N.Y. Fam. Ct. Act § 580-101

§ 580-101. Definitions. In this article:\n (1) "Child" means an individual, whether over or under the age of\nmajority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the\nindividual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a\nsupport order directed to the parent.\n (2) "Child support order" means a support order for a child, including\na child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the\nissuing state.\n (3) "Duty of support" means an obligation imposed or imposable by law\nto provide support for a child, spouse, or former spouse, including an\nunsatisfied obligation to provide support.\n (4) "Home state" means the state in which a child lived with a parent\nor a person acting as parent for at least six consecutive months\nimmediately preceding the time of filing of a petition or comparable\npleading for support and, if a child is less than six months old, the\nstate in which the child lived from birth with any of them. A period of\ntemporary absence of any of them is counted as part of the six-month or\nother period.\n (5) "Income" includes earnings or other periodic entitlements to money\nfrom any source and any other property subject to withholding for\nsupport as defined by section five thousand two hundred forty-one of the\ncivil practice law and rules.\n (6) "Income withholding order" means an order or other legal process\ndirected to an obligor's employer or other income payor, as defined by\nsection five thousand two hundred forty-one or five thousand two hundred\nforty-two of the civil practice law and rules to withhold support from\nthe income of the obligor.\n (7) "Initiating state" means a state from which a proceeding is\nforwarded or in which a proceeding is filed for forwarding to a\nresponding state under this article or a law or procedure substantially\nsimilar to this article, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support\nAct, or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act.\n (8) "Initiating tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in an\ninitiating state.\n (9) "Issuing state" means the state in which a tribunal issues a\nsupport order or renders a judgment determining parentage.\n (10) "Issuing tribunal" means the tribunal that issues a support order\nor renders a judgment determining parentage.\n (11) "Law" includes decisional and statutory law and rules and\nregulations having the force of law.\n (12) "Obligee" means:\n (i) an individual to whom a duty of support is or is alleged to be\nowed or in whose favor a support order has been issued or a judgment\ndetermining parentage has been rendered;\n (ii) a state or political subdivision to which the rights under a duty\nof support or support order have been assigned or which has independent\nclaims based on financial assistance provided to an individual obligee;\nor\n (iii) an individual seeking a judgment determining parentage of the\nindividual's child.\n (13) "Obligor" means an individual, or the estate of a decedent:\n (i) who owes or is alleged to owe a duty of support;\n (ii) who is alleged but has not been adjudicated to be a parent of a\nchild; or\n (iii) who is liable under a support order.\n (14) "Register" means to file a support order or judgment determining\nparentage in the tribunal.\n (15) "Registering tribunal" means a tribunal in which a support order\nis registered.\n (16) "Responding state" means a state in which a proceeding is filed\nor to which a proceeding is forwarded for filing from an initiating\nstate under this article, or a law or procedure substantially similar to\nthis article, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or the\nRevised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act.\n (17) "Responding tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in a\nresponding state.\n (18) "Spousal support order" means a support order for a spouse or\nformer spouse of the obligor.\n (19) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of\nColumbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory\nor insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.\nThe term includes: (i) an Indian tribe; and (ii) a foreign jurisdiction\nthat has enacted a law or established procedures for issuance and\nenforcement of support orders which are substantially similar to the\nprocedures under this article, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of\nSupport Act, or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support\nAct.\n (20) "Support enforcement agency" means a public official or agency\nauthorized to seek:\n (i) enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of\nsupport;\n (ii) establishment or modification of child support;\n (iii) determination of parentage; or\n (iv) to locate obligors or their assets.\n (21) "Support order" means a judgment, decree, or order, whether\ntemporary, final, or subject to modification, for the benefit of a\nchild, a spouse, or a former spouse, which provides for monetary\nsupport, health care, arrearages, or reimbursement, and may include\nrelated costs and fees, interest, income withholding, attorney's fees,\nand other relief.\n (22) "Tribunal" means a court, administrative agency, or\nquasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify\nsupport orders or to determine parentage.\n