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Ark. Code Ann. § 9-17-605

Notice of registration of order

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 9–9 (78 sections).

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case State of Washington v. Thompson (1999)

Most recently applied in Medeiros v. Medeiros (March 2017)

Acts 1993, No. 468, § 1; 1997, No. 1063, §§ 13, 14; 2015, No. 888, § 1.

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(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 must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.

(2) The notice must inform the nonregistering party: 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;

(3) 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;

(4) 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

(5) of the amount of any alleged arrearages.

(6) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice must also: 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;

(7) notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;

(8) state that the procedures provided in subsection (b) apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and

(9) 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.

(10) 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.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.