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-705
Section 30-3D-705 Direct request. (a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment
or modification of a support order or determination 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 30-3D-706
through 30-3D-713 apply. (c) In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a Convention
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 Department of Human Resources. (e) This article...
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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-204
Section 30-3D-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 jurisdiction 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 establish 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...
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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-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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30-3D-603
Section 30-3D-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 chapter,
a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support
order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction. (Act 2015-284, §1.)...
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30-3D-708
Section 30-3D-708 Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order. (a) Except
as otherwise provided in subsection (b), 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 incompatible 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 30-3D-201; (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 30-3D-706 lacks authenticity
or integrity; (6) a proceeding between the same parties and having...
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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-307
Section 30-3D-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
chapter. (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 seven days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays,
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 seven days, exclusive of Saturdays,
Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from...
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