Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Delaware · Domestic Relations · §§ 13-6-101 to 13-6-903 · 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 One flag: the section titles supplied are three repealed-section placeholders plus "Interstate rendition," which is an extradition/fugitive topic, not family support.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
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-101Short title
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-102Definitions
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-103State tribunal and support enforcement agency
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-104Remedies cumulative
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-105Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-201Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-202Duration of personal jurisdiction
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-203Initiating and responding tribunal of State
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-204Simultaneous proceedings
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-205Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child-support order
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-206Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child-support order
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-207Determination of controlling child-support order
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-208Child-support orders for 2 or more obligees
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-209Credit for payments
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-210Application of this chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-211Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-301Proceedings under this chapter
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-302Proceeding by minor parent
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-303Application of law of State
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-304Duties of initiating tribunal
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-305Duties and powers of responding tribunal
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-306Inappropriate tribunal
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-307Duties of support enforcement agency
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-308Duty of state official or agency
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-309Private counsel
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-310Duties of state information agency
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-311Pleadings and accompanying documents
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-312Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-313Costs and fees
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-314Limited immunity of petitioner
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-315Nonparentage as defense
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-316Special rules of evidence and procedure
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-317Communications between tribunals
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-318Assistance with discovery
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-319Receipt and disbursement of payments
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-401Establishment of support order
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-402Proceeding to determine parentage
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-501Employer’s receipt of income-withholding order of another state
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-502Employer’s compliance with income-withholding order of another state
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-503Employer’s compliance with 2 or more income-withholding orders
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-504Immunity from civil liability
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-505Penalties for noncompliance
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-506Contest by obligor
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-507Administrative enforcement of orders
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-601Registration of order for enforcement
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-602Procedure to register order for enforcement
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-603Effect of registration for enforcement
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-604Choice of law
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-605Notice of registration of order
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-606Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-607Contest of registration or enforcement
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-608Confirmed order
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-609Procedure to register child-support order of another state for modification
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-610Effect of registration for modification
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-611Modification of child-support order of another state
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-612Recognition of order modified in another state
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-613Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of another state when individual parties reside in this State
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-614Notice to issuing tribunal of modification
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-615Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-616Procedure to register child-support order of foreign country for modification
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-701Definitions
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-702Applicability
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-703Relationship of Division of Child Support Services to United States central authority
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-704Initiation by Division of Child Support Services of support proceeding under Convention
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-705Direct request
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-706Registration of Convention support order
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-707Contest of registered Convention support order
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-708Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-709Partial enforcement
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-710Foreign support agreement
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-711Modification of Convention child-support order
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-712Personal information; limit on use
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-713Record in original language; English translation
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-801Grounds for rendition
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-802Conditions of rendition
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-901Uniformity of application and construction
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-902Severability clause
- Del. Code tit. 13, §§ 6-903Transitional provision
Enacted in other states
Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Wyoming
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