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Statutes > Connecticut > Title46b > Chap816 > Sec46b-213kSec. 46b-213k. Notice of registration of order. (a) When a support order or income withholding order issued in another state is registered, the Family Support Magistrate Division or Support Enforcement Services acting on its behalf, 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.
(b) A notice shall 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; (2) that a hearing before the Family Support Magistrate Division to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested not later than twenty days after a notice; (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 precludes further contest of that order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted; and (4) of the amount of any alleged arrearages.
(c) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice shall also: (1) Identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering person 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; and (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.
(d) Upon registration of an income withholding order for enforcement, the Family Support Magistrate Division, or Support Enforcement Services acting on its behalf, shall notify the obligor's employer pursuant to section 52-362.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 39, 75; P.A. 01-91, S. 16; P.A. 07-247, S. 46.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 effective January 1, 1998; P.A. 01-91 changed "the Support Enforcement Division" to "Support Enforcement Services" in Subsecs. (a) and (c); P.A. 07-247 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting language that prescribed methods for giving notice and making a technical change, amended Subsec. (b) by deleting "the date of mailing or personal service of the" and making technical changes, added new Subsec. (c) re notice requirements when registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d), effective January 1, 2008.
