1. Timing and remedies. A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered order in this State must request a hearing within 20 days after the date of mailing or personal service of notice of the registration. The nonregistering party may seek to vacate the registration, to assert any defense to an allegation of noncompliance with the registered order or to contest the remedies being sought or the amount of any alleged arrearages pursuant to section 3203.

Sec. 40. 19-A MRSA §3203, sub-§1, ¶¶F and G, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, are amended to read:

F. Full or partial payment has been made; or

G. The statute of limitation under section 3153 precludes enforcement of some or all of the alleged arrearages.; or

Sec. 41. 19-A MRSA §3203, sub-§1, ¶H is enacted to read:

H.__The alleged controlling order is not the controlling order.

Sec. 42. 19-A MRSA §3252, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:

§3252. Effect of registration for modification

A tribunal of this State may enforce a child support order of another state registered for purposes of modification in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this State, but the registered order may be modified only if the requirements of section 3253, 3255 or 3257 have been met.

Sec. 43. 19-A MRSA §3253, as amended by PL 1997, c. 669, §22, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

§3253.__Modification of child support order of another state

1.__Modification of order issued in another state.__If section 3255 does not apply, except as otherwise provided in section 3257, a tribunal of this State upon petition may modify a child support order issued in another state that has been registered in this State if, after notice and hearing, the tribunal finds that:

A.__The following requirements are met: