PART II.
CONTEST OF VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT



 



§576B-605  Notice of registration of order. 
(a)  When a support order or income withholding order issued in another state
is registered, the registering tribunal shall notify the nonregistering party. 
The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the
documents and relevant information accompanying the order.



(b)  The notice must 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 to contest the validity or
enforcement of the registered order must be requested within twenty days after
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)  Upon registration of an income withholding
order for enforcement, the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's
employer pursuant to sections 571-52, 571-52.2, 571-52.3, and 576E-16.



(d)  For the purposes of this section, service
of the notice  shall be by personal service or certified mail, return receipt
requested.  After initial service is effected, additional service upon a party
shall be satisfied by regular mail to the party's last known address.  In any
child support enforcement proceedings subsequent to an order, upon a showing
that diligent effort has been made to ascertain the location of a party, notice
of service of process shall be presumed to be satisfied upon delivery of
written notice to the most recent residential or employer address on file with
the state case registry. [L 1997, c 295, pt of §1; am L 1998, c 270, §2]