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AMENDMENTS TO UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT (2001)

                                     

 

 

 


NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS

 

ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS

 

 

 

 

 


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JULY 18 - JULY 25, 2008

 

 

AMENDMENTS TO UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT (2001)

 

 

WITH REPORTER’S NOTES

 

Copyright ©2008

By

NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS

ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS

 

 

The ideas and conclusions set forth in this draft, including the proposed statutory language and any comments or reporter’s notes, have not been passed upon by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws or the Drafting Committee.  They do not necessarily reflect the views of the Conference and its Commissioners and the Drafting Committee and its Members and Reporter.  Proposed statutory language may not be used to ascertain the intent or meaning of any promulgated final statutory proposal.


DRAFTING COMMITTEE ON AMENDMENTS TO UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT (2001)

            The Committee appointed by and representing the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in drafting these amendments consists of the following individuals:

Battle R. Robinson, 104 W. Market St., Georgetown, DE 19947, Chair

Marlin J. Appelwick, One Union Square, 600 University St., Seattle, WA 98101

Barbara Ann Atwood, University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law, 1201 E. Speedway, P.O. Box 210176, Tucson, AZ 85721-0176

Deborah E. Behr, Office of Attorney General, P.O. Box 110300, Juneau, AK 99811

Vincent C. DeLiberato, Jr., Legislative Reference Bureau, Main Capitol Building, Room 641, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0033

Gail H. Hagerty, Burleigh County Court House, P.O. Box 1013, 514 E. Thayer Ave., Bismarck, ND 58502-1013

Lisa Harris-Moorhead, Legislature of the Virgin Islands, 100 Lagoon Complex Homes, Suite 2, Frederiksted, St. Croix, USVI 00840

Kay P. Kindred, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Pkwy., Box 451003, Las Vegas, NV 89154-1003

Paul M. Kurtz, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, GA 30602-6012

Harry L. Tindall, 1300 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1550, Houston, TX 77056-3081

jOHN j. sAMPSON, University of Texas School of Law, 727 E. Dean Keeton, Austin, TX 78705, Reporter

 

CANADIAN MEMBERS

denise gervaise, Ministere de la Justice du Quebec, 1200, Route de L'Eglise, 4e etage, Saint-Foy, Quebec, Canada G1V 4M1

tracy morrow, Family Law Branch, Manitoba Justice, 1230 - 405 Broadway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3C 3L6

ANdina van isschof, Department of Justice Canada, 284 Wellington St., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIA 0H8

 

advisors

Claudia E. de Buen Unna, Mariano Escobedo 353-A Desp. 1402, Polanco, Mexico 11560, Advisor

Ana Maria kudisch, Agustin Gonzalez de Cossio #229, Col. Del Valle, Deleg. Benito Juarez, Mexico 03100, Advisor

 

EX OFFICIO

Martha Lee Walters, Oregon Supreme Court, 1163 State St., Salem, OR 97301-2563,

            President

WILLIAM H. HENNING, University of Alabama School of Law, Box 870382, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0382, Division Chair

 

 

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION ADVISOR

Gloria F. Dehart, 265 Willamette Ave., Kensington, CA 94708-1055, ABA Advisor

JOSEPH W. BOOTH, 11900 W. 87th St. Pkwy., Suite 117, Lenexa, KS 66215, ABA Section Advisor

 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

John A. Sebert, 111 N. Wabash Ave., Suite 1010, Chicago, IL 60602, Executive Director

 

 

Copies of this Act may be obtained from:

 

NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS

ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS

111 N. Wabash Ave., Suite 1010

Chicago, Illinois 60602

312/450-6600

www.nccusl.org

 


AMENDMENTS TO UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT (2001)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 101.  SHORT TITLE. 3

SECTION 102.  DEFINITIONS. 3

SECTION 103.  STATE TRIBUNAL OF STATE AND SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. 8

SECTION 104. REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. 9

SECTION 105. APPLICATION OF [ACT] TO RESIDENT OF FOREIGN
COUNTRY AND FOREIGN SUPPORT PROCEEDING.
9

 

ARTICLE 2

JURISDICTION

SECTION 201. BASES FOR JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENT. 10

SECTION 202.  DURATION OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION. 11

SECTION 203.  INITIATING AND RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF STATE. 11

SECTION 204.  SIMULTANEOUS PROCEEDINGS. 12

SECTION 205.  CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO MODIFY
CHILD-SUPPORT ORDER. 12

SECTION 206.  CONTINUING JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE CHILD-SUPPORT ORDER. 14

SECTION 207.  DETERMINATION OF CONTROLLING CHILD-SUPPORT
ORDER. 14

SECTION 208.  CHILD-SUPPORT ORDERS FOR TWO OR MORE OBLIGEES. 16

SECTION 209.  CREDIT FOR PAYMENTS. 16