{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-17-605","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 9-17-605","heading":"Notice of registration of order.","body":"(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.\n(b) The notice must inform the nonregistering party:\n(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;\n(2) that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within 20 days after notice unless the registered order is under § 9-17-707;\n(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\n(4) of the amount of any alleged arrearages.\n(c) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice must also:\n(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;\n(2) notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;\n(3) state that the procedures provided in subsection (b) apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and\n(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.\n(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, § 16-110-401 et seq.","path":["Title 9 Family Law","Subtitle 2. Domestic Relations","Chapter 17 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Article 6 Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order","Part 2 — Contest of Validity or Enforcement"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ar.code/release78.2020.11.06/gov.ar.code.title.09.odt","current_through":"2020-11-06","vintage":"Arkansas Code Release 78 (2020-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:07:28Z","sha256":"fad8f37b29bb8e4f4ea4cce0e14f56cfb291637cdb5c568d0edafdf11164bb78","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-17-604","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-17-606"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}