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KRS 407.5605: Notice of registration of order.

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  1. KRS Chapter 407

(1) 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 shall be accompanied by a copy of the

registered ord er and the documents and relevant information accompanying the

order.

(2) A notice shall inform the nonregistering party:

(a) 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;

(b) That a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order

shall be requested within twenty (20) days of the notice unless the registered

order is under KRS 407.5707;

(c) That failure to contest the validity or enforce ment 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

(d) Of the amount of any alleged arrearages.

(3) If the registering party asserts that two (2) or more orders are in effect, a notice shall

also:

(a) 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;

(b) Notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determina tion of which is the

controlling order;

(c) State that the procedures provided in subsection (2) of this section apply to the

determination of which is the controlling order; and

(d) State that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order al leged to

be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the

order is the controlling order.

(4) 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 KRS 403.215 or 405.465.

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