N.Y. Family Court Act § 580-605: Notice of registration of order

§ 580-605. Notice of registration of order. (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 days after notice

unless the registered order is under section 580-707 of this article;

(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 or more orders are in

effect, a notice must also:

(1) identify the two 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 subdivision (b) of this

section 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 section five thousand two hundred

forty-one or five thousand two hundred forty-two of the civil practice

law and rules.