[§576B-305]  Duties and powers of responding
tribunal.  (a)  When a responding tribunal of this State receives a
petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly
pursuant to section 576B-301(c), it shall cause the petition or pleading to be
filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.



(b)  A responding tribunal of this State, to
the extent otherwise authorized by law, may do one or more of the following:



(1)  Issue or enforce a support order, modify a child
support order, or render a judgment to determine parentage;



(2)  Order an obligor to comply with a child support
order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;



(3)  Order income withholding;



(4)  Determine the amount of any arrearages, and
specify a method of payment;



(5)  Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or
both;



(6)  Set aside property for satisfaction of the
support order;



(7)  Place liens and order execution on the obligor's
property;



(8)  Order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of
the obligor's current residential address, telephone number, employer, address
of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment;



(9)  Issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has
failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and
enter the bench warrant in any local and state computer systems for criminal
warrants;



(10)  Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment
by specified methods;



(11)  Award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees
and costs; and



(12)  Grant any other available remedy.



(c)  A responding tribunal of this State shall
include in a support order issued under this chapter, or in the documents
accompanying the order, the calculations on which the child support order is
based.



(d)  A responding tribunal of this State may
not condition the payment of a support order issued under this chapter upon
compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.



(e)  If a responding tribunal of this State
issues an order under this chapter, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order
to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any. [L
1997, c 295, pt of §1]