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AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION ADVISOR GLORIA F. DEHART, 265 Willamette Ave., Kensington, CA 94708-1055, ABA Advisor JOSEPH W. BOOTH, 11900 W. 87th St. Pkwy., Suite 117, Lenexa, KS 66215, ABA Section Advisor EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JOHN A. SEBERT, 111 N. Wabash Ave., Suite 1010, Chicago, IL 60602, Executive Director Copies of this Act may be obtained from: NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS 111 N. Wabash Ave., Suite 1010 Chicago, Illinois 60602 312/450-6600 www.nccusl.org 50
UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFATORY NOTE.............................................................................................................1 ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS SECTION 101. SHORT TITLE. ..........................................................................................7 SECTION 102. DEFINITIONS. ...........................................................................................7 SECTION 103. STATE TRIBUNAL OF STATE AND SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. ..................................................................................................................15 SECTION 104. REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. ....................................................................16 SECTION 105. APPLICATION OF [ACT] TO RESIDENT OF FOREIGN COUNTRY AND FOREIGN SUPPORT PROCEEDING. ......................................17 ARTICLE 2 JURISDICTION SECTION 201. BASES FOR JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENT. .........................19 SECTION 202. DURATION OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION. .......................................23 SECTION 203. INITIATING AND RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF STATE. .................24 SECTION 204. SIMULTANEOUS PROCEEDINGS. ........................................................24 SECTION 205. CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO MODIFY CHILD-SUPPORT ORDER. .....................................................................................26 SECTION 206. CONTINUING JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE CHILD-SUPPORT ORDER. .....................................................................................................................29 SECTION 207. DETERMINATION OF CONTROLLING CHILD-SUPPORT ORDER. .....................................................................................................................30 SECTION 208. CHILD-SUPPORT ORDERS FOR TWO OR MORE OBLIGEES. .........34 SECTION 209. CREDIT FOR PAYMENTS. ......................................................................35 SECTION 210. APPLICATION OF [ACT] TO NONRESIDENT SUBJECT TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION. ..................................................................................35 SECTION 211. CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO MODIFY SPOUSAL-SUPPORT ORDER. ...............................................................................36 ARTICLE 3 CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION SECTION 301. PROCEEDINGS UNDER [ACT]. ..............................................................38 SECTION 302. PROCEEDING BY MINOR PARENT. .....................................................39 SECTION 303. APPLICATION OF LAW OF STATE. ......................................................39 SECTION 304. DUTIES OF INITIATING TRIBUNAL. ...................................................40 SECTION 305. DUTIES AND POWERS OF RESPONDING TRIBUNAL. .....................41 SECTION 306. INAPPROPRIATE TRIBUNAL. ...............................................................44 SECTION 307. DUTIES OF SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. ............................45 SECTION 308. DUTY OF [STATE OFFICIAL OR AGENCY]. .......................................48 SECTION 309. PRIVATE COUNSEL. ...............................................................................49 51
Page 1 and 2: SUBMITTED BY THE FAMILY LAW SECTION
Page 3 and 4: EXHIBIT A UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY
Page 5: DRAFTING COMMITTEE ON AMENDMENTS TO
Page 9 and 10: SECTION 606. PROCEDURE TO CONTEST V
Page 11 and 12: UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT A
Page 13 and 14: Uniform Interstate Family Support A
Page 15 and 16: Beginning in June 2003, and continu
Page 17 and 18: UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT A
Page 19 and 20: country in an initiating State from
Page 21 and 22: (19) (24) “Responding tribunal”
Page 23 and 24: Subsection (3) “Convention,” id
Page 25 and 26: The vast bulk of child support esta
Page 27 and 28: order from a nation state that is e
Page 29 and 30: ARTICLE 2 JURISDICTION SECTION 201.
Page 31 and 32: Under RURESA, multiple support orde
Page 33 and 34: For example, a challenge to a reque
Page 35 and 36: country; (2) the contesting party t
Page 37 and 38: a child-support order of a tribunal
Page 39 and 40: SECTION 206. CONTINUING JURISDICTIO
Page 41 and 42: is an individual shall determine wh
Page 43 and 44: personal jurisdiction over the obli
Page 45 and 46: of equal dignity. In allocating pay
Page 47 and 48: this State state has continuing, ex
Page 49 and 50: individual petitioner requesting af
Page 51 and 52: Comment Subsection (a) was designed
Page 53 and 54: support order is based. (d) A respo
Page 55 and 56: enforcement agency will also assist
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(f) This [Act] [act] does not creat
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SECTION 309. PRIVATE COUNSEL. An in
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documents must conform substantiall
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hearing is presumed to have been re
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tribunal must give effect to such a
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substantive law should apply. Becau
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certified statement by the custodia
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(8) an individual who has been orde
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ARTICLE 5 ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT OR
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(3) medical support, whether in the
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Subsection (c)(3) provides that med
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SE C T I ON 506. CONTEST BY OBL IGO
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support enforcement agency shall re
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enforceable in the responding state
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Convention. Because child-support e
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SECTION 604. CHOICE OF LAW. (a) Exc
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identical manner as all other oblig
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the order (roughly the equivalent o
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to vacate the registration has the
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precludes the nonregistering party
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(1) the following requirements are
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The underlying policies of this pro
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continuing, exclusive jurisdiction
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SE C T I ON 613. JURISDICTION TO MO
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pursuant to this section is the con
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ARTICLE 7 DETERMINATION OF PARENTAG
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ehalf of a child, made through a ce
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SE C T I ON 702. APPLICABILITY. Thi
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country. (d) A tribunal of this sta
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in a Convention country and to an i
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interstate child support orders. To
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and partial recognition and enforce
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might raise a challenge based on la
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such rules permitted under the Conv
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egistered partner in a Convention c
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ORDER. SECTION 711. MODIFICATION OF
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Convention source: art. 38. Protect
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SECTION 802. CONDITIONS OF RENDITIO
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