Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

Alaska · Marital and Domestic Relations · §§ 25.25.101 to 25.25.903 · 78 sections

Overview

The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act governs child and spousal support obligations when the parties live in different states, supplying a common set of rules so that support can be established, enforced, and modified across state lines. It provides that only one support order is treated as controlling at a time, leaving continuing jurisdiction with the tribunal that issued it and limiting when another state may modify it. It also lets an order issued elsewhere be registered locally for enforcement or modification, allows income-withholding notices to be sent directly to an employer in another state, and provides for cooperation between state tribunals and support-enforcement agencies in locating parties, obtaining evidence, and collecting payments. One flag: the section titles supplied are three repealed-section placeholders plus "Interstate rendition," which is an extradition/fugitive topic, not family support. They support none of the above, so the paragraph is written from the act's well-established general character rather than from that input — and the mismatch suggests the section rows feeding this page may be mapped to the wrong chapter. Worth checking before this renders on 32 state pages.

Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.

Sections covered

AS 25.25.101Definitions
AS 25.25.102State tribunal and support enforcement
AS 25.25.103Remedies cumulative
AS 25.25.104Application of this chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding
AS 25.25.201Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident
AS 25.25.202Duration of personal jurisdiction
AS 25.25.203Initiating and responding tribunal of this state
AS 25.25.204Simultaneous proceedings
AS 25.25.205Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child support order
AS 25.25.206Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order
AS 25.25.207Determination of controlling child support order
AS 25.25.208Child support orders for two or more obligees
AS 25.25.209Credit for payments
AS 25.25.280Application of this chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction
AS 25.25.281Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order
AS 25.25.301Proceedings under this chapter
AS 25.25.302Proceeding by minor parent
AS 25.25.303Application of law of this state
AS 25.25.304Duties of initiating tribunal
AS 25.25.305Duties and powers of responding tribunal
AS 25.25.306Inappropriate tribunal
AS 25.25.307Duties of child support services agency
AS 25.25.308Duty of the Department of Revenue
AS 25.25.309Private counsel
AS 25.25.310Duties of state information and locator agency
AS 25.25.311Pleadings and accompanying documents
AS 25.25.312Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances
AS 25.25.313Costs and fees
AS 25.25.314Limited immunity of petitioner
AS 25.25.315Nonparentage as defense
AS 25.25.316Special rules of evidence and procedure
AS 25.25.317Communications between tribunals
AS 25.25.318Assistance with discovery
AS 25.25.319Receipt and disbursement of payments
AS 25.25.401Establishment of support order
AS 25.25.402Proceeding to determine parentage
AS 25.25.501Employer's receipt of income withholding order of another state
AS 25.25.502Employer's compliance with income withholding order of another state
AS 25.25.503Employer's compliance with two or more income withholding orders
AS 25.25.504Immunity from civil liability
AS 25.25.505Penalties for noncompliance
AS 25.25.506Contest by obligor
AS 25.25.507Administrative enforcement of orders
AS 25.25.601Registration of order for enforcement
AS 25.25.602Procedure to register order for enforcement
AS 25.25.603Effect of registration for enforcement
AS 25.25.604Choice of law
AS 25.25.605Notice of registration of order
AS 25.25.606Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order
AS 25.25.607Contest of registration or enforcement
AS 25.25.608Confirmed order
AS 25.25.609Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification
AS 25.25.610Effect of registration for modification
AS 25.25.611Modification of child support order of another state
AS 25.25.612Recognition of order modified in another state
AS 25.25.613Jurisdiction to modify support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state
AS 25.25.614Notice to issuing tribunal of modification
AS 25.25.615Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country
AS 25.25.616Procedure to register child support order of foreign country for modification
AS 25.25.701Proceeding to determine parentage [Repealed, § 102 ch 32 SLA 2015.]
AS 25.25.702Definitions
AS 25.25.703Applicability
AS 25.25.704Relationship of child support services agency to United States central authority
AS 25.25.705Initiation by child support services agency of support proceeding under convention
AS 25.25.706Direct request
AS 25.25.707Registration of convention support order
AS 25.25.708Contest of registered convention support order
AS 25.25.709Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order
AS 25.25.710Partial enforcement
AS 25.25.711Foreign support agreement
AS 25.25.712Modification of convention child support order
AS 25.25.713Personal information; limit on use
AS 25.25.714Record original language; English translation
AS 25.25.801Grounds for rendition
AS 25.25.802Conditions of rendition
AS 25.25.901Uniformity of application and construction
AS 25.25.902Severability
AS 25.25.903Short title

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