N.Y. Family Court Act § 580-602: Procedure to register order for enforcement

§ 580-602. Procedure to register order for enforcement. (a) Except as

otherwise provided in section 580-706 of this article, a support order

or income withholding order of another state or a foreign support order

may be registered in this state by sending the following records to the

appropriate tribunal in this state:

(1) a letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration

and enforcement;

(2) two copies, including one certified copy, of the order to be

registered, including any modification of the order;

(3) a sworn statement by the person requesting registration or a

certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount

of any arrearage;

(4) the name of the obligor and, if known:

(i) the obligor's address and social security number;

(ii) the name and address of the obligor's employer and any other

source of income of the obligor; and

(iii) a description and the location of property of the obligor in

this state not exempt from execution; and

(5) except as otherwise provided in section 580-312 of this article,

the name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the person to

whom support payments are to be remitted.

(b) On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal

shall cause the order to be filed as an order of a tribunal of another

state or a foreign support order, together with one copy of the

documents and information, regardless of their form.

(c) A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that must be

affirmatively sought under other law of this state may be filed at the

same time as the request for registration or later. The pleading must

specify the grounds for the remedy sought.

(d) If two or more orders are in effect, the person requesting

registration shall:

(1) furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support order asserted to

be in effect in addition to the documents specified in this section;

(2) specify the order alleged to be the controlling order, if any; and

(3) specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if any.

(e) A request for a determination of which is the controlling order

may be filed separately or with a request for registration and

enforcement or for registration and modification. The person requesting

registration shall give notice of the request to each party whose rights

may be affected by the determination.