUSTMENT, REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES AND OTHER RELIEF.
  (29)  "TRIBUNAL"  MEANS A COURT, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY, OR QUASI-JUDI-
CIAL ENTITY AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH, ENFORCE, OR MODIFY  SUPPORT  ORDERS
OR TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE OF A CHILD.
  S 580-103. STATE TRIBUNAL AND STATE SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.  (A)
THE FAMILY COURT IS THE TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE.
  (B)  THE OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE AND/OR A SOCIAL
SERVICES DISTRICT AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION TWO OF  THE
SOCIAL SERVICES LAW ARE THE SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF THIS STATE.
  S 580-104. REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.  (A) REMEDIES PROVIDED BY THIS ARTICLE
ARE  CUMULATIVE  AND  DO  NOT  AFFECT THE AVAILABILITY OF REMEDIES UNDER
OTHER LAW OR THE RECOGNITION OF A FOREIGN SUPPORT ORDER ON THE BASIS  OF
COMITY.
  (B) THIS ARTICLE DOES NOT:
  (1)  PROVIDE  THE  EXCLUSIVE  METHOD  OF  ESTABLISHING  OR ENFORCING A
SUPPORT ORDER UNDER THE LAW OF THIS STATE; OR
  (2) GRANT A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE JURISDICTION TO RENDER JUDGMENT  OR
ISSUE  AN  ORDER RELATING TO CHILD CUSTODY OR VISITATION IN A PROCEEDING
UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
  S 580-105. APPLICATION OF THE ARTICLE TO A RESIDENT OF A FOREIGN COUN-
TRY AND FOREIGN SUPPORT PROCEEDINGS.  (A) A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL

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APPLY PARTS ONE THROUGH SIX OF THIS ARTICLE  AND,  AS  APPLICABLE,  PART
SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE, TO A SUPPORT PROCEEDING INVOLVING:
  (1) A FOREIGN SUPPORT ORDER;
  (2) A FOREIGN TRIBUNAL; OR
  (3) AN OBLIGEE, OBLIGOR, OR CHILD RESIDING IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  (B)  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS  STATE  THAT  IS REQUESTED TO RECOGNIZE AND
ENFORCE A SUPPORT ORDER ON THE BASIS OF COMITY MAY APPLY THE  PROCEDURAL
AND SUBSTANTIVE PROVISIONS OF PARTS ONE THROUGH SIX OF THIS ARTICLE.
  (C)  PART  SEVEN  OF THIS ARTICLE APPLIES ONLY TO A SUPPORT PROCEEDING
UNDER THE CONVENTION.   IN SUCH A PROCEEDING, IF  A  PROVISION  OF  PART
SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE IS INCONSISTENT WITH PARTS ONE THROUGH SIX OF THIS
ARTICLE, PART SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE CONTROLS.
                                 PART 2
                              JURISDICTION
SECTION 580-201. BASES FOR JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENT.
        580-202. DURATION OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION.
        580-203. INITIATING AND RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF STATE.
        580-204. SIMULTANEOUS PROCEEDINGS.
        580-205. CONTINUING   EXCLUSIVE  JURISDICTION  TO  MODIFY  CHILD
                   SUPPORT ORDER.
        580-206. CONTINUING JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.
        580-207. DETERMINATION OF CONTROLLING CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.
        580-208. CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS FOR TWO OR MORE OBLIGEES.
        580-209. CREDIT FOR PAYMENTS.
        580-210. APPLICATION  OF  ARTICLE  TO  NONRESIDENT  SUBJECT   TO
                   PERSONAL JURISDICTION.
        580-211. CONTINUING    EXCLUSIVE    JURISDICTION    TO    MODIFY
                   SPOUSAL-SUPPORT ORDER.
  S 580-201. BASES FOR JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENT.  (A) IN A PROCEED-
ING TO ESTABLISH OR ENFORCE A SUPPORT ORDER OR TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE OF
A CHILD, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE  MAY  EXERCISE  PERSONAL  JURISDICTION
OVER  A NONRESIDENT INDIVIDUAL OR THE INDIVIDUAL'S GUARDIAN OR CONSERVA-
TOR IF:
  (1) THE INDIVIDUAL IS PERSONALLY SERVED WITH A  SUMMONS  AND  PETITION
WITHIN THIS STATE;
  (2)  THE  INDIVIDUAL  SUBMITS  TO  THE  JURISDICTION  OF THIS STATE BY
CONSENT, BY ENTERING A GENERAL APPEARANCE, OR  BY  FILING  A  RESPONSIVE
DOCUMENT  OR  OTHER  ACTION  HAVING THE EFFECT OF WAIVING ANY CONTEST TO
PERSONAL JURISDICTION;
  (3) THE INDIVIDUAL RESIDED WITH THE CHILD IN THIS STATE;
  (4) THE  INDIVIDUAL  RESIDED  IN  THIS  STATE  AND  PROVIDED  PRENATAL
EXPENSES OR SUPPORT FOR THE CHILD;
  (5)  THE CHILD RESIDES IN THIS STATE AS A RESULT OF THE ACTS OR DIREC-
TIVES OF THE INDIVIDUAL;
  (6) THE INDIVIDUAL ENGAGED IN SEXUAL INTERCOURSE IN THIS STATE AND THE
CHILD MAY HAVE BEEN CONCEIVED BY THAT ACT OF INTERCOURSE;
  (7) THE INDIVIDUAL ASSERTED PARENTAGE  OF  A  CHILD  IN  THE  PUTATIVE
FATHER  REGISTRY  MAINTAINED IN THIS STATE BY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILY SERVICES; OR
  (8) THERE IS ANY OTHER BASIS CONSISTENT WITH THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THIS
STATE AND THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EXERCISE OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION.
  (B) THE BASES OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION (A) OF
THIS SECTION OR IN ANY OTHER LAW OF  THIS  STATE  MAY  NOT  BE  USED  TO
ACQUIRE  PERSONAL  JURISDICTION FOR A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE TO MODIFY A
CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE UNLESS THE REQUIREMENTS OF  SECTION
580-611  OF  THIS  ARTICLE ARE MET, OR, IN THE CASE OF A FOREIGN SUPPORT

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ORDER, UNLESS THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 580-615 OF  THIS  ARTICLE  ARE
MET.
  S  580-202.  DURATION OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION.  PERSONAL JURISDICTION
ACQUIRED BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE IN A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS  ARTICLE
OR OTHER LAW OF THIS STATE RELATING TO A SUPPORT ORDER CONTINUES AS LONG
AS  A  TRIBUNAL  OF THIS STATE HAS CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO
MODIFY ITS ORDER OR CONTINUING JURISDICTION  TO  ENFORCE  ITS  ORDER  AS
PROVIDED BY SECTIONS 580-205, 580-206 AND 580-211 OF THIS PART.
  S  580-203.  INITIATING  AND RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF STATE.  UNDER THIS
ARTICLE, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY SERVE AS AN INITIATING TRIBUNAL TO
FORWARD PROCEEDINGS TO A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE, AND AS A  RESPONDING
TRIBUNAL  FOR  PROCEEDINGS INITIATED IN ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN COUN-
TRY.
  S 580-204. SIMULTANEOUS PROCEEDINGS.  (A) A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY
EXERCISE JURISDICTION TO ESTABLISH A SUPPORT ORDER IF  THE  PETITION  OR
COMPARABLE  PLEADING IS FILED AFTER A PLEADING IS FILED IN ANOTHER STATE
OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY ONLY IF:
  (1) THE PETITION OR COMPARABLE PLEADING IN THIS STATE IS FILED  BEFORE
THE  EXPIRATION  OF  THE  TIME ALLOWED IN THE OTHER STATE OR THE FOREIGN
COUNTRY FOR FILING A RESPONSIVE PLEADING  CHALLENGING  THE  EXERCISE  OF
JURISDICTION BY THE OTHER STATE OR THE FOREIGN COUNTRY;
  (2)  THE  CONTESTING PARTY TIMELY CHALLENGES THE EXERCISE OF JURISDIC-
TION IN THE OTHER STATE OR THE FOREIGN COUNTRY; AND
  (3) IF RELEVANT, THIS STATE IS THE HOME STATE OF THE CHILD.
  (B) A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY NOT EXERCISE JURISDICTION  TO  ESTAB-
LISH  A  SUPPORT  ORDER  IF THE PETITION OR COMPARABLE PLEADING IS FILED
BEFORE A PETITION OR COMPARABLE PLEADING IS FILED IN ANOTHER STATE OR  A
FOREIGN COUNTRY IF:
  (1)  THE PETITION OR COMPARABLE PLEADING IN THE OTHER STATE OR FOREIGN
COUNTRY IS FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF THE TIME ALLOWED IN THIS STATE
FOR FILING A RESPONSIVE PLEADING CHALLENGING THE EXERCISE  OF  JURISDIC-
TION BY THIS STATE;
  (2)  THE  CONTESTING PARTY TIMELY CHALLENGES THE EXERCISE OF JURISDIC-
TION IN THIS STATE; AND
  (3) IF RELEVANT, THE OTHER STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY IS THE HOME  STATE
OF THE CHILD.
  S  580-205.  CONTINUING EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT
ORDER.  (A) A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE THAT HAS  ISSUED  A  CHILD  SUPPORT
ORDER  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  LAW  OF  THIS STATE HAS AND SHALL EXERCISE
CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO MODIFY ITS CHILD SUPPORT ORDER  IF
THE ORDER IS THE CONTROLLING ORDER AND:
  (1) AT THE TIME OF THE FILING OF A REQUEST FOR MODIFICATION THIS STATE
IS THE RESIDENCE OF THE OBLIGOR, THE INDIVIDUAL OBLIGEE OR THE CHILD FOR
WHOSE BENEFIT THE SUPPORT ORDER IS ISSUED; OR
  (2)  EVEN IF THIS STATE IS NOT THE RESIDENCE OF THE OBLIGOR, THE INDI-
VIDUAL OBLIGEE OR THE CHILD FOR  WHOSE  BENEFIT  THE  SUPPORT  ORDER  IS
ISSUED, THE PARTIES CONSENT IN A RECORD OR IN OPEN COURT THAT THE TRIBU-
NAL  OF  THIS  STATE MAY CONTINUE TO EXERCISE JURISDICTION TO MODIFY ITS
ORDER.
  (B) A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE THAT HAS ISSUED  A  CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDER
CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  LAW  OF  THIS  STATE MAY NOT EXERCISE CONTINUING,
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO MODIFY THE ORDER IF:
  (1) ALL OF THE PARTIES WHO ARE INDIVIDUALS FILE CONSENT  IN  A  RECORD
WITH  THE  TRIBUNAL  OF THIS STATE THAT A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE THAT
HAS JURISDICTION OVER AT LEAST ONE OF THE PARTIES WHO IS  AN  INDIVIDUAL

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OR THAT IS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF RESIDENCE OF THE CHILD MAY MODIFY THE
ORDER AND ASSUME CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION; OR
  (2) ITS ORDER IS NOT THE CONTROLLING ORDER.
  (C)  IF  A  TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE HAS ISSUED A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER
PURSUANT TO THE UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT OR A LAW  SUBSTAN-
TIALLY  SIMILAR  TO  THAT  ACT WHICH MODIFIES A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF A
TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE, TRIBUNALS OF  THIS  STATE  SHALL  RECOGNIZE  THE
CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE TRIBUNAL OF THE OTHER STATE.
  (D)  A  TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE THAT LACKS CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURIS-
DICTION TO MODIFY A CHILD SUPPORT  ORDER  MAY  SERVE  AS  AN  INITIATING
TRIBUNAL  TO  REQUEST  A  TRIBUNAL  OF ANOTHER STATE TO MODIFY A SUPPORT
ORDER ISSUED IN THAT STATE.
  (E) A TEMPORARY SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED EX PARTE OR PENDING RESOLUTION OF
A JURISDICTIONAL CONFLICT DOES NOT CREATE CONTINUING,  EXCLUSIVE  JURIS-
DICTION IN THE ISSUING TRIBUNAL.
  S  580-206.  CONTINUING  JURISDICTION  TO ENFORCE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.
(A) A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE THAT  HAS  ISSUED  A  CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDER
CONSISTENT  WITH THE LAW OF THIS STATE MAY SERVE AS AN INITIATING TRIBU-
NAL TO REQUEST A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE TO ENFORCE:
  (1) THE ORDER IF THE ORDER IS THE CONTROLLING ORDER AND HAS  NOT  BEEN
MODIFIED BY A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE THAT ASSUMED JURISDICTION PURSU-
ANT TO THE UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT; OR
  (2)  A MONEY JUDGMENT FOR ARREARS OF SUPPORT AND INTEREST ON THE ORDER
ACCRUED BEFORE A DETERMINATION THAT AN ORDER OF A  TRIBUNAL  OF  ANOTHER
STATE IS THE CONTROLLING ORDER.
  (B)  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS STATE HAVING CONTINUING JURISDICTION OVER A
SUPPORT ORDER MAY ACT AS A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL TO ENFORCE THE ORDER.
  S 580-207. DETERMINATION OF CONTROLLING CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.  (A) IF A
PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT UNDER THIS  ARTICLE  AND  ONLY  ONE  TRIBUNAL  HAS
ISSUED  A  CHILD  SUPPORT ORDER, THE ORDER OF THAT TRIBUNAL CONTROLS AND
MUST BE RECOGNIZED.
  (B) IF A PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT UNDER THIS ARTICLE,  AND  TWO  OR  MORE
CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY TRIBUNALS OF THIS STATE, ANOTH-
ER  STATE  OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY WITH REGARD TO THE SAME OBLIGOR AND SAME
CHILD, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE HAVING PERSONAL JURISDICTION  OVER  BOTH
THE  OBLIGOR  AND INDIVIDUAL OBLIGEE SHALL APPLY THE FOLLOWING RULES AND
BY ORDER SHALL DETERMINE WHICH ORDER CONTROLS AND MUST BE RECOGNIZED:
  (1) IF ONLY ONE OF THE  TRIBUNALS  WOULD  HAVE  CONTINUING,  EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION UNDER THIS ARTICLE, THE ORDER OF THAT TRIBUNAL CONTROLS.
  (2) IF MORE THAN ONE OF THE TRIBUNALS WOULD HAVE CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION UNDER THIS ARTICLE:
  (I)  AN  ORDER  ISSUED  BY A TRIBUNAL IN THE CURRENT HOME STATE OF THE
CHILD CONTROLS; OR
  (II) IF AN ORDER HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED IN THE CURRENT HOME STATE OF  THE
CHILD, THE ORDER MOST RECENTLY ISSUED CONTROLS.
  (3)  IF  NONE OF THE TRIBUNALS WOULD HAVE CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURIS-
DICTION UNDER THIS ARTICLE, THE TRIBUNAL OF THIS  STATE  SHALL  ISSUE  A
CHILD SUPPORT ORDER, WHICH CONTROLS.
  (C)  IF TWO OR MORE CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SAME
OBLIGOR AND SAME CHILD, UPON REQUEST OF A PARTY WHO IS AN INDIVIDUAL  OR
THAT  IS  A  SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE HAVING
PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER BOTH THE OBLIGOR AND THE OBLIGEE  WHO  IS  AN
INDIVIDUAL SHALL DETERMINE WHICH ORDER CONTROLS UNDER SUBDIVISION (B) OF
THIS  SECTION. THE REQUEST MAY BE FILED WITH A REGISTRATION FOR ENFORCE-
MENT OR REGISTRATION FOR MODIFICATION PURSUANT TO PART SIX OF THIS ARTI-
CLE, OR MAY BE FILED AS A SEPARATE PROCEEDING.

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  (D) A REQUEST TO DETERMINE WHICH IS  THE  CONTROLLING  ORDER  MUST  BE
ACCOMPANIED  BY  A  COPY  OF EVERY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER IN EFFECT AND THE
APPLICABLE RECORD OF PAYMENTS. THE REQUESTING PARTY SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF
THE REQUEST TO EACH PARTY WHOSE RIGHTS MAY BE AFFECTED BY  THE  DETERMI-
NATION.
  (E)  THE  TRIBUNAL THAT ISSUED THE CONTROLLING ORDER UNDER SUBDIVISION
(A), (B) OR (C) OF THIS  SECTION  HAS  CONTINUING  JURISDICTION  TO  THE
EXTENT PROVIDED IN SECTION 580-205 OR 580-206 OF THIS PART.
  (F)  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS STATE THAT DETERMINES BY ORDER WHICH IS THE
CONTROLLING ORDER UNDER PARAGRAPH ONE  OR  TWO  OF  SUBDIVISION  (B)  OR
SUBDIVISION  (C) OF THIS SECTION, OR THAT ISSUES A NEW CONTROLLING ORDER
UNDER PARAGRAPH THREE OF SUBDIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION, SHALL STATE IN
THAT ORDER:
  (1) THE BASIS UPON WHICH THE TRIBUNAL MADE ITS DETERMINATION;
  (2) THE AMOUNT OF PROSPECTIVE SUPPORT, IF ANY; AND
  (3) THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CONSOLIDATED ARREARS AND ACCRUED INTEREST,  IF
ANY,  UNDER  ALL  OF  THE ORDERS AFTER ALL PAYMENTS MADE ARE CREDITED AS
PROVIDED BY SECTION 580-209 OF THIS PART.
  (G) WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER DETERMINING WHICH IS
THE CONTROLLING ORDER, THE PARTY OBTAINING THE ORDER SHALL FILE A CERTI-
FIED COPY OF IT IN EACH TRIBUNAL THAT ISSUED OR  REGISTERED  AN  EARLIER
ORDER  OF CHILD SUPPORT. A PARTY OR SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OBTAINING
THE ORDER THAT FAILS TO FILE A CERTIFIED COPY IS SUBJECT TO  APPROPRIATE
SANCTIONS  BY  A  TRIBUNAL IN WHICH THE ISSUE OF FAILURE TO FILE ARISES.
THE FAILURE TO FILE DOES NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY  OR  ENFORCEABILITY  OF
THE CONTROLLING ORDER.
  (H)  AN ORDER THAT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE THE CONTROLLING ORDER, OR
A JUDGMENT FOR CONSOLIDATED ARREARS OF SUPPORT  AND  INTEREST,  IF  ANY,
MADE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS SECTION MUST BE RECOGNIZED IN PROCEEDINGS UNDER
THIS ARTICLE.
  S 580-208. CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS FOR TWO OR MORE OBLIGEES.  IN RESPOND-
ING TO REGISTRATIONS OR PETITIONS FOR ENFORCEMENT OF TWO OR  MORE  CHILD
SUPPORT  ORDERS IN EFFECT AT THE SAME TIME WITH REGARD TO THE SAME OBLI-
GOR AND DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL OBLIGEES, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH WAS  ISSUED
BY  A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS
STATE SHALL ENFORCE THOSE ORDERS IN THE SAME MANNER AS IF THE ORDERS HAD
BEEN ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE.
  S 580-209. CREDIT FOR PAYMENTS.  A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL CREDIT
AMOUNTS COLLECTED FOR A PARTICULAR PERIOD PURSUANT TO ANY CHILD  SUPPORT
ORDER AGAINST THE AMOUNTS OWED FOR THE SAME PERIOD UNDER ANY OTHER CHILD
SUPPORT ORDER FOR SUPPORT OF THE SAME CHILD ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS
STATE, ANOTHER STATE, OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  S  580-210.  APPLICATION OF ARTICLE TO NONRESIDENT SUBJECT TO PERSONAL
JURISDICTION. A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE EXERCISING PERSONAL  JURISDICTION
OVER  A  NONRESIDENT IN A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS ARTICLE, UNDER OTHER LAW
OF THIS STATE RELATING TO A SUPPORT  ORDER,  OR  RECOGNIZING  A  FOREIGN
SUPPORT  ORDER  MAY RECEIVE EVIDENCE FROM OUTSIDE THIS STATE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 580-316 OF THIS ARTICLE, COMMUNICATE  WITH  A  TRIBUNAL  OUTSIDE
THIS  STATE  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  580-317  OF  THIS ARTICLE AND OBTAIN
DISCOVERY THROUGH A TRIBUNAL OUTSIDE  THIS  STATE  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
580-318  OF THIS ARTICLE. IN ALL OTHER RESPECTS, PARTS THREE THROUGH SIX
OF THIS ARTICLE DO NOT APPLY, AND THE TRIBUNAL SHALL  APPLY  THE  PROCE-
DURAL AND SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF THIS STATE.
  S 580-211. CONTINUING EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO MODIFY SPOUSAL-SUPPORT
ORDER.    (A)  A  TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE ISSUING A SPOUSAL-SUPPORT ORDER
CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW OF THIS STATE HAS CONTINUING,  EXCLUSIVE  JURIS-

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DICTION  TO MODIFY THE SPOUSAL-SUPPORT ORDER THROUGHOUT THE EXISTENCE OF
THE SUPPORT OBLIGATION.
  (B)  A  TRIBUNAL  OF THIS STATE MAY NOT MODIFY A SPOUSAL-SUPPORT ORDER
ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF  ANOTHER  STATE  OR  A  FOREIGN  COUNTRY  HAVING
CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER THAT ORDER UNDER THE LAW OF THAT
STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  (C)  A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE THAT HAS CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDIC-
TION OVER A SPOUSAL-SUPPORT ORDER MAY SERVE AS:
  (1) AN INITIATING TRIBUNAL TO REQUEST A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER  STATE  TO
ENFORCE THE SPOUSAL-SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED IN THIS STATE; OR
  (2) A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL TO ENFORCE OR MODIFY ITS OWN SPOUSAL-SUPPORT
ORDER.
                                 PART 3
                 CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 580-301. PROCEEDINGS UNDER ARTICLE.
        580-302. ACTION BY MINOR PARENT.
        580-303. APPLICATION OF LAW OF STATE.
        580-304. DUTIES OF INITIATING TRIBUNAL.
        580-305. DUTIES AND POWERS OF RESPONDING TRIBUNAL.
        580-306. INAPPROPRIATE TRIBUNAL.
        580-307. DUTIES OF SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
        580-308. DUTY OF CERTAIN STATE OFFICIALS.
        580-309. PRIVATE COUNSEL.
        580-310. DUTIES OF STATE INFORMATION AGENCY.
        580-311. PLEADINGS AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS.
        580-312. NONDISCLOSURE  OF  INFORMATION  IN  EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUM-
                   STANCES.
        580-313. COSTS AND FEES.
        580-314. LIMITED IMMUNITY OF PETITIONER.
        580-315. NONPARENTAGE AS A DEFENSE.
        580-316. SPECIAL RULES OF EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE.
        580-317. COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN TRIBUNALS.
        580-318. ASSISTANCE WITH DISCOVERY.
        580-319. RECEIPT AND DISBURSEMENT OF PAYMENTS.
  S 580-301. PROCEEDINGS UNDER ARTICLE. (A) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED
IN THIS ARTICLE, THIS PART APPLIES TO ALL PROCEEDINGS UNDER  THIS  ARTI-
CLE.
  (B)  AN  INDIVIDUAL  PETITIONER  OR  A  SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY MAY
INITIATE A PROCEEDING AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS ARTICLE BY FILING A PETITION
IN AN INITIATING TRIBUNAL FOR FORWARDING TO A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OR  BY
FILING  A  PETITION  OR  A COMPARABLE PLEADING DIRECTLY IN A TRIBUNAL OF
ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY WHICH  HAS  OR  CAN  OBTAIN  PERSONAL
JURISDICTION OVER THE RESPONDENT.
  S 580-302. PROCEEDING BY A MINOR PARENT.  A MINOR PARENT, OR A GUARDI-
AN  OR  OTHER  LEGAL  REPRESENTATIVE  OF  A MINOR PARENT, MAY MAINTAIN A
PROCEEDING ON BEHALF OF OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MINOR'S CHILD.
  S 580-303. APPLICATION OF LAW OF STATE.  EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE  PROVIDED
IN THIS ARTICLE, A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL:
  1.  APPLY  THE  PROCEDURAL AND SUBSTANTIVE LAW GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO
SIMILAR PROCEEDINGS ORIGINATING IN  THIS  STATE  AND  MAY  EXERCISE  ALL
POWERS AND PROVIDE ALL REMEDIES AVAILABLE IN THOSE PROCEEDINGS; AND
  2.  DETERMINE THE DUTY OF SUPPORT AND THE AMOUNT PAYABLE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAW AND SUPPORT GUIDELINES OF THIS STATE.
  S 580-304. DUTIES OF INITIATING TRIBUNAL.  (A) UPON THE  FILING  OF  A
PETITION  AUTHORIZED  BY  THIS  ARTICLE,  AN INITIATING TRIBUNAL OF THIS
STATE SHALL FORWARD THE PETITION AND ITS ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS:

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  (1) TO THE RESPONDING  TRIBUNAL  OR  APPROPRIATE  SUPPORT  ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY IN THE RESPONDING STATE; OR
  (2)  IF  THE  IDENTITY  OF  THE RESPONDING TRIBUNAL IS UNKNOWN, TO THE
STATE INFORMATION AGENCY OF THE RESPONDING STATE  WITH  A  REQUEST  THAT
THEY  BE  FORWARDED  TO  THE  APPROPRIATE  TRIBUNAL  AND THAT RECEIPT BE
ACKNOWLEDGED.
  (B) IF REQUESTED BY THE RESPONDING TRIBUNAL, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS  STATE
SHALL  ISSUE  A CERTIFICATE OR OTHER DOCUMENT AND MAKE FINDINGS REQUIRED
BY THE LAW OF THE RESPONDING STATE. IF THE RESPONDING TRIBUNAL IS  IN  A
FOREIGN  COUNTRY,  UPON REQUEST THE TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL SPECIFY
THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT SOUGHT, CONVERT THAT AMOUNT  INTO  THE  EQUIVALENT
AMOUNT  IN  THE  FOREIGN  CURRENCY  UNDER  APPLICABLE OFFICIAL OR MARKET
EXCHANGE RATE AS PUBLICLY REPORTED,  AND  PROVIDE  ANY  OTHER  DOCUMENTS
NECESSARY  TO  SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE RESPONDING FOREIGN TRIBU-
NAL.
  S 580-305. DUTIES AND POWERS OF  RESPONDING  TRIBUNAL.    (A)  WHEN  A
RESPONDING  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS  STATE  RECEIVES A PETITION OR COMPARABLE
PLEADING FROM AN INITIATING TRIBUNAL OR DIRECTLY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
(B) OF SECTION 580-301 OF THIS PART, IT  SHALL  CAUSE  THE  PETITION  OR
PLEADING  TO  BE  FILED  AND NOTIFY THE PETITIONER WHERE AND WHEN IT WAS
FILED.
  (B) A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE, TO THE EXTENT NOT  PROHIBITED
BY OTHER LAW, MAY DO ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:
  (1)  ESTABLISH  OR  ENFORCE  A  SUPPORT  ORDER, MODIFY A CHILD SUPPORT
ORDER, DETERMINE  THE  CONTROLLING  CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDER  OR  DETERMINE
PARENTAGE OF A CHILD;
  (2)  ORDER  AN  OBLIGOR TO COMPLY WITH A SUPPORT ORDER, SPECIFYING THE
AMOUNT AND THE MANNER OF COMPLIANCE;
  (3) ORDER INCOME WITHHOLDING;
  (4) DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF ANY ARREARAGES, AND SPECIFY  A  METHOD  OF
PAYMENT;
  (5) ENFORCE ORDERS BY CIVIL OR CRIMINAL CONTEMPT, OR BOTH;
  (6) SET ASIDE PROPERTY FOR SATISFACTION OF THE SUPPORT ORDER;
  (7) PLACE LIENS AND ORDER EXECUTION ON THE OBLIGOR'S PROPERTY;
  (8)  ORDER  AN  OBLIGOR TO KEEP THE TRIBUNAL INFORMED OF THE OBLIGOR'S
CURRENT RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS, ELECTRONIC-MAIL ADDRESS, TELEPHONE  NUMBER,
EMPLOYER,  ADDRESS  OF  EMPLOYMENT  AND TELEPHONE NUMBER AT THE PLACE OF
EMPLOYMENT;
  (9) ISSUE A WARRANT FOR AN OBLIGOR WHO HAS FAILED AFTER PROPER  NOTICE
TO  APPEAR AT A HEARING ORDERED BY THE TRIBUNAL AND ENTER THE WARRANT IN
ANY LOCAL AND STATE COMPUTER SYSTEMS FOR CRIMINAL WARRANTS;
  (10) ORDER THE OBLIGOR TO SEEK  APPROPRIATE  EMPLOYMENT  BY  SPECIFIED
METHODS;
  (11) AWARD REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES AND OTHER FEES AND COSTS; AND
  (12) GRANT ANY OTHER AVAILABLE REMEDY.
  (C)  A  RESPONDING  TRIBUNAL  OF THIS STATE SHALL INCLUDE IN A SUPPORT
ORDER ISSUED UNDER THIS ARTICLE, OR IN THE  DOCUMENTS  ACCOMPANYING  THE
ORDER, THE CALCULATIONS ON WHICH THE SUPPORT ORDER IS BASED.
  (D)  A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY NOT CONDITION THE PAYMENT
OF A SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED UNDER THIS ARTICLE UPON COMPLIANCE BY A  PARTY
WITH PROVISIONS FOR VISITATION.
  (E)  IF A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE ISSUES AN ORDER UNDER THIS
ARTICLE, THE TRIBUNAL SHALL SEND A COPY OF THE ORDER TO  THE  PETITIONER
AND THE RESPONDENT AND TO THE INITIATING TRIBUNAL, IF ANY.
  (F)  IF  REQUESTED TO ENFORCE A SUPPORT ORDER, ARREARS, OR JUDGMENT OR
MODIFY A SUPPORT ORDER STATED IN A FOREIGN CURRENCY, A RESPONDING TRIBU-

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NAL OF THIS STATE SHALL CONVERT THE AMOUNT STATED IN THE FOREIGN CURREN-
CY TO THE EQUIVALENT AMOUNT IN DOLLARS UNDER THE APPLICABLE OFFICIAL  OR
MARKET EXCHANGE RATE AS PUBLICLY REPORTED.
  S 580-306. INAPPROPRIATE TRIBUNAL.  IF A PETITION OR COMPARABLE PLEAD-
ING IS RECEIVED BY AN INAPPROPRIATE TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE, THE TRIBUNAL
SHALL  FORWARD THE PLEADING AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS TO AN APPROPRIATE
TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE OR ANOTHER STATE AND NOTIFY THE PETITIONER  WHERE
AND WHEN THE PLEADING WAS SENT.
  S  580-307.  DUTIES  OF  SUPPORT  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY.   (A) A SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF THIS STATE, UPON REQUEST, SHALL  PROVIDE  SERVICES
TO A PETITIONER IN A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
  (B)  A  SUPPORT  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY  OF  THIS STATE THAT IS PROVIDING
SERVICES TO THE PETITIONER SHALL:
  (1) TAKE ALL STEPS NECESSARY TO ENABLE AN APPROPRIATE TRIBUNAL OF THIS
STATE, ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY TO  OBTAIN  JURISDICTION  OVER
THE RESPONDENT;
  (2)  REQUEST AN APPROPRIATE TRIBUNAL TO SET A DATE, TIME AND PLACE FOR
A HEARING;
  (3) MAKE A REASONABLE  EFFORT  TO  OBTAIN  ALL  RELEVANT  INFORMATION,
INCLUDING INFORMATION AS TO INCOME AND PROPERTY OF THE PARTIES;
  (4)  WITHIN  TEN DAYS, EXCLUSIVE OF SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND LEGAL HOLI-
DAYS, AFTER RECEIPT OF NOTICE IN A RECORD FROM AN INITIATING, RESPONDING
OR REGISTERING TRIBUNAL, SEND A COPY OF THE NOTICE TO THE PETITIONER;
  (5) WITHIN TEN DAYS, EXCLUSIVE OF SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND  LEGAL  HOLI-
DAYS,  AFTER RECEIPT OF COMMUNICATION IN A RECORD FROM THE RESPONDENT OR
THE RESPONDENT'S ATTORNEY, SEND A COPY OF THE COMMUNICATION TO THE PETI-
TIONER; AND
  (6) NOTIFY THE PETITIONER IF JURISDICTION OVER THE  RESPONDENT  CANNOT
BE OBTAINED.
  (C) A SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF THIS STATE THAT REQUESTS REGISTRA-
TION  OF  A  CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDER  IN THIS STATE FOR ENFORCEMENT OR FOR
MODIFICATION SHALL MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS:
  (1) TO ENSURE THAT THE ORDER  TO  BE  REGISTERED  IS  THE  CONTROLLING
ORDER; OR
  (2)  IF TWO OR MORE CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS EXIST AND THE IDENTITY OF THE
CONTROLLING ORDER HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED, TO ENSURE THAT A REQUEST  FOR
SUCH A DETERMINATION IS MADE IN A TRIBUNAL HAVING JURISDICTION TO DO SO.
  (D) A SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF THIS STATE THAT REQUESTS REGISTRA-
TION AND ENFORCEMENT OF A SUPPORT ORDER, ARREARS OR JUDGMENT STATED IN A
FOREIGN CURRENCY SHALL CONVERT THE AMOUNTS STATED IN THE FOREIGN CURREN-
CY  INTO THE EQUIVALENT AMOUNTS IN DOLLARS UNDER THE APPLICABLE OFFICIAL
OR MARKET EXCHANGE RATE AS PUBLICLY REPORTED.
  (E) A SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF THIS STATE SHALL ISSUE OR  REQUEST
A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS STATE TO ISSUE A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER AND AN INCOME
WITHHOLDING ORDER THAT REDIRECT PAYMENT OF CURRENT SUPPORT, ARREARS, AND
INTEREST IF REQUESTED TO DO SO BY A SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF ANOTH-
ER STATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 580-319 OF THIS PART.
  (F) THIS ARTICLE DOES NOT CREATE OR NEGATE A RELATIONSHIP OF  ATTORNEY
AND CLIENT OR OTHER FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY  OR THE ATTORNEY FOR THE AGENCY AND THE INDIVIDUAL BEING ASSISTED
BY THE AGENCY.
  S 580-308. DUTY OF CERTAIN STATE  OFFICIALS.    (A)  IF  THE  ATTORNEY
GENERAL  DETERMINES THAT THE SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IS NEGLECTING OR
REFUSING TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO AN INDIVIDUAL, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL  MAY
ORDER THE AGENCY TO PERFORM ITS DUTIES UNDER THIS ARTICLE OR MAY PROVIDE
THOSE SERVICES DIRECTLY TO THE INDIVIDUAL.

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  (B) THE COMMISSIONER OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSISTANCE MAY DETER-
MINE THAT A FOREIGN COUNTRY HAS ESTABLISHED A RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENT FOR
CHILD  SUPPORT WITH THIS STATE AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION FOR NOTIFICA-
TION OF THE DETERMINATION.
  S  580-309. PRIVATE COUNSEL.  AN INDIVIDUAL MAY EMPLOY PRIVATE COUNSEL
TO REPRESENT THE INDIVIDUAL IN PROCEEDINGS AUTHORIZED BY THIS ARTICLE.
  S 580-310. DUTIES OF STATE INFORMATION AGENCY.    (A)  THE  OFFICE  OF
TEMPORARY  AND  DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE  IS  THE STATE INFORMATION AGENCY
UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
  (B) THE STATE INFORMATION AGENCY SHALL:
  (1) COMPILE AND MAINTAIN A CURRENT LIST, INCLUDING ADDRESSES,  OF  THE
TRIBUNALS  IN  THIS STATE WHICH HAVE JURISDICTION UNDER THIS ARTICLE AND
ANY SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THIS STATE AND TRANSMIT  A  COPY  TO
THE STATE INFORMATION AGENCY OF EVERY OTHER STATE;
  (2)  MAINTAIN  A  REGISTER  OF  NAMES  AND  ADDRESSES OF TRIBUNALS AND
SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES RECEIVED FROM OTHER STATES;
  (3) FORWARD TO THE APPROPRIATE TRIBUNAL IN THE COUNTY IN THIS STATE IN
WHICH THE OBLIGEE WHO IS AN INDIVIDUAL OR THE  OBLIGOR  RESIDES,  OR  IN
WHICH  THE  OBLIGOR'S  PROPERTY IS BELIEVED TO BE LOCATED, ALL DOCUMENTS
CONCERNING A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS ARTICLE RECEIVED FROM  ANOTHER  STATE
OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY; AND
  (4)  OBTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE LOCATION OF THE OBLIGOR AND THE
OBLIGOR'S PROPERTY WITHIN THIS STATE NOT EXEMPT FROM EXECUTION, BY  SUCH
MEANS  AS  POSTAL  VERIFICATION  AND  FEDERAL OR STATE LOCATOR SERVICES,
EXAMINATION OF TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES, REQUESTS FOR THE OBLIGOR'S ADDRESS
FROM EMPLOYERS AND EXAMINATION OF GOVERNMENTAL  RECORDS,  INCLUDING,  TO
THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY OTHER LAW, THOSE RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY,
VITAL  STATISTICS,  LAW  ENFORCEMENT, TAXATION, MOTOR VEHICLES, DRIVER'S
LICENSES AND SOCIAL SECURITY.
  S 580-311. PLEADINGS AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS.  (A) IN A  PROCEEDING
UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE, A PETITIONER SEEKING TO ESTABLISH A SUPPORT ORDER,
TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE OF A CHILD OR TO REGISTER AND  MODIFY  A  SUPPORT
ORDER  OF  A  TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY MUST FILE A
PETITION. UNLESS OTHERWISE ORDERED UNDER SECTION 580-312 OF  THIS  PART,
THE  PETITION  OR  ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS MUST PROVIDE, SO FAR AS KNOWN,
THE NAME, RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS OF THE OBLIGOR
AND THE OBLIGEE OR THE PARENT AND ALLEGED PARENT,  AND  THE  NAME,  SEX,
RESIDENTIAL  ADDRESS,  SOCIAL  SECURITY NUMBER AND DATE OF BIRTH OF EACH
CHILD FOR WHOSE BENEFIT SUPPORT IS SOUGHT OR WHOSE PARENTAGE  IS  TO  BE
DETERMINED.  UNLESS FILED AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION, THE PETITION MUST
BE ACCOMPANIED BY A COPY OF ANY SUPPORT ORDER KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN  ISSUED
BY ANOTHER TRIBUNAL. THE PETITION MAY INCLUDE ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT
MAY ASSIST IN LOCATING OR IDENTIFYING THE RESPONDENT.
  (B)  THE  PETITION  MUST  SPECIFY  THE RELIEF SOUGHT. THE PETITION AND
ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS MUST CONFORM SUBSTANTIALLY WITH THE  REQUIREMENTS
IMPOSED BY THE FORMS MANDATED BY FEDERAL LAW FOR USE IN CASES FILED BY A
SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
  S  580-312. NONDISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
IF A PARTY ALLEGES IN AN AFFIDAVIT OR A PLEADING  UNDER  OATH  THAT  THE
HEALTH,  SAFETY  OR  LIBERTY OF A PARTY OR CHILD WOULD BE JEOPARDIZED BY
DISCLOSURE OF SPECIFIC IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, THAT INFORMATION MUST BE
SEALED AND MAY NOT BE DISCLOSED TO THE OTHER PARTY OR THE PUBLIC.  AFTER
A HEARING IN WHICH A TRIBUNAL TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE HEALTH, SAFE-
TY  OR  LIBERTY OF THE PARTY OR CHILD, THE TRIBUNAL MAY ORDER DISCLOSURE
OF INFORMATION THAT THE TRIBUNAL DETERMINES TO BE  IN  THE  INTEREST  OF
JUSTICE.

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  S  580-313. COSTS AND FEES.  (A) THE PETITIONER MAY NOT BE REQUIRED TO
PAY A FILING FEE OR OTHER COSTS.
  (B)  IF  AN  OBLIGEE PREVAILS, A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY
ASSESS AGAINST AN OBLIGOR FILING FEES, REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES, OTHER
COSTS, AND NECESSARY TRAVEL AND OTHER REASONABLE  EXPENSES  INCURRED  BY
THE  OBLIGEE  AND  THE  OBLIGEE'S WITNESSES. THE TRIBUNAL MAY NOT ASSESS
FEES, COSTS OR EXPENSES AGAINST THE OBLIGEE OR THE  SUPPORT  ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY  OF EITHER THE INITIATING OR RESPONDING STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY,
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY OTHER LAW. ATTORNEY'S FEES MAY BE TAXED AS  COSTS,
AND  MAY  BE  ORDERED PAID DIRECTLY TO THE ATTORNEY, WHO MAY ENFORCE THE
ORDER IN THE ATTORNEY'S OWN NAME. PAYMENT OF SUPPORT OWED TO THE OBLIGEE
HAS PRIORITY OVER FEES, COSTS, AND EXPENSES.
  (C) THE TRIBUNAL SHALL ORDER  THE  PAYMENT  OF  COSTS  AND  REASONABLE
ATTORNEY'S  FEES IF IT DETERMINES THAT A HEARING WAS REQUESTED PRIMARILY
FOR DELAY. IN A PROCEEDING UNDER PART SIX OF THIS ARTICLE, A HEARING  IS
PRESUMED  TO  HAVE  BEEN  REQUESTED  PRIMARILY FOR DELAY IF A REGISTERED
SUPPORT ORDER IS CONFIRMED OR ENFORCED WITHOUT CHANGE.
  S 580-314. LIMITED IMMUNITY OF PETITIONER.   (A)  PARTICIPATION  BY  A
PETITIONER IN A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS ARTICLE BEFORE A RESPONDING TRIBU-
NAL, WHETHER IN PERSON, BY PRIVATE ATTORNEY OR THROUGH SERVICES PROVIDED
BY THE SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, DOES NOT CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION
OVER THE PETITIONER IN ANOTHER PROCEEDING.
  (B)  A  PETITIONER  IS  NOT AMENABLE TO SERVICE OF CIVIL PROCESS WHILE
PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THIS STATE TO PARTICIPATE IN  A  PROCEEDING  UNDER
THIS ARTICLE.
  (C)  THE  IMMUNITY  GRANTED  BY  THIS SECTION DOES NOT EXTEND TO CIVIL
LITIGATION BASED ON ACTS UNRELATED TO A PROCEEDING  UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE
COMMITTED  BY  A PARTY WHILE PHYSICALLY PRESENT IN THIS STATE TO PARTIC-
IPATE IN THE PROCEEDING.
  S 580-315. NONPARENTAGE AS DEFENSE.   A PARTY  WHOSE  PARENTAGE  OF  A
CHILD HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY DETERMINED BY OR PURSUANT TO LAW MAY NOT PLEAD
NONPARENTAGE AS A DEFENSE TO A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
  S  580-316. SPECIAL RULES OF EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE.  (A) THE PHYSICAL
PRESENCE OF A NONRESIDENT PARTY WHO IS AN INDIVIDUAL IN  A  TRIBUNAL  OF
THIS STATE IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, ENFORCEMENT OR MODIFI-
CATION  OF  A  SUPPORT ORDER, OR THE RENDITION OF A JUDGMENT DETERMINING
PARENTAGE OF A CHILD.
  (B) AN AFFIDAVIT, A DOCUMENT SUBSTANTIALLY  COMPLYING  WITH  FEDERALLY
MANDATED  FORMS  OR A DOCUMENT INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN ANY OF THEM,
WHICH WOULD NOT BE EXCLUDED UNDER THE HEARSAY RULE IF GIVEN  IN  PERSON,
IS  ADMISSIBLE  IN EVIDENCE IF GIVEN UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY BY A PARTY
OR WITNESS RESIDING OUTSIDE THIS STATE.
  (C) A COPY OF THE RECORD OF CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS CERTIFIED AS A TRUE
COPY OF THE ORIGINAL BY THE CUSTODIAN OF THE RECORD MAY BE FORWARDED  TO
A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL. THE COPY IS EVIDENCE OF FACTS ASSERTED IN IT, AND
IS ADMISSIBLE TO SHOW WHETHER PAYMENTS WERE MADE.
  (D)  COPIES  OF  BILLS  FOR  TESTING FOR PARENTAGE OF A CHILD, AND FOR
PRENATAL AND POSTNATAL HEALTH CARE OF THE MOTHER AND CHILD, FURNISHED TO
THE ADVERSE PARTY AT LEAST TEN DAYS  BEFORE  TRIAL,  ARE  ADMISSIBLE  IN
EVIDENCE  TO PROVE THE AMOUNT OF THE CHARGES BILLED AND THAT THE CHARGES
WERE REASONABLE, NECESSARY AND CUSTOMARY.
  (E) DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE TRANSMITTED FROM  OUTSIDE  THIS  STATE  TO  A
TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS  STATE  BY  TELEPHONE, TELECOPIER OR OTHER ELECTRONIC
MEANS THAT DO NOT PROVIDE AN ORIGINAL RECORD MAY NOT  BE  EXCLUDED  FROM
EVIDENCE ON AN OBJECTION BASED ON THE MEANS OF TRANSMISSION.

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  (F) IN A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS ARTICLE, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL
PERMIT  A  PARTY OR WITNESS RESIDING OUTSIDE THIS STATE TO BE DEPOSED OR
TO TESTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY BY TELEPHONE, AUDIOVISUAL  MEANS  OR
OTHER  ELECTRONIC  MEANS  AT  A DESIGNATED TRIBUNAL OR OTHER LOCATION. A
TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL COOPERATE WITH OTHER TRIBUNALS IN DESIGNAT-
ING AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR THE DEPOSITION OR TESTIMONY.
  (G)  IF A PARTY CALLED TO TESTIFY AT A CIVIL HEARING REFUSES TO ANSWER
ON THE GROUND THAT THE TESTIMONY MAY BE SELF-INCRIMINATING, THE TRIER OF
FACT MAY DRAW AN ADVERSE INFERENCE FROM THE REFUSAL.
  (H) A PRIVILEGE AGAINST DISCLOSURE OF COMMUNICATIONS  BETWEEN  SPOUSES
DOES NOT APPLY IN A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
  (I)  THE  DEFENSE OF IMMUNITY BASED ON THE RELATIONSHIP OF HUSBAND AND
WIFE OR PARENT AND CHILD DOES NOT APPLY IN A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS ARTI-
CLE.
  (J) A VOLUNTARY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PATERNITY, CERTIFIED AS A TRUE COPY,
IS ADMISSIBLE TO ESTABLISH PARENTAGE OF THE CHILD.
  S 580-317. COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN TRIBUNALS. A TRIBUNAL OF THIS  STATE
MAY  COMMUNICATE  WITH  A  TRIBUNAL OUTSIDE THIS STATE IN A RECORD OR BY
TELEPHONE,  ELECTRONIC  MAIL  OR  OTHER  MEANS,  TO  OBTAIN  INFORMATION
CONCERNING  THE LAWS, THE LEGAL EFFECT OF A JUDGMENT, DECREE OR ORDER OF
THAT TRIBUNAL, AND THE STATUS OF A PROCEEDING. A TRIBUNAL OF THIS  STATE
MAY  FURNISH  SIMILAR INFORMATION BY SIMILAR MEANS TO A TRIBUNAL OUTSIDE
THIS STATE.
  S 580-318. ASSISTANCE WITH DISCOVERY. A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY:
  1. REQUEST A TRIBUNAL  OUTSIDE  THIS  STATE  TO  ASSIST  IN  OBTAINING
DISCOVERY; AND
  2.  UPON  REQUEST,  COMPEL  A PERSON OVER WHICH IT HAS JURISDICTION TO
RESPOND TO A DISCOVERY ORDER ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OUTSIDE THIS STATE.
  S 580-319. RECEIPT AND  DISBURSEMENT  OF  PAYMENTS.    (A)  A  SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL DISBURSE PROMPTLY ANY
AMOUNTS  RECEIVED PURSUANT TO A SUPPORT ORDER, AS DIRECTED BY THE ORDER.
THE AGENCY OR TRIBUNAL SHALL FURNISH TO A REQUESTING PARTY  OR  TRIBUNAL
OF  ANOTHER  STATE  OR  A  FOREIGN  COUNTRY A CERTIFIED STATEMENT BY THE
CUSTODIAN OF THE RECORD  OF  THE  AMOUNTS  AND  DATES  OF  ALL  PAYMENTS
RECEIVED.
  (B)  IF NEITHER THE OBLIGOR, NOR THE OBLIGEE WHO IS AN INDIVIDUAL, NOR
THE CHILD RESIDES IN THIS STATE, UPON REQUEST FROM A SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY OF THIS STATE OR ANOTHER STATE, A SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR A
TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL:
  (1) DIRECT THAT THE SUPPORT PAYMENT BE MADE TO THE SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY IN THE STATE IN WHICH THE OBLIGEE IS RECEIVING SERVICES; AND
  (2) ISSUE AND SEND TO THE OBLIGOR'S EMPLOYER A CONFORMING INCOME WITH-
HOLDING ORDER OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE OF CHANGE OF PAYEE, REFLECTING
THE REDIRECTED PAYMENTS.
  (C) A SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OF THIS  STATE  RECEIVING  REDIRECTED
PAYMENTS FROM ANOTHER STATE PURSUANT TO A LAW SIMILAR TO SUBDIVISION (B)
OF  THIS  SECTION SHALL FURNISH TO A REQUESTING PARTY OR TRIBUNAL OF THE
OTHER STATE A CERTIFIED STATEMENT BY THE CUSTODIAN OF THE RECORD OF  THE
AMOUNT AND DATES OF ALL PAYMENTS RECEIVED.
                                 PART 4
                    ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER OR
                       DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE
SECTION 580-401. ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER.
        580-402. PROCEEDING TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE.
  S  580-401. ESTABLISHMENT  OF  SUPPORT ORDER.   (A) IF A SUPPORT ORDER
ENTITLED TO RECOGNITION UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE  HAS  NOT  BEEN  ISSUED,  A

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RESPONDING  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS STATE WITH PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE
PARTIES MAY ISSUE A SUPPORT ORDER IF:
  (1) THE INDIVIDUAL SEEKING THE ORDER RESIDES OUTSIDE THIS STATE; OR
  (2)  THE  SUPPORT  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY  SEEKING  THE  ORDER IS LOCATED
OUTSIDE THIS STATE.
  (B) THE TRIBUNAL MAY ISSUE A TEMPORARY  CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDER  IF  THE
TRIBUNAL DETERMINES THAT SUCH AN ORDER IS APPROPRIATE AND THE INDIVIDUAL
ORDERED TO PAY IS:
  (1) A PRESUMED FATHER OF THE CHILD;
  (2) PETITIONING TO HAVE HIS PATERNITY ADJUDICATED;
  (3) IDENTIFIED AS THE FATHER OF THE CHILD THROUGH GENETIC TESTING;
  (4) AN ALLEGED FATHER WHO HAS DECLINED TO SUBMIT TO GENETIC TESTING;
  (5)  SHOWN  BY  CLEAR  AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE TO BE THE FATHER OF THE
CHILD;
  (6) AN ACKNOWLEDGED FATHER AS PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE STATE LAW;
  (7) THE MOTHER OF THE CHILD; OR
  (8) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN ORDERED  TO  PAY  CHILD  SUPPORT  IN  A
PREVIOUS PROCEEDING AND THE ORDER HAS NOT BEEN REVERSED OR VACATED.
  (C)  UPON  FINDING,  AFTER NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD, THAT AN
OBLIGOR OWES A DUTY OF SUPPORT, THE TRIBUNAL SHALL ISSUE A SUPPORT ORDER
DIRECTED TO THE OBLIGOR AND MAY ISSUE OTHER ORDERS PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
580-305 OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S  580-402.  PROCEEDING  TO  DETERMINE PARENTAGE.   A TRIBUNAL OF THIS
STATE AUTHORIZED TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE  OF  A  CHILD  MAY  SERVE  AS  A
RESPONDING  TRIBUNAL  IN  A PROCEEDING TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE OF A CHILD
BROUGHT UNDER THIS ARTICLE OR A LAW OR PROCEDURE  SUBSTANTIALLY  SIMILAR
TO THIS ARTICLE.
                                 PART 5
            ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER WITHOUT REGISTRATION
SECTION 580-501. EMPLOYER'S  RECEIPT  OF  INCOME  WITHHOLDING  ORDER  OF
                   ANOTHER STATE.
        580-502. EMPLOYER'S COMPLIANCE WITH INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER  OF
                   ANOTHER STATE.
        580-503. COMPLIANCE WITH MULTIPLE INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDERS.
        580-504. IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY.
        580-505. PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.
        580-506. CONTEST BY OBLIGOR.
        580-507. ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT OF ORDERS.
  S  580-501.  EMPLOYER'S RECEIPT OF INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER OF ANOTHER
STATE.  AN INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE MAY BE  SENT
BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE OBLIGEE, OR BY THE SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, TO
THE  PERSON  DEFINED  AS  THE  OBLIGOR'S  EMPLOYER OR INCOME PAYOR UNDER
SECTION FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THE  CIVIL  PRACTICE  LAW
AND RULES OR OTHER DEBTOR (FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PART AND SECTION 580-605
OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  EMPLOYER  SHALL  ALSO  INCLUDE INCOME PAYOR OR OTHER
DEBTOR) WITHOUT FIRST FILING A PETITION OR COMPARABLE PLEADING OR REGIS-
TERING THE ORDER WITH A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE.
  S 580-502. EMPLOYER'S COMPLIANCE  WITH  INCOME  WITHHOLDING  ORDER  OF
ANOTHER  STATE.    (A)  UPON RECEIPT OF AN INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER, THE
OBLIGOR'S EMPLOYER SHALL IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE A COPY OF THE ORDER TO  THE
OBLIGOR.
  (B)  THE  EMPLOYER  SHALL  TREAT AN INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER ISSUED IN
ANOTHER STATE WHICH APPEARS REGULAR ON ITS FACE AS IF IT HAD BEEN ISSUED
BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE.
  (C) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (D)  OF  THIS  SECTION
AND  SECTION  580-503  OF  THIS  PART,  THE  EMPLOYER SHALL WITHHOLD AND

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DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS AS DIRECTED IN THE WITHHOLDING ORDER  BY  COMPLYING
WITH TERMS OF THE ORDER WHICH SPECIFY:
  (1)  THE  DURATION  AND  AMOUNT  OF PERIODIC PAYMENTS OF CURRENT CHILD
SUPPORT, STATED AS A SUM CERTAIN;
  (2) THE PERSON DESIGNATED TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS AND THE ADDRESS TO WHICH
THE PAYMENTS ARE TO BE FORWARDED;
  (3) MEDICAL SUPPORT, WHETHER IN THE FORM  OF  PERIODIC  CASH  PAYMENT,
STATED  AS  A  SUM  CERTAIN,  OR  ORDERING THE OBLIGOR TO PROVIDE HEALTH
INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THE CHILD UNDER A POLICY  AVAILABLE  THROUGH  THE
OBLIGOR'S EMPLOYMENT;
  (4)  THE  AMOUNT  OF PERIODIC PAYMENTS OF FEES AND COSTS FOR A SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, THE ISSUING TRIBUNAL  AND  THE  OBLIGEE'S  ATTORNEY,
STATED AS SUMS CERTAIN; AND
  (5)  THE  AMOUNT  OF  PERIODIC  PAYMENTS OF ARREARAGES AND INTEREST ON
ARREARAGES, STATED AS SUMS CERTAIN.
  (D) AN EMPLOYER SHALL  COMPLY  WITH  THE  LAW  OF  THE  STATE  OF  THE
OBLIGOR'S PRINCIPAL PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT FOR WITHHOLDING FROM INCOME WITH
RESPECT TO:
  (1) THE EMPLOYER'S FEE FOR PROCESSING AN INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER;
  (2)  THE  MAXIMUM  AMOUNT  PERMITTED TO BE WITHHELD FROM THE OBLIGOR'S
INCOME; AND
  (3) THE TIMES WITHIN WHICH THE EMPLOYER MUST IMPLEMENT THE WITHHOLDING
ORDER AND FORWARD THE CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENT.
  S 580-503. COMPLIANCE WITH MULTIPLE INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDERS.  IF  AN
OBLIGOR'S  EMPLOYER  RECEIVES TWO OR MORE INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDERS WITH
RESPECT TO THE EARNINGS OF THE SAME OBLIGOR, THE EMPLOYER SATISFIES  THE
TERMS  OF  THE ORDERS IF THE EMPLOYER COMPLIES WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE
OF THE OBLIGOR'S PRINCIPAL PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT TO ESTABLISH THE  PRIORI-
TIES  FOR  WITHHOLDING  AND  ALLOCATING  INCOME WITHHELD FOR TWO OR MORE
CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGEES.
  S 580-504. IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY.  AN EMPLOYER  THAT  COMPLIES
WITH  AN  INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THIS PART IS NOT SUBJECT TO CIVIL LIABILITY  TO  AN  INDIVIDUAL  OR
AGENCY  WITH  REGARD TO THE EMPLOYER'S WITHHOLDING OF CHILD SUPPORT FROM
THE OBLIGOR'S INCOME.
  S 580-505. PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.   AN EMPLOYER  THAT  WILLFULLY
FAILS TO COMPLY WITH AN INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE
AND  RECEIVED  FOR ENFORCEMENT IS SUBJECT TO THE SAME PENALTIES THAT MAY
BE IMPOSED FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH AN ORDER ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF  THIS
STATE.
  S 580-506. CONTEST BY OBLIGOR.  (A) AN OBLIGOR MAY CONTEST THE VALIDI-
TY OR ENFORCEMENT OF AN INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE
AND  RECEIVED  DIRECTLY  BY AN EMPLOYER IN THIS STATE BY REGISTERING THE
ORDER IN A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE AND FILING A CONTEST TO THAT ORDER  AS
PROVIDED  IN PART SIX OF THIS ARTICLE, OR OTHERWISE CONTESTING THE ORDER
IN THE SAME MANNER AS IF THE ORDER HAD BEEN ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS
STATE.
  (B) THE OBLIGOR SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF THE CONTEST TO:
  (1) A SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE OBLIGEE;
  (2) EACH EMPLOYER THAT HAS DIRECTLY  RECEIVED  AN  INCOME  WITHHOLDING
ORDER RELATING TO THE OBLIGOR; AND
  (3)  THE PERSON DESIGNATED TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS IN THE INCOME WITHHOLD-
ING ORDER OR, IF NO PERSON IS DESIGNATED, TO THE OBLIGEE.
  S 580-507. 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

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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 ARTICLE.
                                 PART 6
       REGISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER
SUBPART A. REGISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER.
        B. CONTEST OF VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT.
        C. REGISTRATION  AND  MODIFICATION  OF  CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDER OF
             ANOTHER STATE.
        D. REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION OF FOREIGN CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.
                                SUBPART A
              REGISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER
SECTION 580-601. REGISTRATION OF ORDER FOR ENFORCEMENT.
        580-602. PROCEDURE TO REGISTER ORDER FOR ENFORCEMENT.
        580-603. EFFECT OF REGISTRATION FOR ENFORCEMENT.
        580-604. CHOICE OF LAW.
  S 580-601. REGISTRATION OF ORDER FOR ENFORCEMENT. A SUPPORT  ORDER  OR
INCOME  WITHHOLDING  ORDER  ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN SUPPORT
ORDER MAY BE REGISTERED IN THIS STATE FOR ENFORCEMENT.
  S 580-602. PROCEDURE TO REGISTER ORDER FOR ENFORCEMENT.  (A) EXCEPT AS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 580-706 OF THIS ARTICLE, A  SUPPORT  ORDER
OR  INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN SUPPORT ORDER
MAY BE REGISTERED IN THIS STATE BY SENDING THE FOLLOWING RECORDS 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  THE  ORDER  TO  BE
REGISTERED, INCLUDING ANY MODIFICATION OF THE ORDER;
  (3)  A  SWORN  STATEMENT  BY  THE  PERSON REQUESTING 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)  EXCEPT  AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 580-312 OF THIS ARTICLE,
THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE OBLIGEE AND, IF APPLICABLE,  THE  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 AN ORDER OF A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER
STATE OR A FOREIGN SUPPORT ORDER, TOGETHER WITH ONE COPY  OF  THE  DOCU-
MENTS AND INFORMATION, REGARDLESS OF THEIR FORM.
  (C)  A  PETITION  OR COMPARABLE PLEADING SEEKING A REMEDY THAT MUST BE
AFFIRMATIVELY SOUGHT UNDER OTHER LAW 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.

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  (D) IF TWO OR MORE ORDERS ARE IN EFFECT, THE PERSON REQUESTING  REGIS-
TRATION SHALL:
  (1)  FURNISH TO THE TRIBUNAL A COPY OF EVERY SUPPORT ORDER ASSERTED TO
BE IN EFFECT IN ADDITION TO THE DOCUMENTS SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION;
  (2) SPECIFY THE ORDER ALLEGED TO BE THE CONTROLLING ORDER, IF ANY; AND
  (3) SPECIFY THE AMOUNT OF CONSOLIDATED ARREARS, IF ANY.
  (E) A REQUEST FOR A DETERMINATION OF WHICH IS  THE  CONTROLLING  ORDER
MAY  BE FILED SEPARATELY OR WITH A REQUEST FOR REGISTRATION AND ENFORCE-
MENT OR FOR REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION. THE PERSON REQUESTING  REGIS-
TRATION  SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF THE REQUEST TO EACH PARTY WHOSE RIGHTS MAY
BE AFFECTED BY THE DETERMINATION.
  S 580-603. EFFECT OF REGISTRATION FOR  ENFORCEMENT.    (A)  A  SUPPORT
ORDER  OR  INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN
SUPPORT ORDER IS REGISTERED WHEN THE ORDER IS FILED IN  THE  REGISTERING
TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE.
  (B)  A  REGISTERED  SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN
COUNTRY 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
SUPPORT ORDER IF THE ISSUING TRIBUNAL HAD JURISDICTION.
  S  580-604. CHOICE OF LAW.  (A) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUBDI-
VISION (D) OF THIS SECTION, THE LAW OF  THE  ISSUING  STATE  OR  FOREIGN
COUNTRY GOVERNS:
  (1)  THE NATURE, EXTENT, AMOUNT AND DURATION OF CURRENT PAYMENTS UNDER
A REGISTERED SUPPORT ORDER;
  (2) THE COMPUTATION AND PAYMENT OF ARREARAGES AND ACCRUAL OF  INTEREST
ON THE ARREARAGES UNDER THE SUPPORT ORDER; AND
  (3)  THE  EXISTENCE  AND  SATISFACTION  OF OTHER OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE
SUPPORT ORDER.
  (B) IN A PROCEEDING FOR ARREARS UNDER A REGISTERED SUPPORT ORDER,  THE
STATUTE  OF  LIMITATION OF THIS STATE OR OF THE ISSUING STATE OR FOREIGN
COUNTRY, WHICHEVER IS LONGER, APPLIES.
  (C) A RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL APPLY THE PROCEDURES AND
REMEDIES OF THIS STATE TO ENFORCE CURRENT SUPPORT  AND  COLLECT  ARREARS
AND  INTEREST DUE ON A SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN COUN-
TRY REGISTERED IN THIS STATE.
  (D) AFTER A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE OR ANOTHER STATE  DETERMINES  WHICH
IS  THE  CONTROLLING ORDER AND ISSUES AN ORDER CONSOLIDATING ARREARS, IF
ANY, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL PROSPECTIVELY APPLY THE LAW  OF  THE
STATE  OR  FOREIGN  COUNTRY ISSUING THE CONTROLLING ORDER, INCLUDING ITS
LAW ON INTEREST ON ARREARS,  ON  CURRENT  AND  FUTURE  SUPPORT,  AND  ON
CONSOLIDATED ARREARS.
                                SUBPART B
                   CONTEST OF VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT
SECTION 580-605. NOTICE OF REGISTRATION OF ORDER.
        580-606. PROCEDURE  TO CONTEST VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT OF REGIS-
            TERED SUPPORT ORDER.
        580-607. CONTEST OF REGISTRATION OR ENFORCEMENT.
        580-608. CONFIRMED ORDER.
  S 580-605. NOTICE OF REGISTRATION OF ORDER.  (A) WHEN A SUPPORT  ORDER
OR INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTHER STATE OR A FOREIGN SUPPORT
ORDER IS REGISTERED, THE REGISTERING TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL NOTIFY
THE  NONREGISTERING  PARTY.  THE NOTICE MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A COPY OF
THE REGISTERED ORDER AND THE DOCUMENTS AND RELEVANT INFORMATION ACCOMPA-
NYING THE ORDER.

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  (B) A NOTICE MUST INFORM THE NONREGISTERING PARTY:
  (1)  THAT  A REGISTERED SUPPORT ORDER IS ENFORCEABLE AS OF THE DATE OF
REGISTRATION IN THE SAME MANNER AS AN ORDER ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS
STATE;
  (2) THAT A HEARING TO CONTEST  THE  VALIDITY  OR  ENFORCEMENT  OF  THE
REGISTERED  ORDER  MUST  BE  REQUESTED  WITHIN  TWENTY DAYS AFTER NOTICE
UNLESS THE REGISTERED ORDER IS UNDER SECTION 580-707 OF THIS ARTICLE;
  (3) THAT FAILURE TO CONTEST THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT OF THE  REGIS-
TERED  ORDER IN A TIMELY MANNER WILL RESULT IN CONFIRMATION OF THE ORDER
AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDER AND THE ALLEGED ARREARAGES; AND
  (4) OF THE AMOUNT OF ANY ALLEGED ARREARAGES.
  (C) IF THE REGISTERING PARTY ASSERTS THAT TWO OR MORE  ORDERS  ARE  IN
EFFECT, A NOTICE MUST ALSO:
  (1)  IDENTIFY  THE  TWO  OR  MORE  ORDERS AND THE ORDER ALLEGED BY THE
REGISTERING PARTY TO BE  THE  CONTROLLING  ORDER  AND  THE  CONSOLIDATED
ARREARS, IF ANY;
  (2) NOTIFY THE NONREGISTERING PARTY OF THE RIGHT TO A DETERMINATION OF
WHICH IS THE CONTROLLING ORDER;
  (3)  STATE  THAT  THE  PROCEDURES  PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (B) OF THIS
SECTION APPLY TO THE DETERMINATION OF WHICH IS  THE  CONTROLLING  ORDER;
AND
  (4)  STATE  THAT FAILURE TO CONTEST THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT OF THE
ORDER ALLEGED TO BE THE CONTROLLING ORDER IN A TIMELY MANNER MAY  RESULT
IN CONFIRMATION THAT THE ORDER IS THE CONTROLLING ORDER.
  (D)  UPON REGISTRATION OF AN INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDER FOR ENFORCEMENT,
THE SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR THE REGISTERING TRIBUNAL SHALL  NOTIFY
THE  OBLIGOR'S  EMPLOYER  PURSUANT  TO SECTION FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED
FORTY-ONE OR FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY-TWO OF THE  CIVIL  PRACTICE
LAW AND RULES.
  S  580-606. PROCEDURE TO CONTEST VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT OF REGISTERED
SUPPORT ORDER.  (A) A NONREGISTERING PARTY SEEKING TO CONTEST THE VALID-
ITY OR ENFORCEMENT OF A REGISTERED SUPPORT ORDER  IN  THIS  STATE  SHALL
REQUEST  A  HEARING  WITHIN THE TIME REQUIRED BY SECTION 580-605 OF THIS
SUBPART. THE NONREGISTERING PARTY MAY SEEK TO VACATE  THE  REGISTRATION,
TO  ASSERT ANY DEFENSE TO AN ALLEGATION OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE REGIS-
TERED ORDER, OR TO CONTEST THE REMEDIES BEING SOUGHT OR  THE  AMOUNT  OF
ANY ALLEGED ARREARAGES PURSUANT TO SECTION 580-607 OF THIS SUBPART.
  (B)  IF  THE  NONREGISTERING  PARTY  FAILS  TO CONTEST THE VALIDITY OR
ENFORCEMENT OF THE REGISTERED SUPPORT ORDER  IN  A  TIMELY  MANNER,  THE
ORDER IS CONFIRMED BY OPERATION OF LAW.
  (C) IF A NONREGISTERING PARTY REQUESTS A HEARING TO CONTEST THE VALID-
ITY  OR  ENFORCEMENT  OF  THE  REGISTERED SUPPORT ORDER, THE REGISTERING
TRIBUNAL SHALL SCHEDULE THE MATTER FOR HEARING AND GIVE  NOTICE  TO  THE
PARTIES OF THE DATE, TIME, AND PLACE OF THE HEARING.
  S  580-607.  CONTEST  OF  REGISTRATION  OR  ENFORCEMENT.   (A) A PARTY
CONTESTING THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT OF A REGISTERED SUPPORT ORDER  OR
SEEKING TO VACATE THE REGISTRATION HAS THE BURDEN OF PROVING ONE OR MORE
OF THE FOLLOWING DEFENSES:
  (1)  THE  ISSUING  TRIBUNAL  LACKED  PERSONAL  JURISDICTION  OVER  THE
CONTESTING PARTY;
  (2) THE ORDER WAS OBTAINED BY FRAUD;
  (3) THE ORDER HAS BEEN VACATED, SUSPENDED,  OR  MODIFIED  BY  A  LATER
ORDER;
  (4) THE ISSUING TRIBUNAL HAS STAYED THE ORDER PENDING APPEAL;
  (5)  THERE  IS  A  DEFENSE  UNDER  THE LAW OF THIS STATE TO THE REMEDY
SOUGHT;

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  (6) FULL OR PARTIAL PAYMENT HAS BEEN MADE;
  (7)  THE  STATUTE  OF  LIMITATION  UNDER  SECTION 580-604 OF THIS PART
PRECLUDES ENFORCEMENT OF SOME OR ALL OF THE ALLEGED ARREARAGES; OR
  (8) THE ALLEGED CONTROLLING ORDER IS NOT THE CONTROLLING ORDER.
  (B) IF A PARTY  PRESENTS  EVIDENCE  ESTABLISHING  A  FULL  OR  PARTIAL
DEFENSE  UNDER  SUBDIVISION  (A)  OF  THIS  SECTION, A TRIBUNAL MAY STAY
ENFORCEMENT OF A REGISTERED SUPPORT ORDER, CONTINUE  THE  PROCEEDING  TO
PERMIT  PRODUCTION  OF  ADDITIONAL  RELEVANT  EVIDENCE,  AND ISSUE OTHER
APPROPRIATE ORDERS. AN UNCONTESTED PORTION  OF  THE  REGISTERED  SUPPORT
ORDER  MAY  BE  ENFORCED BY ALL REMEDIES AVAILABLE UNDER THE LAW OF THIS
STATE.
  (C) IF THE CONTESTING PARTY DOES NOT ESTABLISH A DEFENSE UNDER  SUBDI-
VISION  (A)  OF  THIS SECTION TO THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT OF A REGIS-
TERED SUPPORT ORDER, THE  REGISTERING  TRIBUNAL  SHALL  ISSUE  AN  ORDER
CONFIRMING THE ORDER.
  S 580-608. CONFIRMED  ORDER.    CONFIRMATION  OF  A REGISTERED SUPPORT
ORDER, WHETHER  BY  OPERATION  OF  LAW  OR  AFTER  NOTICE  AND  HEARING,
PRECLUDES  FURTHER  CONTEST OF THE ORDER WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER THAT
COULD HAVE BEEN ASSERTED AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION.
                                SUBPART C
          REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDER
                            OF ANOTHER STATE
SECTION 580-609. PROCEDURE TO REGISTER CHILD SUPPORT  ORDER  OF  ANOTHER
                   STATE FOR MODIFICATION.
        580-610. EFFECT OF REGISTRATION FOR MODIFICATION.
        580-611. MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE.
        580-612. RECOGNITION OF ORDER MODIFIED IN ANOTHER STATE.
        580-613. JURISDICTION  TO  MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER
                   STATE WHEN INDIVIDUAL PARTIES RESIDE IN THIS STATE.
        580-614. NOTICE TO ISSUING TRIBUNAL OF MODIFICATION.
  S 580-609. PROCEDURE TO REGISTER CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER  STATE
FOR MODIFICATION. A PARTY OR SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SEEKING TO MODI-
FY,  OR  TO  MODIFY  AND ENFORCE A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTHER
STATE SHALL REGISTER THAT  ORDER  IN  THIS  STATE  IN  THE  SAME  MANNER
PROVIDED  IN  SECTIONS 580-601 THROUGH 580-608 OF THIS PART IF THE ORDER
HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED. A PETITION FOR MODIFICATION MAY BE FILED AT THE
SAME TIME AS A REQUEST FOR REGISTRATION, OR  LATER.  THE  PLEADING  MUST
SPECIFY THE GROUNDS FOR MODIFICATION.
  S  580-610.  EFFECT  OF REGISTRATION FOR MODIFICATION.   A TRIBUNAL OF
THIS STATE MAY ENFORCE A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE REGISTERED
FOR PURPOSES OF MODIFICATION, IN THE SAME MANNER AS  IF  THE  ORDER  HAD
BEEN  ISSUED  BY  A  TRIBUNAL  OF THIS STATE, BUT THE REGISTERED SUPPORT
ORDER MAY BE MODIFIED ONLY IF THE REQUIREMENTS  OF  SECTION  580-611  OR
580-613 OF THIS SUBPART HAVE BEEN MET.
  S  580-611. MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE.  (A)
IF SECTION 580-613 OF THIS SUBPART  DOES  NOT  APPLY,  UPON  PETITION  A
TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY MODIFY A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTH-
ER STATE WHICH IS REGISTERED IN THIS STATE IF, AFTER NOTICE AND HEARING,
THE TRIBUNAL FINDS THAT:
  (1) THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS ARE MET:
  (I)  NEITHER  THE CHILD, NOR THE OBLIGEE WHO IS AN INDIVIDUAL, NOR THE
OBLIGOR RESIDES IN THE ISSUING STATE;
  (II) A PETITIONER WHO IS A NONRESIDENT OF THIS STATE  SEEKS  MODIFICA-
TION; AND
  (III)  THE  RESPONDENT  IS SUBJECT TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF THE
TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE; OR

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  (2) THIS STATE IS THE RESIDENCE OF THE CHILD, OR A  PARTY  WHO  IS  AN
INDIVIDUAL  IS  SUBJECT  TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF THE TRIBUNAL OF
THIS STATE, AND ALL OF  THE  PARTIES  WHO  ARE  INDIVIDUALS  HAVE  FILED
CONSENTS  IN  A  RECORD  IN  THE ISSUING TRIBUNAL FOR A TRIBUNAL OF THIS
STATE  TO  MODIFY  THE  SUPPORT  ORDER  AND ASSUME CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION.
  (B) MODIFICATION OF A REGISTERED CHILD SUPPORT ORDER IS SUBJECT TO THE
SAME REQUIREMENTS, PROCEDURES, AND DEFENSES THAT APPLY TO THE  MODIFICA-
TION OF AN ORDER ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE AND THE ORDER MAY BE
ENFORCED AND SATISFIED IN THE SAME MANNER.
  (C)  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS  STATE MAY NOT MODIFY ANY ASPECT OF A CHILD
SUPPORT ORDER THAT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED UNDER  THE  LAW  OF  THE  ISSUING
STATE,  INCLUDING  THE  DURATION OF THE OBLIGATION OF SUPPORT. IF TWO OR
MORE TRIBUNALS HAVE ISSUED CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS FOR THE SAME OBLIGOR AND
SAME CHILD, THE ORDER THAT CONTROLS AND  MUST  BE  SO  RECOGNIZED  UNDER
SECTION  580-207  OF THIS ARTICLE ESTABLISHES THE ASPECTS OF THE SUPPORT
ORDER WHICH ARE NONMODIFIABLE.
  (D) IN A PROCEEDING TO MODIFY A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER, THE  LAW  OF  THE
STATE  THAT  IS  DETERMINED TO HAVE ISSUED THE INITIAL CONTROLLING ORDER
GOVERNS THE  DURATION  OF  THE  OBLIGATION  OF  SUPPORT.  THE  OBLIGOR'S
FULFILLMENT  OF  THE DUTY OF SUPPORT ESTABLISHED BY THAT ORDER PRECLUDES
IMPOSITION OF A FURTHER OBLIGATION OF SUPPORT  BY  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS
STATE.
  (E)  ON THE ISSUANCE OF AN ORDER BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MODIFYING
A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED IN ANOTHER  STATE,  THE  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS
STATE BECOMES THE TRIBUNAL HAVING CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION.
  (F)  NOTWITHSTANDING  SUBDIVISIONS (A) THROUGH (E) OF THIS SECTION AND
SUBDIVISION (B) OF SECTION 580-201 OF THIS ARTICLE, A TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS
STATE  RETAINS  JURISDICTION  TO MODIFY AN ORDER ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF
THIS STATE IF:
  (1) ONE PARTY RESIDES IN ANOTHER STATE; AND
  (2) THE OTHER PARTY RESIDES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
  S 580-612. RECOGNITION OF ORDER MODIFIED IN ANOTHER STATE.  IF A CHILD
SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE IS MODIFIED BY A TRIBU-
NAL OF ANOTHER STATE WHICH ASSUMED JURISDICTION PURSUANT TO THE  UNIFORM
INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE:
  (A)  MAY  ENFORCE  ITS  ORDER THAT WAS MODIFIED ONLY AS TO ARREARS AND
INTEREST ACCRUING BEFORE THE MODIFICATION;
  (B) MAY PROVIDE APPROPRIATE RELIEF FOR VIOLATIONS OF ITS  ORDER  WHICH
OCCURRED BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE MODIFICATION; AND
  (C)  SHALL  RECOGNIZE  THE  MODIFYING  ORDER  OF THE OTHER STATE, UPON
REGISTRATION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENFORCEMENT.
  S 580-613. 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 IN THIS STATE AND THE CHILD DOES  NOT  RESIDE
IN  THE  ISSUING  STATE,  A  TRIBUNAL  OF THIS STATE HAS JURISDICTION TO
ENFORCE AND TO MODIFY THE ISSUING  STATE'S  CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDER  IN  A
PROCEEDING TO REGISTER THAT ORDER.
  (B)  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS  STATE  EXERCISING  JURISDICTION UNDER THIS
SECTION SHALL APPLY THE PROVISIONS OF PARTS ONE AND TWO OF THIS ARTICLE,
THIS PART AND THE PROCEDURAL AND SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF THIS  STATE  TO  THE
PROCEEDING  FOR  ENFORCEMENT  OR  MODIFICATION. PARTS THREE, FOUR, FIVE,
SEVEN AND EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE DO NOT APPLY.
  S 580-614. NOTICE TO ISSUING TRIBUNAL OF MODIFICATION.  WITHIN  THIRTY
DAYS AFTER ISSUANCE OF A MODIFIED CHILD SUPPORT ORDER, THE PARTY OBTAIN-
ING  THE  MODIFICATION SHALL FILE A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE ORDER WITH THE

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ISSUING TRIBUNAL THAT HAD CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE  JURISDICTION  OVER  THE
EARLIER ORDER, AND IN EACH TRIBUNAL IN WHICH THE PARTY KNOWS THE EARLIER
ORDER  HAS  BEEN  REGISTERED. A PARTY WHO OBTAINS THE ORDER AND FAILS TO
FILE  A CERTIFIED COPY IS SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATE SANCTIONS BY A TRIBUNAL
IN WHICH THE ISSUE OF FAILURE TO FILE ARISES. THE FAILURE TO  FILE  DOES
NOT  AFFECT  THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THE MODIFIED ORDER OF THE
NEW TRIBUNAL HAVING CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION.
                                SUBPART D
      REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION OF FOREIGN CHILD SUPPORT ORDER
SECTION 580-615. JURISDICTION TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER  OF  FOREIGN
                   COUNTRY.
        580-616. PROCEDURE  TO  REGISTER  CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF FOREIGN
                   COUNTRY FOR MODIFICATION.
  S 580-615. JURISDICTION TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF FOREIGN COUN-
TRY.  (A) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SECTION 580-711 OF THIS  ARTI-
CLE,  IF  A FOREIGN COUNTRY LACKS OR REFUSES TO EXERCISE JURISDICTION TO
MODIFY ITS CHILD SUPPORT ORDER PURSUANT TO ITS LAWS, A TRIBUNAL OF  THIS
STATE MAY ASSUME JURISDICTION TO MODIFY THE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER AND BIND
ALL  INDIVIDUALS  SUBJECT  TO  THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF THE TRIBUNAL
WHETHER THE CONSENT TO MODIFICATION OF A CHILD SUPPORT  ORDER  OTHERWISE
REQUIRED  OF THE INDIVIDUAL PURSUANT TO SECTION 580-611 OF THIS PART HAS
BEEN GIVEN OR WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL SEEKING MODIFICATION IS A  RESIDENT
OF THIS STATE OR OF THE FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  (B)  AN  ORDER  ISSUED BY A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MODIFYING A FOREIGN
CHILD SUPPORT ORDER PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IS THE CONTROLLING ORDER.
  S 580-616. PROCEDURE TO REGISTER CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF FOREIGN  COUN-
TRY  FOR  MODIFICATION. A PARTY OR SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SEEKING TO
MODIFY, OR TO MODIFY AND ENFORCE, A  FOREIGN  CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDER  NOT
UNDER  THE  CONVENTION  MAY  REGISTER  THAT  ORDER  IN  THIS STATE UNDER
SECTIONS 580-601 THROUGH 580-608 OF THIS PART IF THE ORDER HAS NOT  BEEN
REGISTERED. A PETITION FOR MODIFICATION MAY BE FILED AT THE SAME TIME AS
A REQUEST FOR REGISTRATION, OR AT ANOTHER TIME. THE PETITION MUST SPECI-
FY THE GROUNDS FOR MODIFICATION.
                                 PART 7
                  SUPPORT PROCEEDINGS UNDER CONVENTION
SECTION 580-701. DEFINITIONS.
        580-702. APPLICABILITY.
        580-703. RELATIONSHIP  OF  OFFICE  OF  TEMPORARY  AND DISABILITY
                   ASSISTANCE TO UNITED STATES CENTRAL AUTHORITY.
        580-704. INITIATION BY STATE  SUPPORT  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCIES  OF
                   SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION.
        580-705. DIRECT REQUEST.
        580-706. REGISTRATION OF CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER.
        580-707. CONTEST OF REGISTERED CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER.
        580-708. RECOGNITION  AND  ENFORCEMENT  OF REGISTERED CONVENTION
                   SUPPORT ORDER.
        580-709. PARTIAL ENFORCEMENT.
        580-710. FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT.
        580-711. MODIFICATION OF CONVENTION CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.
        580-712. PERSONAL INFORMATION; LIMIT ON USE.
        580-713. RECORD IN ORIGINAL LANGUAGE; ENGLISH TRANSLATION.
  S 580-701. DEFINITIONS. IN THIS PART:
  1. "APPLICATION" MEANS A REQUEST UNDER THE CONVENTION BY AN OBLIGEE OR
OBLIGOR, OR ON BEHALF OF A CHILD, MADE THROUGH A CENTRAL  AUTHORITY  FOR
ASSISTANCE FROM ANOTHER CENTRAL AUTHORITY.

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  2.  "CENTRAL  AUTHORITY"  MEANS  THE  ENTITY  DESIGNATED BY THE UNITED
STATES OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (IV)  OF  SUBDIVISION
FIVE  OF SECTION 580-102 OF THIS ARTICLE TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS SPECI-
FIED IN THE CONVENTION.
  3. "CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER" MEANS A SUPPORT ORDER OF A TRIBUNAL OF A
FOREIGN  COUNTRY  DESCRIBED  IN  PARAGRAPH  (IV)  OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF
SECTION 580-102 OF THIS ARTICLE.
  4. "DIRECT REQUEST" MEANS A PETITION  FILED  BY  AN  INDIVIDUAL  IN  A
TRIBUNAL  OF THIS STATE IN A PROCEEDING INVOLVING AN OBLIGEE, OBLIGOR OR
CHILD RESIDING OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
  5. "FOREIGN CENTRAL  AUTHORITY"  MEANS  THE  ENTITY  DESIGNATED  BY  A
FOREIGN  COUNTRY  DESCRIBED  IN  PARAGRAPH  (IV)  OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF
SECTION 580-102 OF THIS ARTICLE TO PERFORM THE  FUNCTIONS  SPECIFIED  IN
THE CONVENTION.
  6. "FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT":
  (I) MEANS AN AGREEMENT FOR SUPPORT IN A RECORD THAT:
  (A) IS ENFORCEABLE AS A SUPPORT ORDER IN THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN;
  (B) HAS BEEN:
  (A)  FORMALLY  DRAWN  UP OR REGISTERED AS AN AUTHENTIC INSTRUMENT BY A
FOREIGN TRIBUNAL; OR
  (B) AUTHENTICATED BY, OR CONCLUDED, REGISTERED OR FILED WITH A FOREIGN
TRIBUNAL; AND
  (C) MAY BE REVIEWED AND MODIFIED BY A FOREIGN TRIBUNAL; AND
  (II) INCLUDES A MAINTENANCE ARRANGEMENT OR AUTHENTIC INSTRUMENT  UNDER
THE CONVENTION.
  7. "UNITED STATES CENTRAL AUTHORITY" MEANS THE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
  S  580-702.  APPLICABILITY.    THIS  PART  APPLIES  ONLY  TO A SUPPORT
PROCEEDING UNDER THE CONVENTION. IN SUCH A PROCEEDING, IF A PROVISION OF
THIS PART IS INCONSISTENT WITH PARTS ONE THROUGH SIX  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
THIS PART CONTROLS.
  S  580-703. RELATIONSHIP OF OFFICE OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY ASSIST-
ANCE TO UNITED STATES CENTRAL AUTHORITY.   THE OFFICE OF  TEMPORARY  AND
DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE  IS  RECOGNIZED  AS  THE AGENCY DESIGNATED BY THE
UNITED STATES CENTRAL AUTHORITY TO PERFORM SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS UNDER  THE
CONVENTION;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT OF THIS
STATE MAY PERFORM ANY FUNCTION AUTHORIZED UNDER STATE LAW.
  S 580-704. INITIATION BY STATE SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF SUPPORT
PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION.   (A) IN A SUPPORT  PROCEEDING  UNDER  THIS
PART, THE SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF THIS STATE SHALL:
  (1) TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE APPLICATIONS; AND
  (2)  INITIATE  OR FACILITATE THE INSTITUTION OF A PROCEEDING REGARDING
AN APPLICATION IN A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE.
  (B) THE FOLLOWING SUPPORT PROCEEDINGS  ARE  AVAILABLE  TO  AN  OBLIGEE
UNDER THE CONVENTION:
  (1)  RECOGNITION  OR  RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF A FOREIGN SUPPORT
ORDER;
  (2) ENFORCEMENT OF A SUPPORT ORDER ISSUED OR RECOGNIZED IN THIS STATE;
  (3) ESTABLISHMENT OF A SUPPORT ORDER IF THERE IS  NO  EXISTING  ORDER,
INCLUDING, IF NECESSARY, DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE OF A CHILD;
  (4)  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  A  SUPPORT  ORDER  IF RECOGNITION OF A FOREIGN
SUPPORT ORDER IS REFUSED UNDER PARAGRAPH TWO, FOUR OR NINE  OF  SUBDIVI-
SION (B) OF SECTION 580-708 OF THIS PART;
  (5) MODIFICATION OF A SUPPORT ORDER OF A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE; AND
  (6)  MODIFICATION OF A SUPPORT ORDER OF A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE OR
A FOREIGN COUNTRY.

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  (C) THE FOLLOWING SUPPORT PROCEEDINGS ARE AVAILABLE UNDER THE  CONVEN-
TION TO AN OBLIGOR AGAINST WHICH THERE IS AN EXISTING SUPPORT ORDER:
  (1)  RECOGNITION  OF AN ORDER SUSPENDING OR LIMITING ENFORCEMENT OF AN
EXISTING SUPPORT ORDER OF A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE;
  (2) MODIFICATION OF A SUPPORT ORDER OF A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE; AND
  (3) MODIFICATION OF A SUPPORT ORDER OF A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE  OR
A FOREIGN COUNTRY.
  (D)  A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY NOT REQUIRE SECURITY, BOND OR DEPOS-
IT, HOWEVER DESCRIBED, TO GUARANTEE THE PAYMENT OF COSTS AND EXPENSES IN
PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE CONVENTION.
  S 580-705. DIRECT REQUEST.  (A) A PETITIONER MAY FILE A DIRECT REQUEST
SEEKING ESTABLISHMENT OR MODIFICATION OF A  SUPPORT  ORDER  OR  DETERMI-
NATION OF PARENTAGE OF A CHILD. IN THE PROCEEDING, THE LAW OF THIS STATE
APPLIES.
  (B)  A  PETITIONER  MAY  FILE A DIRECT REQUEST SEEKING RECOGNITION AND
ENFORCEMENT OF A SUPPORT ORDER OR SUPPORT AGREEMENT. IN THE  PROCEEDING,
SECTIONS 580-706 THROUGH 580-713 OF THIS PART APPLY.
  (C)  IN  A DIRECT REQUEST FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF A CONVEN-
TION SUPPORT ORDER OR FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT:
  (1) A SECURITY, BOND OR DEPOSIT  IS  NOT  REQUIRED  TO  GUARANTEE  THE
PAYMENT OF COSTS AND EXPENSES; AND
  (2)  AN  OBLIGEE  OR OBLIGOR THAT IN THE ISSUING COUNTRY HAS BENEFITED
FROM FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE IS ENTITLED TO BENEFIT, AT LEAST TO THE  SAME
EXTENT,  FROM  ANY FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED FOR BY THE LAW OF THIS
STATE UNDER THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES.
  (D) A PETITIONER FILING A DIRECT REQUEST IS NOT ENTITLED TO ASSISTANCE
FROM THE STATE CHILD SUPPORT AGENCIES.
  (E) THIS PART DOES NOT PREVENT THE APPLICATION OF LAWS OF  THIS  STATE
THAT  PROVIDE  SIMPLIFIED,  MORE  EXPEDITIOUS  RULES  REGARDING A DIRECT
REQUEST FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF A FOREIGN  SUPPORT  ORDER  OR
FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT.
  S  580-706.  REGISTRATION  OF CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER.  (A) EXCEPT AS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS PART, A PARTY  WHO  IS  AN  INDIVIDUAL  OR  A
SUPPORT  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY SEEKING RECOGNITION OF A CONVENTION SUPPORT
ORDER SHALL REGISTER THE ORDER IN THIS STATE AS PROVIDED IN PART SIX  OF
THIS ARTICLE.
  (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  SECTION  580-311  AND SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION
580-602 OF THIS ARTICLE, A REQUEST  FOR  REGISTRATION  OF  A  CONVENTION
SUPPORT ORDER MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY:
  (1)  A COMPLETE TEXT OF THE SUPPORT ORDER OR AN ABSTRACT OR EXTRACT OF
THE SUPPORT ORDER DRAWN UP BY THE ISSUING FOREIGN TRIBUNAL, WHICH MAY BE
IN THE FORM RECOMMENDED BY THE HAGUE CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL
LAW;
  (2) A RECORD STATING THAT THE SUPPORT  ORDER  IS  ENFORCEABLE  IN  THE
ISSUING COUNTRY;
  (3)  IF  THE  RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AND WAS NOT REPRESENTED IN THE
PROCEEDINGS IN THE ISSUING COUNTRY, A RECORD ATTESTING, AS  APPROPRIATE,
EITHER  THAT  THE RESPONDENT HAD PROPER NOTICE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD OR THAT THE RESPONDENT HAD PROPER NOTICE OF  THE
SUPPORT ORDER AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD IN A CHALLENGE OR APPEAL ON
FACT OR LAW BEFORE A TRIBUNAL;
  (4)  A  RECORD SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF ARREARS, IF ANY, AND THE DATE THE
AMOUNT WAS CALCULATED;
  (5) A RECORD SHOWING A REQUIREMENT FOR  AUTOMATIC  ADJUSTMENT  OF  THE
AMOUNT  OF  SUPPORT,  IF  ANY, AND THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO MAKE THE
APPROPRIATE CALCULATIONS; AND

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  (6) IF NECESSARY, A RECORD SHOWING THE EXTENT TO WHICH  THE  APPLICANT
RECEIVED FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN THE ISSUING COUNTRY.
  (C)  A REQUEST FOR REGISTRATION OF A CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER MAY SEEK
RECOGNITION AND PARTIAL ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDER.
  (D) A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY VACATE THE REGISTRATION OF A  CONVEN-
TION SUPPORT ORDER WITHOUT THE FILING OF A CONTEST UNDER SECTION 580-707
OF  THIS PART ONLY IF, ACTING ON ITS OWN MOTION, THE TRIBUNAL FINDS THAT
RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDER WOULD BE  MANIFESTLY  INCOMPAT-
IBLE WITH PUBLIC POLICY.
  (E) THE TRIBUNAL SHALL PROMPTLY NOTIFY THE PARTIES OF THE REGISTRATION
OR THE ORDER VACATING THE REGISTRATION OF A CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER.
  S 580-707. CONTEST OF REGISTERED CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER.  (A) EXCEPT
AS  OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS PART, SECTIONS 580-605 THROUGH 580-608 OF
THIS ARTICLE APPLY TO A  CONTEST  OF  A  REGISTERED  CONVENTION  SUPPORT
ORDER.
  (B)  A  PARTY  CONTESTING  A REGISTERED CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER SHALL
FILE A CONTEST NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER NOTICE OF THE  REGISTRA-
TION,  BUT IF THE CONTESTING PARTY DOES NOT RESIDE IN THE UNITED STATES,
THE CONTEST MUST BE FILED NOT LATER THAN SIXTY DAYS AFTER NOTICE OF  THE
REGISTRATION.
  (C)  IF  THE  NONREGISTERING  PARTY  FAILS  TO  CONTEST THE REGISTERED
CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER BY THE TIME SPECIFIED  IN  SUBDIVISION  (B)  OF
THIS SECTION, THE ORDER IS ENFORCEABLE.
  (D)  A  CONTEST  OF A REGISTERED CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER MAY BE BASED
ONLY ON GROUNDS SET FORTH IN SECTION 580-708 OF THIS PART. THE  CONTEST-
ING PARTY BEARS THE BURDEN OF PROOF.
  (E)  IN A CONTEST OF A REGISTERED CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER, A TRIBUNAL
OF THIS STATE:
  (1) IS BOUND BY THE FINDINGS OF FACT ON  WHICH  THE  FOREIGN  TRIBUNAL
BASED ITS JURISDICTION; AND
  (2) MAY NOT REVIEW THE MERITS OF THE ORDER.
  (F)  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS  STATE  DECIDING  A CONTEST OF A REGISTERED
CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER SHALL PROMPTLY NOTIFY THE PARTIES OF ITS  DECI-
SION.
  (G)  A CHALLENGE OR APPEAL, IF ANY, DOES NOT STAY THE ENFORCEMENT OF A
CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER UNLESS THERE ARE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
  S  580-708.  RECOGNITION  AND  ENFORCEMENT  OF  REGISTERED  CONVENTION
SUPPORT  ORDER.   (A) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (B) OF
THIS SECTION, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE SHALL  RECOGNIZE  AND  ENFORCE  A
REGISTERED CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER.
  (B)  THE FOLLOWING GROUNDS ARE THE ONLY GROUNDS ON WHICH A TRIBUNAL OF
THIS STATE MAY  REFUSE  RECOGNITION  AND  ENFORCEMENT  OF  A  REGISTERED
CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER:
  (1)  RECOGNITION  AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDER IS MANIFESTLY INCOMPAT-
IBLE WITH PUBLIC POLICY, INCLUDING THE FAILURE OF THE  ISSUING  TRIBUNAL
TO OBSERVE MINIMUM STANDARDS OF DUE PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDE NOTICE AND AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD;
  (2)  THE ISSUING TRIBUNAL LACKED PERSONAL JURISDICTION CONSISTENT WITH
SECTION 580-201 OF THIS ARTICLE;
  (3) THE ORDER IS NOT ENFORCEABLE IN THE ISSUING COUNTRY;
  (4) THE ORDER WAS OBTAINED BY FRAUD IN CONNECTION  WITH  A  MATTER  OF
PROCEDURE;
  (5)  A  RECORD  TRANSMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 580-706 OF THIS
PART LACKS AUTHENTICITY OR INTEGRITY;

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  (6) A PROCEEDING BETWEEN THE SAME PARTIES AND HAVING THE SAME  PURPOSE
IS  PENDING  BEFORE A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE AND THAT PROCEEDING WAS THE
FIRST TO BE FILED;
  (7) THE ORDER IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH A MORE RECENT SUPPORT ORDER INVOLV-
ING  THE  SAME  PARTIES  AND  HAVING THE SAME PURPOSE IF THE MORE RECENT
SUPPORT ORDER IS ENTITLED TO  RECOGNITION  AND  ENFORCEMENT  UNDER  THIS
ARTICLE IN THIS STATE;
  (8)  PAYMENT, TO THE EXTENT ALLEGED ARREARS HAVE BEEN PAID IN WHOLE OR
IN PART;
  (9) IN A CASE IN WHICH THE RESPONDENT NEITHER APPEARED NOR WAS REPRES-
ENTED IN THE PROCEEDING IN THE ISSUING FOREIGN COUNTRY:
  (I)  IF  THE  LAW  OF  THAT  COUNTRY  PROVIDES  FOR  PRIOR  NOTICE  OF
PROCEEDINGS,   THE   RESPONDENT  DID  NOT  HAVE  PROPER  NOTICE  OF  THE
PROCEEDINGS AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD; OR
  (II) IF THE LAW OF THAT COUNTRY DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR PRIOR  NOTICE  OF
THE  PROCEEDINGS, THE RESPONDENT DID NOT HAVE PROPER NOTICE OF THE ORDER
AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD IN A CHALLENGE OR APPEAL ON FACT  OR  LAW
BEFORE A TRIBUNAL; OR
  (10) THE ORDER WAS MADE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 580-711 OF THIS PART.
  (C)  IF  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS  STATE  DOES NOT RECOGNIZE A CONVENTION
SUPPORT ORDER UNDER PARAGRAPH TWO, FOUR OR NINE OF  SUBDIVISION  (B)  OF
THIS SECTION:
  (1)  THE  TRIBUNAL  MAY  NOT DISMISS THE PROCEEDING WITHOUT ALLOWING A
REASONABLE TIME FOR A PARTY  TO  REQUEST  THE  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  A  NEW
CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER; AND
  (2) THE STATE CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY SHALL TAKE ALL APPROPRIATE MEASURES
TO  REQUEST A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER FOR THE OBLIGEE IF THE APPLICATION FOR
RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT WAS RECEIVED UNDER SECTION 580-704  OF  THIS
PART.
  S  580-709. PARTIAL ENFORCEMENT.  IF A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE DOES NOT
RECOGNIZE AND ENFORCE A CONVENTION SUPPORT ORDER  IN  ITS  ENTIRETY,  IT
SHALL  ENFORCE ANY SEVERABLE PART OF THE ORDER. AN APPLICATION OR DIRECT
REQUEST MAY SEEK RECOGNITION AND PARTIAL  ENFORCEMENT  OF  A  CONVENTION
SUPPORT ORDER.
  S  580-710.  FOREIGN  SUPPORT  AGREEMENT.    (A)  EXCEPT  AS OTHERWISE
PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISIONS (C) AND (D) OF THIS SECTION, A TRIBUNAL OF THIS
STATE SHALL RECOGNIZE AND ENFORCE A FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT REGISTERED
IN THIS STATE.
  (B) AN APPLICATION OR DIRECT REQUEST FOR RECOGNITION  AND  ENFORCEMENT
OF A FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY:
  (1) A COMPLETE TEXT OF THE FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT; AND
  (2) A RECORD STATING THAT THE FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT IS ENFORCEABLE
AS AN ORDER OF SUPPORT IN THE ISSUING COUNTRY.
  (C)  A TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY VACATE THE REGISTRATION OF A FOREIGN
SUPPORT AGREEMENT ONLY IF, ACTING ON ITS OWN MOTION, THE TRIBUNAL  FINDS
THAT  RECOGNITION  AND ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE MANIFESTLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH
PUBLIC POLICY.
  (D) IN A CONTEST OF A FOREIGN SUPPORT AGREEMENT, A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS
STATE  MAY  REFUSE  RECOGNITION  AND  ENFORCEMENT OF THE AGREEMENT IF IT
FINDS:
  (1) RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE AGREEMENT IS MANIFESTLY  INCOM-
PATIBLE WITH PUBLIC POLICY;
  (2) THE AGREEMENT WAS OBTAINED BY FRAUD OR FALSIFICATION;
  (3)  THE  AGREEMENT IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH A SUPPORT ORDER INVOLVING THE
SAME PARTIES AND HAVING THE SAME PURPOSE IN THIS STATE,  ANOTHER  STATE,

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OR A FOREIGN COUNTRY IF THE SUPPORT ORDER IS ENTITLED TO RECOGNITION AND
ENFORCEMENT UNDER THIS ARTICLE IN THIS STATE; OR
  (4)  THE  RECORD SUBMITTED UNDER SUBDIVISION (B) OF THIS SECTION LACKS
AUTHENTICITY OR INTEGRITY.
  (E) A PROCEEDING FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF A FOREIGN  SUPPORT
AGREEMENT  MUST  BE  SUSPENDED  DURING THE PENDENCY OF A CHALLENGE TO OR
APPEAL OF THE AGREEMENT BEFORE A TRIBUNAL OF ANOTHER STATE OR A  FOREIGN
COUNTRY.
  S  580-711.  MODIFICATION  OF  CONVENTION CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.   (A) A
TRIBUNAL OF THIS STATE MAY NOT MODIFY A CONVENTION CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDER
IF  THE  OBLIGEE  REMAINS  A  RESIDENT  OF THE FOREIGN COUNTRY WHERE THE
SUPPORT ORDER WAS ISSUED UNLESS:
  (1) THE OBLIGEE SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION  OF  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS
STATE,  EITHER EXPRESSLY OR BY DEFENDING ON THE MERITS OF THE CASE WITH-
OUT OBJECTING TO THE JURISDICTION AT THE FIRST AVAILABLE OPPORTUNITY; OR
  (2) THE FOREIGN TRIBUNAL LACKS OR REFUSES TO EXERCISE JURISDICTION  TO
MODIFY ITS SUPPORT ORDER OR ISSUE A NEW SUPPORT ORDER.
  (B)  IF  A  TRIBUNAL  OF THIS STATE DOES NOT MODIFY A CONVENTION CHILD
SUPPORT ORDER BECAUSE THE ORDER IS NOT RECOGNIZED IN THIS STATE,  SUBDI-
VISION (C) OF SECTION 580-708 OF THIS PART APPLIES.
  S  580-712.  PERSONAL INFORMATION; LIMIT ON USE.  PERSONAL INFORMATION
GATHERED OR TRANSMITTED UNDER  THIS  PART  MAY  BE  USED  ONLY  FOR  THE
PURPOSES FOR WHICH IT WAS GATHERED OR TRANSMITTED.
  S 580-713. RECORD IN ORIGINAL LANGUAGE; ENGLISH TRANSLATION.  A RECORD
FILED  WITH  A  TRIBUNAL  OF  THIS  STATE UNDER THIS PART MUST BE IN THE
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE AND, IF NOT IN ENGLISH,  MUST  BE  ACCOMPANIED  BY  AN
ENGLISH TRANSLATION.
                                 PART 8
                          INTERSTATE RENDITION
SECTION 580-801. GROUNDS FOR RENDITION.
        580-802. CONDITIONS OF RENDITION.
  S  580-801.  GROUNDS  FOR  RENDITION.   (A) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PART,
"GOVERNOR" INCLUDES AN INDIVIDUAL PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS  OF  GOVERNOR
OR THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY OF A STATE COVERED BY THIS ARTICLE.
  (B) THE GOVERNOR OF THIS STATE MAY:
  (1)  DEMAND THAT THE GOVERNOR OF ANOTHER STATE SURRENDER AN INDIVIDUAL
FOUND IN THE OTHER STATE WHO IS CHARGED CRIMINALLY IN  THIS  STATE  WITH
HAVING FAILED TO PROVIDE FOR THE SUPPORT OF AN OBLIGEE; OR
  (2) ON THE DEMAND OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANOTHER STATE, SURRENDER AN INDI-
VIDUAL  FOUND IN THIS STATE WHO IS CHARGED CRIMINALLY IN THE OTHER STATE
WITH HAVING FAILED TO PROVIDE FOR THE SUPPORT OF AN OBLIGEE.
  (C) A PROVISION FOR EXTRADITION OF INDIVIDUALS NOT  INCONSISTENT  WITH
THIS  ARTICLE APPLIES TO THE DEMAND EVEN IF THE INDIVIDUAL WHOSE SURREN-
DER IS DEMANDED WAS NOT IN  THE  DEMANDING  STATE  WHEN  THE  CRIME  WAS
ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED AND HAS NOT FLED THEREFROM.
  S  580-802.  CONDITIONS OF RENDITION.  (A) BEFORE MAKING A DEMAND THAT
THE GOVERNOR OF ANOTHER STATE SURRENDER AN INDIVIDUAL CHARGED CRIMINALLY
IN THIS STATE WITH HAVING FAILED TO PROVIDE FOR THE SUPPORT OF AN  OBLI-
GEE,  THE  GOVERNOR OF THIS STATE MAY REQUIRE A PROSECUTOR OF THIS STATE
TO DEMONSTRATE THAT AT LEAST  SIXTY  DAYS  PREVIOUSLY  THE  OBLIGEE  HAD
INITIATED  PROCEEDINGS  FOR SUPPORT PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE OR THAT THE
PROCEEDING WOULD BE OF NO AVAIL.
  (B) IF, UNDER THIS ARTICLE OR A  LAW  SUBSTANTIALLY  SIMILAR  TO  THIS
ARTICLE,  THE GOVERNOR OF ANOTHER STATE MAKES A DEMAND THAT THE GOVERNOR
OF THIS STATE SURRENDER AN INDIVIDUAL CHARGED CRIMINALLY IN  THAT  STATE
WITH  HAVING FAILED TO PROVIDE FOR THE SUPPORT OF A CHILD OR OTHER INDI-

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VIDUAL TO WHOM A DUTY OF SUPPORT IS OWED, THE  GOVERNOR  MAY  REQUIRE  A
PROSECUTOR TO INVESTIGATE THE DEMAND AND REPORT WHETHER A PROCEEDING FOR
SUPPORT  HAS  BEEN INITIATED OR WOULD BE EFFECTIVE. IF IT APPEARS THAT A
PROCEEDING  WOULD  BE EFFECTIVE BUT HAS NOT BEEN INITIATED, THE GOVERNOR
MAY DELAY HONORING THE DEMAND FOR A REASONABLE TIME TO PERMIT THE INITI-
ATION OF A PROCEEDING.
  (C) IF A PROCEEDING FOR SUPPORT HAS BEEN INITIATED AND THE  INDIVIDUAL
WHOSE  RENDITION IS DEMANDED PREVAILS, THE GOVERNOR MAY DECLINE TO HONOR
THE DEMAND. IF THE PETITIONER PREVAILS AND THE INDIVIDUAL  WHOSE  RENDI-
TION IS DEMANDED IS SUBJECT TO A SUPPORT ORDER, THE GOVERNOR MAY DECLINE
TO  HONOR  THE  DEMAND  IF  THE INDIVIDUAL IS COMPLYING WITH THE SUPPORT
ORDER.
                                 PART 9
                        MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 580-901. UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.
        580-902. SEVERABILITY.
  S 580-901. UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.    IN  APPLYING
AND CONSTRUING THIS UNIFORM ACT, CONSIDERATION MUST BE GIVEN TO THE NEED
TO  PROMOTE  UNIFORMITY  OF  THE  LAW WITH RESPECT TO ITS SUBJECT MATTER
AMONG STATES THAT ENACT IT.
  S 580-902. SEVERABILITY.   IF ANY PROVISION OF  THIS  ARTICLE  OR  ITS
APPLICATION TO ANY PERSON OR CIRCUMSTANCE IS HELD INVALID, THE INVALIDI-
TY  DOES  NOT  AFFECT  OTHER  PROVISIONS OR APPLICATIONS OF THIS ARTICLE
WHICH CAN BE GIVEN EFFECT WITHOUT THE INVALID PROVISION OR  APPLICATION,
AND TO THIS END THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE ARE SEVERABLE.
  S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law; provided that section two  of  this  act  shall  take
effect  January  1, 2016; provided, however, that if this act shall have
become a law after January 1, 2016, it shall take effect immediately and
shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after Janu-
ary 1, 2016; and provided further, that the provisions of article 5-B of
the family court act, as added by section two of this act,  shall  apply
to  any  action  or  proceeding  filed  or order issued on or before the
effective date of such article.