North Carolina General Statutes 52C-6-605. Notice of registration of order
(a) 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.
(b) A notice must inform the nonregistering party:
(1) 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.
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 52C-6-605
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Foreign support order: means a support order of a foreign tribunal. See North Carolina General Statutes 52C-1-101
- Income-withholding order: means an order or other legal process directed to an obligor's employer, other debtor, or payor as defined under Chapter 110 of the N. See North Carolina General Statutes 52C-1-101
- Obligor: means an individual who, or the estate of a decedent that:
- Registering tribunal: means a tribunal in which a support order or judgment determining parentage of a child is registered. See North Carolina General Statutes 52C-1-101
- 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 under the jurisdiction of the United States. See North Carolina General Statutes 52C-1-101
- Support enforcement agency: means a public official, governmental entity, or private agency authorized to:
- Support order: means a judgment, decree, order, decision, or directive, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued in a state or a 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 North Carolina General Statutes 52C-1-101
- 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 North Carolina General Statutes 52C-1-101
(2) 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 N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52C-7-707;
(3) 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
(4) Of the amount of any alleged arrearages.
(b1) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice must also do each of the following:
(1) 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.
(2) Notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order.
(3) State that the procedures provided in subsection (b) of this section apply to the determination of which is the controlling order.
(4) 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.
(c) 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 provisions of Chapter 50 or Chapter 110 of the N.C. Gen. Stat., as applicable. (1995, c. 538, s. 7(c); 1997-433, s. 10.10; 1998-17, s. 1; 2015-117, s. 1.)