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SECTION 580-605
Notice of registration of order
Family Court Act (FCT) CHAPTER 686, ARTICLE 5-B, PART 6, SUBPART B
§ 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
accompanying the order.

(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
registered 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.