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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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30-3D-301
Section 30-3D-301 Proceedings under chapter. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter,
this article applies to all proceedings under this chapter. (b) An individual petitioner or
a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter 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. (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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30-3-61
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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30-3D-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-304
Section 30-3D-304 Duties of initiating tribunal. (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized
by this chapter, 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 (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...
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30-3-60
Section 30-3-60 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) CLERK OF THE COURT. Any circuit court clerk, district court clerk or juvenile
court clerk, or their employees, with responsibility for docketing or otherwise carrying out
the court's clerical duties in regard to domestic relations matters, support and nonsupport
cases, including the receipt and disbursement of support payments. (2) COURT. Any juvenile
or family court division of the circuit or district court in the county where the mother of
the child resides or is found, in the county where the father resides or is found, or in the
county where the child resides or is found and, in the case of a petition seeking a divorce
or legal separation, a petition seeking a modification of support previously ordered under
a divorce decree or a petition seeking a contempt citation for failure to pay support previously
ordered under a divorce decree, the circuit court or the domestic...
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30-3B-308
Section 30-3B-308 Expedited enforcement of child custody determination. (a) A petition under
this article must be verified. Certified copies of all orders sought to be enforced and of
any order confirming registration must be attached to the petition. A copy of a certified
copy of an order may be attached instead of the original. (b) A petition for enforcement of
a child custody determination must state: (1) Whether the court that issued the determination
identified the jurisdictional basis it relied upon in exercising jurisdiction and, if so,
what the basis was; (2) Whether the determination for which enforcement is sought has been
vacated, stayed, or modified by a court whose decision must be enforced under this chapter
and, if so, identify the court, the case number, and the nature of the proceeding; (3) Whether
any proceeding has been commenced that could affect the current proceeding, including proceedings
relating to domestic violence, protective orders, termination of parental...
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30-3D-308
Section 30-3D-308 Duty of Attorney General. (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 chapter or may
provide those services directly to the individual. (b) The Attorney General may determine
that a foreign country has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this
state and take appropriate action for notification of the determination. (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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