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

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Terms Used In Utah Code 78B-14-605

  • Foreign support order: means a support order of a foreign tribunal. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
  • Income: includes earnings or other periodic entitlements to money from any source and any other property subject to withholding for support under the law of this state. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
  • Income-withholding order: means an order or other legal process directed to an obligor's employer or other source of income as defined in Section 26B-9-101, to withhold support from the income of the obligor. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
  • Obligor: means an individual who, or the estate of a decedent that:
         (17)(a) owes or is alleged to owe a duty of support;
         (17)(b) is alleged but has not been adjudicated to be a parent of a child;
         (17)(c) is liable under a support order; or
         (17)(d) is a debtor in a proceeding under Part 7, Support Proceedings Under Convention. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
  • Registering tribunal: means a tribunal in which a support order or judgment determining parentage of a child is registered. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
  • Support enforcement agency: means a public official, governmental entity, or private agency authorized to:
         (27)(a) seek enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of support;
         (27)(b) seek establishment or modification of child support;
         (27)(c) request determination of parentage of a child;
         (27)(d) attempt to locate obligors or their assets; or
         (27)(e) request determination of the controlling child support order. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
  • Support order: means a judgment, decree, order, decision, or directive, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued in a state or foreign country for the benefit of a child, a spouse, or a former spouse, which provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, retroactive support, or reimbursement for financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
  • Tribunal: means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. See Utah Code 78B-14-102
(2) A notice shall inform the nonregistering party:

     (2)(a) that a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state;
     (2)(b) that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order shall be requested within 20 days after notice, unless the registered order is under Section 78B-14-707;
     (2)(c) 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
     (2)(d) of the amount of any alleged arrearages.
(3) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice shall also:

     (3)(a) 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;
     (3)(b) notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;
     (3)(c) state that the procedures provided in Subsection (2) apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and
     (3)(d) 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.
(4) 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 Title 26B, Chapter 9, Part 3, Income Withholding in IV-D Cases.