30-3D-704
Section 30-3D-704 Initiation by the Department of Human Resources of support proceeding under
Convention. (a) In a support proceeding under this article, the Department of Human Resources
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 Section 30-3D-708(b)(2), (4), or
(9); (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...
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30-3D-701
Section 30-3D-701 Definitions. In this article: (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. (2) "Central authority"
means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in Section
30-3D-102(5)(D) to perform the functions specified in the Convention. (3) "Convention
support order" means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in
Section 30-3D-102(5)(D). (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 Section 30-3D-102(5)(D) to perform the functions specified
in the Convention. (6) "Foreign support agreement": (A) means an agreement for support
in a record that: (i) is...
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30-3D-105
Section 30-3D-105 Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support
proceeding. (a) A tribunal of this state shall apply Articles 1 through 6 and, as applicable,
Article 7, 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 Articles 1 through 6. (c) Article 7 applies
only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of
Article 7 is inconsistent with Articles 1 through 6, Article 7 controls. (Act 2015-284, §1.)...

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30-3-197
Section 30-3-197 Authorized actions; safeguards. (a) Provided that no actions are pending before
any circuit and district court of this state, the state Title IV-D agency may take the following
actions related to establishment of paternity or to the establishment, modification, or enforcement
of support orders, without the necessity of obtaining an order from any other judicial or
administrative tribunal, or in furtherance of any existing order, and to recognize and enforce
the authority of the state Title IV-D agencies of other states of the following actions: (1)
To order genetic testing for the purpose of paternity establishment. (2) To subpoena any financial
or other information needed to establish, modify, or enforce a support order, and to impose
penalties for failure to respond to a subpoena. (3) To require all entities in the state,
including for profit, nonprofit, and governmental employers, to provide promptly, in response
to a request by the state Title IV-D agency of this...
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30-3D-206
Section 30-3D-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 tribunal 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 pursuant 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. (Act 2015-284, §1.)...
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30-3D-211
Section 30-3D-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 jurisdiction 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 jurisdiction 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. (Act 2015-284, §1.)...
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30-3-61
Section 30-3-61 Withholding order required in child support orders; employer to withhold support
from income due and pay to designee; income withholding order issued by another state; when
order served on employer; delinquency of support payments. (a) Any provision of Section 8-5-21,
to the contrary notwithstanding, any original decree, judgment, or order issued by a court
of this state for the payment of support, any decree or judgment entered pursuant to a petition
to modify an original decree or award of support, any decree or judgment of contempt of court
for failure to pay support as previously ordered by a court of this state, or any decree or
judgment for criminal or civil nonsupport shall include as a separate section a withholding
order subject to subsection (c) of this section directing any employer of the obligor to withhold
and pay over to the clerk of the court or the Department of Human Resources, or its designee,
whichever is appropriate, out of income due or to become...
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30-3A-613
Section 30-3A-613 Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of another state when individual
parties reside in this state. Repealed by Act 2015-284 effective June 2, 2015. (Acts 1997,
No. 97-245, p. 398, §1.)...
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30-3D-612
Section 30-3D-612 Recognition of order modified in another state. If a child-support order
issued by a tribunal of this state is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed
jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of this state:
(1) may enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before
the modification; (2) may provide appropriate relief for violations of its order which occurred
before the effective date of the modification; and (3) shall recognize the modifying order
of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement. (Act 2015-284, §1.)...

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30-3D-707
Section 30-3D-707 Contest of registered Convention support order. (a) Except as otherwise provided
in this article, Sections 30-3D-605 through 30-3D-608 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 30 days after notice of the registration, but if the contesting party does
not reside in the United States, the contest must be filed not later than 60 days after notice
of the registration. (c) If the nonregistering party fails to contest the registered Convention
support order by the time specified in subsection (b), the order is enforceable. (d) A contest
of a registered Convention support order may be based only on grounds set forth in Section
30-3D-708. The contesting 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;...
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