| | | (c) To facilitate efficient interstate establishment, | | enforcement, and modification of child support orders, forms | | sanctioned by the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement | | are available. Although developed in conjunction with the | | federal IV-D program, private parties and their attorneys who | | are engaged in an interstate child support case are well | | advised to use the appropriate forms for transmission of | | information to the responding State, Section 311(b). The | | information in those forms is declared to be admissible | | evidence, Section 316(b). |
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| | | (d) Authority is provided for the transmission of information | | and documents through electronic and other modern means of | | communication, Section 316(e). |
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| | | (e) Tribunals are directed to permit an out-of-state party or | | witness to be deposed or to testify by telephone conference, | | Section 316(f). |
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| | | (f) Tribunals are required to cooperate in the discovery | | process for use in a tribunal in another State, Section 318. |
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| | | (g) A tribunal and a support enforcement agency providing | | services to a supported family must keep the parties informed | | about all important developments in a case, Sections 305 and | | 307. |
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| | | (h) A registered support order is confirmed and immediately | | enforceable unless the respondent files an objection in a | | record within a fixed period of time, almost invariably the 20 | | days suggested originally, Sections 603 and 607. |
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| | | 6. INTERSTATE PARENTAGE. UIFSA authorizes establishment of | | parentage in an interstate proceeding, even if not coupled | | with a proceeding to establish support, Section 701. |
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| | | C. Enforcing a Support Order |
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| | | 1. DIRECT ENFORCEMENT. UIFSA provides two direct enforcement | | procedures that do not require assistance from a tribunal. | | First, a notice may be sent directly to the obligor's employer | | in another State, Section 501, which triggers income | | withholding by that employer without the necessity of a | | hearing unless the employee objects. The Act details the | | procedure to be followed by the employer in response to an | | interstate request for direct income withholding, Sections | | 502-506. Additionally, the Act provides for direct | | administrative enforcement by the support enforcement agency | | of the obligor's State, Section 507. |
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| | | 2. REGISTRATION. Enforcement of a support order of another | | State or nation involving a tribunal of the forum State begins | | with the registration of the existing support order in a | | tribunal of the |
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