5 GCA § 35605: Notice of Registration of Order.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 5: Government Operations
- Division 3 - Legal and Consumer Affairs
- Chapter 35: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
- ARTICLE 6: REGISTRATION , ENFORCEMENT , AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER
- SUBARTICLE 2: CONTEST OF VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT
(a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.
(b) A notice must inform the nonregistering party:
(1) that a registered support order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state;
(2) that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within twenty (20) days after notice, unless the registered order is under § 35707;
(3) that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages; and
(4) of the amount of any alleged arrearages.
(c) If the registering party asserts that two (2) or more orders are in effect, a notice must also:
(1) identify the two (2) or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;
(2) notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;
(3) state that the procedures provided in Subsection (b) apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and
(4) state that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.
(d) Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor’s employer pursuant to the income-withholding law of this state.
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