30-3D-711
Section 30-3D-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 without
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, Section 30-3D-708(c) applies. (Act 2015-284, §1.)...

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30-3D-607
Section 30-3D-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; (6) full or partial payment has been made; (7) the statute of limitation under Section
30-3D-604 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 subsection (a), a tribunal may stay enforcement of a registered
support order, continue the proceeding to permit production of...
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30-3D-507
Section 30-3D-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 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 chapter. (Act 2015-284, §1.)...
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30-3D-604
Section 30-3D-604 Choice of law. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), 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 country
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...
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30-3D-609
Section 30-3D-609 Procedure to register child-support order of another state for modification.
A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, 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 30-3D-601 through 30-3D-608 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. (Act 2015-284, §1.)...
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30-3D-616
Section 30-3D-616 Procedure to register child-support order of foreign country 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
30-3D-601 through 30-3D-608 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 specify the grounds for modification. (Act 2015-284, §1.)...
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30-3B-305
Section 30-3B-305 Registration of child custody determination. (a) A child custody determination
issued by a court of another state may be registered in this state, with or without a simultaneous
request for enforcement, by sending to the appropriate court in this state: (1) A letter or
other document requesting registration; (2) Two copies, including one certified copy, of the
determination sought to be registered, and a statement under penalty of perjury that to the
best of the knowledge and belief of the person seeking registration the order has not been
modified; and (3) Except as otherwise provided in Section 30-3B-209, the name and address
of the person seeking registration and any parent or person acting as a parent who has been
awarded custody or visitation in the child custody determination sought to be registered.
(b) On receipt of the documents required by subsection (a), the registering court shall: (1)
Cause the determination to be filed as a foreign judgment, together...
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30-3D-311
Section 30-3D-311 Pleadings and accompanying documents. (a) In a proceeding under this chapter,
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 30-3D-312, 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...
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30-3D-305
Section 30-3D-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 Section 30-3D-301(b), 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;...
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30-3D-313
Section 30-3D-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 Article 6, a hearing is presumed to...
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