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S.B. 136

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UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT

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ACT

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2004 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Lyle W. Hillyard

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill makes amendments conforming the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
             10      with other uniform laws and statutes and makes technical corrections.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    adds definitions of "person" and "record" to the definition section;
             14          .    clarifies the duration of personal jurisdiction a state has over parties to an action;
             15          .    allows modifications to a support order to be made by the state controlling the
             16      order, even if the parties no longer reside in that state;
             17          .    authorizes an issuing tribunal to request that a tribunal of another state enforce its
             18      order;
             19          .    modifies the definition of state to include foreign countries;
             20          .    clarifies that the duration of a support order will be based on the initial controlling
             21      order;
             22          .    allows a party or witness residing in another state to be deposed or testify under
             23      penalty of perjury by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means;
             24          .    clarifies procedures for when there are two or more support orders in existence; and
             25          .    clarifies who must receive notice when two or more support orders exist and a
             26      controlling order determination must be made.
             27      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:


             28          None
             29      Other Special Clauses:
             30          None
             31      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             32      AMENDS:
             33          78-45f-101, as last amended by Chapter 161, Laws of Utah 2000
             34          78-45f-103, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             35          78-45f-201, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             36          78-45f-205, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             37          78-45f-206, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             38          78-45f-207, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             39          78-45f-208, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             40          78-45f-209, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             41          78-45f-301, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             42          78-45f-303, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             43          78-45f-304, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             44          78-45f-305, as last amended by Chapter 255, Laws of Utah 2001
             45          78-45f-306, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             46          78-45f-307, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             47          78-45f-308, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             48          78-45f-310, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             49          78-45f-311, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             50          78-45f-314, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             51          78-45f-316, as enacted by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             52          78-45f-317, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             53          78-45f-319, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             54          78-45f-401, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             55          78-45f-501, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             56          78-45f-502, as enacted by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             57          78-45f-503, as enacted by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             58          78-45f-506, as enacted by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997


             59          78-45f-507, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             60          78-45f-601, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             61          78-45f-602, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             62          78-45f-604, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             63          78-45f-605, as last amended by Chapter 161, Laws of Utah 2000
             64          78-45f-607, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             65          78-45f-610, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             66          78-45f-611, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             67          78-45f-612, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             68          78-45f-701, as last amended by Chapter 161, Laws of Utah 2000
             69          78-45f-801, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             70          78-45f-802, as last amended by Chapter 161, Laws of Utah 2000
             71          78-45f-901, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             72      ENACTS:
             73          78-45f-210, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             74          78-45f-211, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             75          78-45f-615, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             76      REPEALS AND REENACTS:
             77          78-45f-202, as last amended by Chapter 21, Laws of Utah 1999
             78          78-45f-312, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 232, Laws of Utah 1997
             79     
             80      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             81          Section 1. Section 78-45f-101 is amended to read:
             82           78-45f-101. Definitions.
             83          In this chapter:
             84          (1) "Child" means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or
             85      is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be
             86      the beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent.
             87          (2) "Child-support order" means a support order for a child, including a child who has
             88      attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state.
             89          (3) "Duty of support" means an obligation imposed or imposable by law to provide


             90      support for a child, spouse, or former spouse, including an unsatisfied obligation to provide
             91      support.
             92          (4) "Home state" means the state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting
             93      as parent for at least six consecutive months immediately preceding the time of filing of a
             94      petition or comparable pleading for support and, if a child is less than six months old, the state
             95      in which the child lived from birth with any of them. A period of temporary absence of any of
             96      them is counted as part of the six-month or other period.
             97          (5) "Income" includes earnings or other periodic entitlements to money from any
             98      source and any other property subject to withholding for support under the law of this state.
             99          (6) "Income-withholding order" means an order or notice directed to an obligor's
             100      employer or other source of income as defined in Section 62A-11-103 , to withhold support
             101      from the income of the obligor in accordance with Title 62A, Chapter 11, Part 4 or Part 5.
             102          (7) "Initiating state" means a state from which a proceeding is forwarded or in which a
             103      proceeding is filed for forwarding to a responding state under this chapter or a law or procedure
             104      substantially similar to this chapter[, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or
             105      the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act].
             106          (8) "Initiating tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in an initiating state.
             107          (9) "Issuing state" means the state in which a tribunal issues a support order or renders
             108      a judgment determining parentage.
             109          (10) "Issuing tribunal" means the tribunal that issues a support order or renders a
             110      judgment determining parentage.
             111          (11) "Law" includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations having the
             112      force of law.
             113          (12) "Obligee" means:
             114          (a) an individual to whom a duty of support is or is alleged to be owed or in whose
             115      favor a support order has been issued or a judgment determining parentage has been rendered;
             116          (b) a state or political subdivision to which the rights under a duty of support or
             117      support order have been assigned or which has independent claims based on financial
             118      assistance provided to an individual obligee; or
             119          (c) an individual seeking a judgment determining parentage of the individual's child.
             120          (13) "Obligor" means an individual, or the estate of a decedent who:


             121          (a) owes or is alleged to owe a duty of support;
             122          (b) is alleged but has not been adjudicated to be a parent of a child; or
             123          (c) is liable under a support order.
             124          (14) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust,
             125      partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental
             126      subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial
             127      entity.
             128          (15) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is
             129      stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
             130          [(14)] (16) "Register" means to file a support order or judgment determining parentage
             131      in the district court.
             132          [(15)] (17) "Registering tribunal" means a tribunal in which a support order is
             133      registered.
             134          [(16)] (18) "Responding state" means a state in which a proceeding is filed or to which
             135      a proceeding is forwarded for filing from an initiating state under this chapter or a law or
             136      procedure substantially similar to this chapter[, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of
             137      Support Act, or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act].
             138          [(17)] (19) "Responding tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in a responding state.
             139          [(18)] (20) "Spousal-support order" means a support order for a spouse or former
             140      spouse of the obligor.
             141          [(19)] (21) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
             142      Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the
             143      jurisdiction of the United States. The term includes:
             144          (a) an Indian tribe; and [a foreign jurisdiction that]
             145          (b) a foreign country or political subdivision that:
             146          (i) has been declared to be a foreign reciprocating country or political subdivision
             147      under federal law;
             148          (ii) has established a reciprocal arrangement for child-support with this state as
             149      provided in Section 78-45f-208 ; or
             150          (iii) has enacted a law or established procedures for issuance and enforcement of
             151      support orders which are substantially similar to the procedures under this chapter[, the


             152      Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal
             153      Enforcement of Support Act].
             154          [(20)] (22) "Support-enforcement agency" means a public official or agency authorized
             155      to seek:
             156          (a) enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of support;
             157          (b) establishment or modification of child-support;
             158          (c) determination of parentage; [or]
             159          (d) [to locate] location of obligors or their assets[.]; or
             160          (e) determination of the controlling child-support order.
             161          [(21)] (23) "Support order" means a judgment, decree, [or] order, or directive, whether
             162      temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued by a tribunal for the benefit of a child, a
             163      spouse, or a former spouse, which provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, or
             164      reimbursement, and may include related costs and fees, interest, income withholding, attorney's
             165      fees, and other relief.
             166          [(22)] (24) "Tribunal" means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity
             167      authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage.
             168          Section 2. Section 78-45f-103 is amended to read:
             169           78-45f-103. Remedies cumulative.
             170          (1) Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability
             171      of remedies under other law[.], including the recognition of a support order of a foreign country
             172      or political subdivision on the basis of comity.
             173          (2) This chapter does not:
             174          (a) provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the
             175      law of this state; or
             176          (b) grant a tribunal of this state jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order
             177      relating to child custody or parent-time in a proceeding under this chapter.
             178          Section 3. Section 78-45f-201 is amended to read:
             179           78-45f-201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident.
             180          (1) In a proceeding to establish[,] or enforce[, or modify] a support order or to
             181      determine parentage, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a
             182      nonresident individual, or the individual's guardian or conservator, if:


             183          [(1)] (a) the individual is personally served with notice within this state;
             184          [(2)] (b) the individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent, by entering a
             185      general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest
             186      to personal jurisdiction;
             187          [(3)] (c) the individual resided with the child in this state;
             188          [(4)] (d) the individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support
             189      for the child;
             190          [(5)] (e) the child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the
             191      individual;
             192          [(6)] (f) the individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may
             193      have been conceived by that act of intercourse;
             194          [(7)] (g) the individual asserted parentage in the putative father registry maintained in
             195      this state by the state registrar of vital records in the Department of Health pursuant to Title 78,
             196      Chapter 30, Adoption; or
             197          [(8)] (h) there is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the
             198      United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
             199          (2) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in Subsection (1) or in any other law of
             200      this state may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of the state to modify a
             201      child-support order of another state unless the requirements of Section 78-45f-611 or
             202      78-45f-615 are met.
             203          Section 4. Section 78-45f-202 is repealed and reenacted to read:
             204          78-45f-202. Duration of personal jurisdiction.
             205          Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this
             206      chapter or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of
             207      this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to
             208      enforce its order as provided by Sections 78-45f-205 , 78-45f-206 , and 78-45f-211 .
             209          Section 5. Section 78-45f-205 is amended to read:
             210           78-45f-205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.
             211          (1) A tribunal of this state [issuing a support] that has issued a child-support order
             212      consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction
             213      [over a] to modify its child-support order if the order is the controlling order, and:


             214          (a) [as long as] at the time of the filing of a request for modification, this state
             215      [remains] is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit
             216      the support order is issued; or
             217          [(b) until all of the parties who are individuals have filed written consents with the
             218      tribunal of this state for a tribunal of another state to modify the order and assume continuing,
             219      exclusive jurisdiction.]
             220          (b) even if this state is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the
             221      child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open
             222      court that the tribunal of this state may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order.
             223          (2) A tribunal of this state [issuing] that has issued a child-support order consistent
             224      with the law of this state may not exercise [its] continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the
             225      order if [the order has been modified by a tribunal of another state pursuant to a law
             226      substantially similar to this chapter.]:
             227          [(3) If a child support order of this state is modified by a tribunal of another state
             228      pursuant to a law substantially similar to this chapter, a tribunal of this state loses its
             229      continuing, exclusive jurisdiction with regard to prospective enforcement of the order issued in
             230      this state, and may only:]
             231          [(a) enforce the order that was modified as to amounts accruing before the
             232      modification;]
             233          [(b) enforce nonmodifiable aspects of that order; and]
             234          [(c) provide other appropriate relief for violations of that order which occurred before
             235      the effective date of the modification.]
             236          [(4) A tribunal of this state shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of]
             237          (a) all of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal of this
             238      state that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of the parties who is
             239      an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and
             240      assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or
             241          (b) its order is not the controlling order.
             242          (3) If a tribunal of another state [which] has issued a child-support order pursuant to
             243      this chapter or a law substantially similar to this chapter[.] which modifies a child-support
             244      order of a tribunal of this state, tribunals of this state shall recognize the continuing, exclusive


             245      jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.
             246          (4) A tribunal of this state that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a
             247      child-support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal or another state to
             248      modify a support order issued in that state.
             249          (5) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional
             250      conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.
             251          [(6) A tribunal of this state issuing a support order consistent with the law of this state
             252      has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order throughout the existence of
             253      the support obligation. A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal support order issued
             254      by a tribunal of another state having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the
             255      law of that state.]
             256          Section 6. Section 78-45f-206 is amended to read:
             257           78-45f-206. Enforcement and modification of support order by tribunal having
             258      continuing jurisdiction.
             259          (1) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law
             260      of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce
             261      [or modify a support order issued in that state.]:
             262          (a) the order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a
             263      tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family
             264      Support Act; or
             265          (b) a money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a
             266      determination that an order of another state is the controlling order.
             267          (2) A tribunal of this state having continuing[, exclusive] jurisdiction over a support
             268      order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce [or modify] the order. [If a party subject to
             269      the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal no longer resides in the issuing state, in
             270      subsequent proceedings the tribunal may apply Section 78-45f-316 to receive evidence from
             271      another state and Section 78-45f-318 to obtain discovery through a tribunal of another state.]
             272          [(3) A tribunal of this state which lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a
             273      spousal support order may not serve as a responding tribunal to modify a spousal support order
             274      of another state.]
             275          Section 7. Section 78-45f-207 is amended to read:


             276           78-45f-207. Recognition of controlling child-support order.
             277          (1) If a proceeding is brought under this chapter and only one tribunal has issued a
             278      child-support order, the order of that tribunal controls and must be so recognized.
             279          (2) If a proceeding is brought under this chapter, and two or more child-support orders
             280      have been issued by tribunals of this state or another state with regard to the same obligor and
             281      same child, a tribunal of this state having personal jurisdiction over both the obligor and
             282      individual obligee shall apply the following rules [in determining] and by order shall determine
             283      which order [to recognize for purposes of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction] controls:
             284          (a) If only one of the tribunals would have continuing, exclusive jurisdiction under this
             285      chapter, the order of that tribunal controls and must be so recognized.
             286          (b) If more than one of the tribunals would have continuing, exclusive jurisdiction
             287      under this chapter, an order issued by a tribunal in the current home state of the child controls
             288      [and must be so recognized], but if an order has not been issued in the current home state of the
             289      child, the order most recently issued controls [and must be so recognized].
             290          (c) If none of the tribunals would have continuing, exclusive jurisdiction under this
             291      chapter, the tribunal of this state [having jurisdiction over the parties] shall issue a
             292      child-support order, which controls [and must be so recognized].
             293          (3) If two or more child-support orders have been issued for the same obligor and same
             294      child [and if the obligor or the individual obligee resides in this state, a party may request a
             295      tribunal of this state to], upon request of a party who is an individual or a support-enforcement
             296      agency, a tribunal of this state having personal jurisdiction over both the obligor and the
             297      obligee who is an individual shall determine which order controls [and must be so recognized]
             298      under Subsection (2). [The request must be accompanied by a certified copy of every support
             299      order in effect. The requesting party shall give notice of the request to each party whose rights
             300      may be affected by the determination.] The request may be filed with a registration for
             301      enforcement or registration for modification pursuant to Part 6, or may be filed as a separate
             302      proceeding.
             303          (4) A request to determine which is the controlling order must be accompanied by a
             304      copy of every child-support order in effect and the applicable record of payments. The
             305      requesting party shall give notice of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by
             306      the determination.


             307          [(4)] (5) The tribunal that issued the controlling order under Subsection (1), (2), or (3)
             308      [is the tribunal that] has continuing[, exclusive] jurisdiction [under] to the extent provided in
             309      Section 78-45f-205 or 78-45f-206 .
             310          [(5)] (6) A tribunal of this state [which] that determines by order [the identity of] which
             311      is the controlling order under Subsection (2)(a) [or], (b) or [which], (3) that issues a new
             312      controlling order under Subsection (2)(c), shall state in that order:
             313          (a) the basis upon which the tribunal made its determination[.];
             314          (b) the amount of prospective support, if any; and
             315          (c) the total amount of consolidated arrears and accrued interest, if any, under all of the
             316      orders after all payments made are credited as provided by Section 78-45f-209 .
             317          [(6)] (7) Within 30 days after issuance of an order determining [the identity of] which
             318      is the controlling order, the party obtaining the order shall file a certified copy of it [with] in
             319      each tribunal that issued or registered an earlier order of child-support. A party [who obtains]
             320      or support-enforcement agency obtaining the order [and] that fails to file a certified copy is
             321      subject to appropriate sanctions by a tribunal in which the issue of failure to file arises. The
             322      failure to file does not affect the validity or enforceability of the controlling order.
             323          (8) An order that has been determined to be the controlling order, or a judgment for
             324      consolidated arrears of support and interest, if any, made pursuant to this section must be
             325      recognized in proceedings under this chapter.
             326          Section 8. Section 78-45f-208 is amended to read:
             327           78-45f-208. Child-support orders for two or more obligees.
             328          In responding to [multiple] registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more
             329      child-support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different
             330      individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state, a tribunal of
             331      this state shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the [multiple] orders had been
             332      issued by a tribunal of this state.
             333          Section 9. Section 78-45f-209 is amended to read:
             334           78-45f-209. Credit for payments.
             335          [Amounts] A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected [and credited] for a
             336      particular period pursuant to [a support order] any child-support order against the amounts
             337      owed for the same period under any other child-support order for support of the same child


             338      issued by a tribunal of this or another state [must be credited against the amounts accruing or
             339      accrued for the same period under a support order issued by the tribunal of this state].
             340          Section 10. Section 78-45f-210 is enacted to read:
             341          78-45f-210. Application to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction.
             342          A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a
             343      proceeding under this chapter, under other law of this state relating to a support order, or
             344      recognizing a support order of a foreign country or political subdivision on the basis of comity
             345      may receive evidence from another state pursuant to Section 78-45f-316 , communicate with a
             346      tribunal of another state pursuant to Section 78-45f-317 , and obtain discovery through a
             347      tribunal of another state pursuant to Section 78-45f-318 . In all other respects, Parts 3 through 7
             348      do not apply and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state.
             349          Section 11. Section 78-45f-211 is enacted to read:
             350          78-45f-211. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order.
             351          (1) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal-support order consistent with the law of
             352      this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout
             353      the existence of the support obligation.
             354          (2) A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal-support order issued by a tribunal
             355      of another state having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that
             356      state.
             357          (3) A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a
             358      spousal-support order may serve as:
             359          (a) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the
             360      spousal-support order issued in this state; or
             361          (b) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal-support order.
             362          Section 12. Section 78-45f-301 is amended to read:
             363           78-45f-301. Proceedings under chapter.
             364          (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this part applies to all proceedings
             365      under this chapter.
             366          [(2) This chapter provides for the following proceedings:]
             367          [(a) establishment of an order for spousal support or child support pursuant to Part 4;]
             368          [(b) enforcement of a support order and income-withholding order of another state


             369      without registration pursuant to Part 5;]
             370          [(c) registration of an order for spousal support or child support of another state for
             371      enforcement pursuant to Part 6;]
             372          [(d) modification of an order for child support or spousal support issued by a tribunal
             373      of this state pursuant to Sections 78-45f-203 , 78-45f-204 , 78-45f-205 , and 78-45f-206 ;]
             374          [(e) registration of an order for child support of another state for modification pursuant
             375      to Part 6;]
             376          [(f) determination of parentage pursuant to Part 7; and]
             377          [(g) assertion of jurisdiction over nonresidents pursuant to Sections 78-45f-201 and
             378      78-45f-202 .]
             379          [(3)] (2) An individual petitioner or a support-enforcement agency may [commence]
             380      initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal
             381      for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly
             382      in a tribunal of another state which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
             383          Section 13. Section 78-45f-303 is amended to read:
             384           78-45f-303. Application of law of state.
             385          Except as otherwise provided [by] in this chapter, a responding tribunal of this state
             386      shall:
             387          (1) apply the procedural and substantive law[, including the rules on choice of law,]
             388      generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this state and may exercise all powers
             389      and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and
             390          (2) determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance with the law
             391      and support guidelines of this state.
             392          Section 14. Section 78-45f-304 is amended to read:
             393           78-45f-304. Duties of initiating tribunal.
             394          (1) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of this
             395      state shall forward [three copies of] the petition and its accompanying documents:
             396          (a) to the responding tribunal or appropriate support-enforcement agency in the
             397      responding state; or
             398          (b) if the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information
             399      agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal


             400      and that receipt be acknowledged.
             401          (2) If [a responding state has not enacted this chapter or a law or procedure
             402      substantially similar to this chapter,] requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this
             403      state [may] shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the law of
             404      the responding state. If the responding state is a foreign [jurisdiction] country or political
             405      subdivision, upon request, the tribunal [may] shall specify the amount of support sought [and],
             406      convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable
             407      official or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and provide [the] any other documents
             408      necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding state.
             409          Section 15. Section 78-45f-305 is amended to read:
             410           78-45f-305. Duties and powers of responding tribunal.
             411          (1) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading
             412      from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to Subsection 78-45f-301 (2)[(c)], it shall cause
             413      the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.
             414          (2) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent [otherwise authorized by] not
             415      prohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:
             416          (a) issue or enforce a support order, modify a child-support order, determine the
             417      controlling child-support order, or [render a judgment to] determine parentage;
             418          (b) order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the
             419      manner of compliance;
             420          (c) order income withholding;
             421          (d) determine the amount of any arrearages and specify a method of payment;
             422          (e) enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;
             423          (f) set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;
             424          (g) place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;
             425          (h) order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's current residential
             426      address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the
             427      place of employment;
             428          (i) issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a
             429      hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the bench warrant in any local and state computer
             430      systems for criminal warrants;


             431          (j) order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;
             432          (k) award reasonable attorneys' fees and other fees and costs; and
             433          (l) grant any other available remedy.
             434          (3) A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a support order issued under this
             435      chapter, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support
             436      order is based.
             437          (4) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment of a support
             438      order issued under this chapter upon compliance by a party with provisions for parent-time.
             439          (5) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order under this chapter, the tribunal
             440      shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal,
             441      if any.
             442          (6) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a support
             443      order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of this state shall convert the amount
             444      stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official
             445      or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
             446          Section 16. Section 78-45f-306 is amended to read:
             447           78-45f-306. Inappropriate tribunal.
             448          If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this
             449      state, [it] the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an
             450      appropriate tribunal in this state or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the
             451      pleading was sent.
             452          Section 17. Section 78-45f-307 is amended to read:
             453           78-45f-307. Duties of support-enforcement agency.
             454          (1) A support-enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to
             455      a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter.
             456          (2) A support-enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the
             457      petitioner [as appropriate] shall:
             458          (a) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal in this state or another
             459      state to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;
             460          (b) request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing;
             461          (c) make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as


             462      to income and property of the parties;
             463          (d) within ten days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of
             464      a written notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy
             465      of the notice to the petitioner;
             466          (e) within ten days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of
             467      a written communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent's attorney, send a
             468      copy of the communication to the petitioner; and
             469          (f) notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.
             470          (3) A support-enforcement agency of this state that requests registration of a
             471      child-support order in this state for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable
             472      efforts:
             473          (a) to ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or
             474          (b) if two or more child-support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order
             475      has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal
             476      having jurisdiction to do so.
             477          (4) A support-enforcement agency of this state that requests registration and
             478      enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert
             479      the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the
             480      applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
             481          (5) A support-enforcement agency of this state shall issue or request a tribunal of this
             482      state to issue a child-support order and an income-withholding order that redirects payment of
             483      current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support-enforcement agency of
             484      another state pursuant to Section 78-45f-319 .
             485          [(3)] (6) This chapter does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or
             486      other fiduciary relationship between a support-enforcement agency or the attorney for the
             487      agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.
             488          Section 18. Section 78-45f-308 is amended to read:
             489           78-45f-308. Duty of attorney general.
             490          (1) If the attorney general determines that the support-enforcement agency is neglecting
             491      or refusing to provide services to an individual, the attorney general may order the agency to
             492      perform its duties under this chapter or may provide those services directly to the individual.


             493          (2) The attorney general may determine that a foreign country or political subdivision
             494      has established a reciprocal arrangement for child-support with this state and take appropriate
             495      action for notification of the determination.
             496          Section 19. Section 78-45f-310 is amended to read:
             497           78-45f-310. Duties of state information agency.
             498          (1) The Office of Recovery Services is the state information agency under this chapter.
             499          (2) The state information agency shall:
             500          (a) compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this state
             501      which have jurisdiction under this chapter and any support-enforcement agencies in this state
             502      and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;
             503          (b) maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support-enforcement
             504      agencies received from other states;
             505          (c) forward to the appropriate tribunal in the [place] county in this state in which the
             506      [individual] obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor's
             507      property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this chapter
             508      received from an initiating tribunal or the state information agency of the initiating state; and
             509          (d) obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor's property
             510      within this state not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or
             511      state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's address
             512      from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not
             513      prohibited by law, those relating to real property, vital records, law enforcement, taxation,
             514      motor vehicles, driver's licenses, and Social Security number.
             515          Section 20. Section 78-45f-311 is amended to read:
             516           78-45f-311. Pleadings and accompanying documents.
             517          (1) [A] In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking to establish [or] a
             518      support order, to determine parentage, or to register and modify a support order [or to
             519      determine parentage in a proceeding under this chapter must verify the] of another state must
             520      file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under Section 78-45f-312 , the petition or
             521      accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and
             522      Social Security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and alleged parent, and the
             523      name, sex, residential address, Social Security number, and date of birth of each child for


             524      [whom] whose benefit support is sought[. The] or whose parentage is to be determined.
             525      Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition must be accompanied by a [certified] copy
             526      of any support order [in effect] known to have been issued by another tribunal. The petition
             527      may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.
             528          (2) The petition must specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying
             529      documents must conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated
             530      by federal law for use in cases filed by a support-enforcement agency.
             531          Section 21. Section 78-45f-312 is repealed and reenacted to read:
             532          78-45f-312. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances.
             533          If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or
             534      liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying
             535      information, that information must be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the
             536      public. After a hearing in which a tribunal takes into consideration the health, safety, or liberty
             537      of the party or child, the tribunal may order disclosure of information that the tribunal
             538      determines to be in the interest of justice.
             539          Section 22. Section 78-45f-314 is amended to read:
             540           78-45f-314. Limited immunity of petitioner.
             541          (1) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter before a responding
             542      tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by the
             543      support-enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction over the petitioner in
             544      another proceeding.
             545          (2) A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil process while physically present in
             546      this state to participate in a proceeding under this chapter.
             547          (3) The immunity granted by this section does not extend to civil litigation based on
             548      acts unrelated to a proceeding under this chapter committed by a party while present in this
             549      state to participate in the proceeding.
             550          Section 23. Section 78-45f-316 is amended to read:
             551           78-45f-316. Special rules of evidence and procedure.
             552          (1) The physical presence of [the petitioner] a nonresident party who is an individual in
             553      a [responding] tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or
             554      modification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determining parentage.


             555          (2) [A verified petition,] An affidavit, [or] a document substantially complying with
             556      federally mandated forms, [and] or a document incorporated by reference in any of them, which
             557      would not be excluded under the hearsay rule if given in person, is admissible in evidence if
             558      given under [oath] penalty or perjury by a party or witness residing in another state.
             559          (3) A copy of the record of child-support payments certified as a true copy of the
             560      original by the custodian of the record may be forwarded to a responding tribunal. The copy is
             561      evidence of facts asserted in it and is admissible to show whether payments were made.
             562          (4) Copies of bills for testing for parentage, and for prenatal and postnatal health care
             563      of the mother and child, furnished to the adverse party at least ten days before trial, are
             564      admissible in evidence to prove the amount of the charges billed and that the charges were
             565      reasonable, necessary, and customary.
             566          (5) Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a tribunal of this state by
             567      telephone, telecopier, or other means that do not provide an original [writing] record may not
             568      be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission.
             569          (6) In a proceeding under this chapter, a tribunal of this state [may] shall permit a party
             570      or witness residing in another state to be deposed or to testify by telephone, audiovisual means,
             571      or other electronic means at a designated tribunal or other location in that state. A tribunal of
             572      this state shall cooperate with tribunals of other states in designating an appropriate location for
             573      the deposition or testimony.
             574          (7) If a party called to testify at a civil hearing refuses to answer on the ground that the
             575      testimony may be self-incriminating, the trier of fact may draw an adverse inference from the
             576      refusal.
             577          (8) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses does not apply
             578      in a proceeding under this chapter.
             579          (9) The defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife or parent
             580      and child does not apply in a proceeding under this chapter.
             581          (10) A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, certified as a true copy, is admissible to
             582      establish parentage of the child.
             583          Section 24. Section 78-45f-317 is amended to read:
             584           78-45f-317. Communications between tribunals.
             585          A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal of another state [in writing] or


             586      foreign country or political subdivision in a record, or by telephone or other means, to obtain
             587      information concerning the laws [of that state], the legal effect of a judgment, decree, or order
             588      of that tribunal, and the status of a proceeding in the other state or a foreign country or political
             589      subdivision. A tribunal of this state may furnish similar information by similar means to a
             590      tribunal of another state or foreign country or political subdivision.
             591          Section 25. Section 78-45f-319 is amended to read:
             592           78-45f-319. Receipt and disbursement of payments.
             593          (1) A support-enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any
             594      amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal
             595      shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state a certified statement by the
             596      custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all payments received.
             597          (2) If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the child resides in
             598      this state, upon request from the support-enforcement agency of this state or another state, the
             599      Office of Recovery Services or a tribunal of this state shall:
             600          (a) direct that the support payment be made to the support-enforcement agency in the
             601      state in which the obligee is receiving services; and
             602          (b) issue and send to the obligor's employer a conforming income-withholding order or
             603      an administrative notice of change of payee, reflecting the redirected payments.
             604          (3) The support-enforcement agency of this state receiving redirected payments from
             605      another state pursuant to a law similar to Subsection (2) shall furnish to a requesting party or
             606      tribunal of the other state a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amount and
             607      dates of all payments received.
             608          Section 26. Section 78-45f-401 is amended to read:
             609           78-45f-401. Petition to establish support order.
             610          (1) If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a
             611      responding tribunal of this state may issue a support order if:
             612          (a) the individual seeking the order resides in another state; or
             613          (b) the support-enforcement agency seeking the order is located in another state.
             614          (2) The tribunal may issue a temporary child-support order if[:] the tribunal determines
             615      that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:
             616          [(a) the respondent has signed a verified statement acknowledging parentage;]


             617          [(b) the respondent has been determined by or pursuant to law to be the parent; or]
             618          [(c) there is other clear and convincing evidence that the respondent is the child's
             619      parent].
             620          (a) a presumed father of the child;
             621          (b) petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;
             622          (c) identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;
             623          (d) an alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;
             624          (e) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;
             625          (f) an acknowledged father determined in accordance with Title 78, Chapter 45e,
             626      Voluntary Declaration of Paternity Act;
             627          (g) the mother of the child; or
             628          (h) an individual who has been ordered to pay child-support in a previous proceeding
             629      and the order has not been reversed or vacated.
             630          (3) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty
             631      of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other
             632      orders pursuant to Section 78-45f-305 .
             633          Section 27. Section 78-45f-501 is amended to read:
             634           78-45f-501. Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state.
             635          An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the
             636      obligee, or by the support-enforcement agency, to the person [or entity] defined as the obligor's
             637      employer under Title 62A, Chapter 11, Part 4, Income Withholding in IV-D Cases, without
             638      first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this
             639      state.
             640          Section 28. Section 78-45f-502 is amended to read:
             641           78-45f-502. Employer's compliance with income withholding of another state.
             642          (1) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer shall
             643      immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.
             644          (2) The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issued in another state which
             645      appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
             646          (3) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (4) and Section 78-45f-503 , the
             647      employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by


             648      complying with terms of the order which specify:
             649          (a) the duration and amount of periodic payments of current child-support, stated as a
             650      sum certain;
             651          (b) the person [or agency] designated to receive payments and the address to which the
             652      payments are to be forwarded;
             653          (c) medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment, stated as a sum
             654      certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage for the child under a
             655      policy available through the obligor's employment;
             656          (d) the amount of periodic payments of fees and costs for a support-enforcement
             657      agency, the issuing tribunal, and the obligee's attorney, stated as sums certain; and
             658          (e) the amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated as
             659      sums certain.
             660          (4) An employer shall comply with the law of the state of the obligor's principal place
             661      of employment for withholding from income with respect to:
             662          (a) the employer's fee for processing an income withholding order;
             663          (b) the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor's income; and
             664          (c) the times within which the employer must implement the withholding order and
             665      forward the child-support payment.
             666          Section 29. Section 78-45f-503 is amended to read:
             667           78-45f-503. Compliance with multiple income-withholding orders.
             668          If an obligor's employer receives [multiple] two or more income-withholding orders
             669      with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the multiple
             670      orders if the employer complies with the law of the state of the obligor's principal place of
             671      employment to establish the priorities for the withholding and allocating income withheld for
             672      [multiple child support] two or more obligees.
             673          Section 30. Section 78-45f-506 is amended to read:
             674           78-45f-506. Contest by obligor.
             675          (1) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order
             676      issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this state by registering the order
             677      in a tribunal of this state and filing a contest to that order as provided in Part 6, Registration,
             678      Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order, or otherwise contesting the order in the same


             679      manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state. [Section 78-45f-604 applies
             680      to the contest.]
             681          (2) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:
             682          (a) a support-enforcement agency providing services to the obligee;
             683          (b) each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to
             684      the obligor; and
             685          (c) the person [or agency] designated to receive payments in the income-withholding
             686      order or if no person [or agency] is designated, to the obligee.
             687          Section 31. Section 78-45f-507 is amended to read:
             688           78-45f-507. Administrative enforcement of orders.
             689          (1) A party or support-enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an
             690      income-withholding order, or both, issued by a tribunal of another state may send the
             691      documents required for registering the order to a support-enforcement agency of this state.
             692          (2) Upon receipt of the documents, the support-enforcement agency, without initially
             693      seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative
             694      procedure authorized by the law of this state to enforce a support order or an
             695      income-withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement,
             696      the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative
             697      enforcement of the order, the support-enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to
             698      this chapter.
             699          Section 32. Section 78-45f-601 is amended to read:
             700           78-45f-601. Registration of order for enforcement.
             701          A support order or [an] income-withholding order issued by a tribunal of another state
             702      may be registered in this state for enforcement.
             703          Section 33. Section 78-45f-602 is amended to read:
             704           78-45f-602. Procedure to register order for enforcement.
             705          (1) A support order or income-withholding order of another state may be registered in
             706      this state by sending the following [documents] records and information to the appropriate
             707      tribunal in this state:
             708          (a) a letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration and enforcement;
             709          (b) two copies, including one certified copy, of [all orders] the order to be registered,


             710      including any modification of [an] the order;
             711          (c) a sworn statement by the [party seeking] person requesting registration or a certified
             712      statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount of any arrearage;
             713          (d) the name of the obligor and, if known:
             714          (i) the obligor's address and Social Security number;
             715          (ii) the name and address of the obligor's employer and any other source of income of
             716      the obligor; and
             717          (iii) a description and the location of property of the obligor in this state not exempt
             718      from execution; and
             719          (e) except as otherwise provided in Section 78-45f-312 , the name and address of the
             720      obligee and, if applicable, the [agency or] person to whom support payments are to be remitted.
             721          (2) On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal shall cause the order
             722      to be filed as a foreign judgment, together with one copy of the documents and information,
             723      regardless of their form.
             724          (3) A petition seeking a remedy that must be affirmatively sought under law of this
             725      state may be filed at the same time as the request for registration or later. The pleading must
             726      specify the grounds for the remedy sought.
             727          (4) If two or more orders are in effect, the person requesting registration shall:
             728          (a) furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support order asserted to be in effect in
             729      addition to the documents specified in this section;
             730          (b) specify the order alleged to be the controlling order, if any; and
             731          (c) specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if any.
             732          (5) A request for a determination of which is the controlling order may be filed
             733      separately or with a request for registration and enforcement or for registration and
             734      modification. The person requesting registration shall give notice of the request to each party
             735      whose rights may be affected by the determination.
             736          Section 34. Section 78-45f-604 is amended to read:
             737           78-45f-604. Choice of law.
             738          (1) [The] Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (4), the law of the issuing state
             739      governs:
             740          (a) the nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments [and other obligations


             741      of support and the] under a registered support order;
             742          (b) the computation and payment of arrearages [under the order.] and accrual of
             743      interest on the arrearages under the support order; and
             744          (c) the existence and satisfaction of other obligations under the support order.
             745          (2) In a proceeding for [arrearages] arrears under a registered support order, the statute
             746      of limitation [under the laws] of this state or of the issuing state, whichever is longer, applies.
             747          (3) A responding tribunal of this state shall apply the procedures and remedies of this
             748      state to enforce current support and collect arrears and interest due on a support order of
             749      another state registered in this state.
             750          (4) After a tribunal of this or another state determines which is the controlling order
             751      and issues an order consolidating arrears, if any, a tribunal of this state shall prospectively
             752      apply the law of the state issuing the controlling order, including its law on interest on arrears,
             753      on current and future support, and on consolidated arrears.
             754          Section 35. Section 78-45f-605 is amended to read:
             755           78-45f-605. Notice of registration of order.
             756          (1) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state is
             757      registered, the registering tribunal shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be
             758      accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information
             759      accompanying the order.
             760          (2) [The] A notice must inform the nonregistering party:
             761          (a) that a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same
             762      manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state;
             763          (b) that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be
             764      requested within 20 days after the date of mailing or personal service of the notice;
             765          (c) that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely
             766      manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged
             767      arrearages and precludes further contest of that order with respect to any matter that could have
             768      been asserted; and
             769          (d) of the amount of any alleged arrearages.
             770          (3) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice must
             771      also:


             772          (a) identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering person to be
             773      the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;
             774          (b) notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the
             775      controlling order;
             776          (c) state that the procedures provided in Subsection (2) apply to the determination of
             777      which is the controlling order; and
             778          (d) state that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the
             779      controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling
             780      order.
             781          [(3)] (4) Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the
             782      registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's employer pursuant to Title 62A, Chapter 11, Part
             783      4, Income Withholding In IV-D Cases.
             784          Section 36. Section 78-45f-607 is amended to read:
             785           78-45f-607. Contest of registration or enforcement.
             786          (1) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered order or seeking to
             787      vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses:
             788          (a) the issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party;
             789          (b) the order was obtained by fraud;
             790          (c) the order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later order;
             791          (d) the issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal;
             792          (e) there is a defense under the law of this state to the remedy sought;
             793          (f) full or partial payment has been made; [or]
             794          (g) the statute of limitation under Section 78-45f-604 precludes enforcement of some
             795      or all of the alleged arrearages[.]; or
             796          (h) the alleged controlling order is not the controlling order.
             797          (2) If a party presents evidence establishing a full or partial defense under Subsection
             798      (1), a tribunal may stay enforcement of the registered order, continue the proceeding to permit
             799      production of additional relevant evidence, and issue other appropriate orders. An uncontested
             800      portion of the registered order may be enforced by all remedies available under the law of this
             801      state.
             802          (3) If the contesting party does not establish a defense under Subsection (1) to the


             803      validity or enforcement of the order, the registering tribunal shall issue an order confirming the
             804      order.
             805          Section 37. Section 78-45f-610 is amended to read:
             806           78-45f-610. Effect of registration for modification.
             807          A tribunal of this state may enforce a child-support order of another state registered for
             808      purposes of modification, in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of
             809      this state, but the registered order may be modified only if the requirements of Section
             810      78-45f-611 , 78-45f-613 , or 78-45f-615 have been met.
             811          Section 38. Section 78-45f-611 is amended to read:
             812           78-45f-611. Modification of child-support order of another state.
             813          (1) [After] If Section 78-45f-613 does not apply, except as otherwise provided in
             814      Section 78-45f-615 , upon petition a tribunal of this state may modify a child-support order
             815      issued in another state [has been] which is registered in this state[, the responding tribunal of
             816      this state may modify that order only if Section 78-45f-613 does not apply and] if, after notice
             817      and hearing [it], the tribunal finds that:
             818          (a) the following requirements are met:
             819          (i) neither the child, nor the [individual] obligee[, and] who is an individual, nor the
             820      obligor [do not reside] resides in the issuing state;
             821          (ii) a petitioner who is a nonresident of this state seeks modification; and
             822          (iii) the respondent is subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal of this state; or
             823          (b) this state is the state of residence of the child, or a party who is an individual, is
             824      subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal of this state and all of the parties who are
             825      individuals have filed [written] consents in a record in the issuing tribunal for a tribunal of this
             826      state to modify the support order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction [over the order.
             827      However, if the issuing state is a foreign jurisdiction that has not enacted a law or established
             828      procedures substantially similar to the procedures under this chapter, the consent otherwise
             829      required of an individual residing in this state is not required for the tribunal to assume
             830      jurisdiction to modify the child support order].
             831          (2) Modification of a registered child-support order is subject to the same
             832      requirements, procedures, and defenses that apply to the modification of an order issued by a
             833      tribunal of this state and the order may be enforced and satisfied in the same manner.


             834          (3) [A] Except as otherwise provided in Section 78-45f-615 , a tribunal of this state may
             835      not modify any aspect of a child-support order that may not be modified under the law of the
             836      issuing state, including the duration of the obligation of support. If two or more tribunals have
             837      issued child-support orders for the same obligor and same child, the order that controls and
             838      must be so recognized under Section 78-45f-207 establishes the aspects of the support order
             839      which are nonmodifiable.
             840          (4) In a proceeding to modify a child-support order, the law of the state that is
             841      determined to have issued the initial controlling order governs the duration of the obligation of
             842      support. The obligor's fulfillment of the duty of support established by that order precludes
             843      imposition of a further obligation of support by a tribunal of this state.
             844          [(4)] (5) On issuance of an order by a tribunal of this state modifying a child-support
             845      order issued in another state, [a] the tribunal of this state becomes the tribunal of continuing,
             846      exclusive jurisdiction.
             847          Section 39. Section 78-45f-612 is amended to read:
             848           78-45f-612. Recognition of order modified in another state.
             849          [A] If a child-support order issued by a tribunal of this state [shall recognize a
             850      modification of its earlier child support order] is modified by a tribunal of another state which
             851      assumed jurisdiction pursuant to [a law substantially similar to] this chapter [and, upon request,
             852      except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall], a tribunal of this state:
             853          (1) may enforce [the] its order that was modified only as to [amounts] arrears and
             854      interest accruing before the modification;
             855          [(2) enforce only nonmodifiable aspects of that order;]
             856          [(3)] (2) may provide [other] appropriate relief [only] for violations of [that] its order
             857      which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and
             858          [(4)] (3) shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for
             859      the purpose of enforcement.
             860          Section 40. Section 78-45f-615 is enacted to read:
             861          78-45f-615. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country or
             862      political subdivision.
             863          (1) If a foreign country or political subdivision that is a state will not or may not
             864      modify its order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this state may assume jurisdiction to modify


             865      the child-support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the
             866      tribunal whether or not the consent to modification of a child-support order otherwise required
             867      of the individual pursuant to Section 78-45f-611 has been given or whether the individual
             868      seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country or political subdivision.
             869          (2) An order issued pursuant to this section is the controlling order.
             870          Section 41. Section 78-45f-701 is amended to read:
             871           78-45f-701. Proceeding to determine parentage.
             872          [(1)] A [tribunal] court of this state authorized to determine parentage of a child may
             873      serve as [an initiating or] a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage brought
             874      under this chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter[, the Uniform
             875      Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of
             876      Support Act to determine that the petitioner is a parent of a particular child or to determine that
             877      a respondent is a parent of that child].
             878          [(2) In a proceeding to determine parentage, a responding tribunal of this state shall
             879      apply Title 78, Chapter 45a, Uniform Act on Paternity, and the rules of this state on choice of
             880      law.]
             881          Section 42. Section 78-45f-801 is amended to read:
             882           78-45f-801. Grounds for rendition.
             883          (1) For purposes of this part, "governor" includes an individual performing the
             884      functions of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this chapter.
             885          (2) The governor of this state may:
             886          (a) demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual found in the other
             887      state who is charged criminally in this state with having failed to provide for the support of an
             888      obligee; or
             889          (b) on the demand [by] of the governor of another state, surrender an individual found
             890      in this state who is charged criminally in the other state with having failed to provide for the
             891      support of an obligee.
             892          (3) A provision for extradition of individuals not inconsistent with this chapter applies
             893      to the demand even if the individual whose surrender is demanded was not in the demanding
             894      state when the crime was allegedly committed and has not fled therefrom.
             895          Section 43. Section 78-45f-802 is amended to read:


             896           78-45f-802. Conditions of rendition.
             897          (1) Before making demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual
             898      charged criminally in this state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the
             899      governor of this state may require a prosecutor of this state to demonstrate that at least 60 days
             900      previously the obligee had initiated proceedings for support pursuant to this chapter or that the
             901      proceeding would be of no avail.
             902          (2) If, under this chapter or a law substantially similar to this chapter, [the Uniform
             903      Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of
             904      Support Act,] the governor of another state makes a demand that the governor of this state
             905      surrender an individual charged criminally in that state with having failed to provide for the
             906      support of a child or other individual to whom a duty of support is owed, the governor may
             907      require a prosecutor to investigate the demand and report whether a proceeding for support has
             908      been initiated or would be effective. If it appears that a proceeding would be effective but has
             909      not been initiated, the governor may delay honoring the demand for a reasonable time to permit
             910      the initiation of a proceeding.
             911          (3) If a proceeding for support has been initiated and the individual whose rendition is
             912      demanded prevails, the governor may decline to honor the demand. If the petitioner prevails
             913      and the individual whose rendition is demanded is subject to a support order, the governor may
             914      decline to honor the demand if the individual is complying with the support order.
             915          Section 44. Section 78-45f-901 is amended to read:
             916           78-45f-901. Uniformity of application and construction.
             917          This chapter [shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make
             918      uniform] is a uniform act. In applying and construing it consideration must be given to the
             919      need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to [the] its subject [of this chapter] matter
             920      among states [enacting] that enact it.




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