§ 15-23.1-305 Duties and powers ofresponding tribunal. – (a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparablepleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to §15-23.1-301(b) it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notifythe petitioner where and when it was filed.
(b) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent notprohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:
(1) Issue or enforce a support order, modify a child supportorder, determine the controlling child support order, or to determine parentage;
(2) Order an obligor to comply with a support orderspecifying the amount and the manner of compliance;
(3) Order income withholding;
(4) Determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify amethod 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 theobligor's current residential address, telephone number, employer, address ofemployment, and telephone number at the place of employment;
(9) Issue a body attachment for an obligor who has failed,after proper notice, to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enterthe body attachment in any local and state computer systems for criminalwarrants;
(10) Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment byspecified methods;
(11) Award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees andcosts; and
(12) Grant any other available remedy.
(c) A responding tribunal of this state shall include in asupport order issued under this chapter, or in the documents accompanying theorder, the calculations on which the support order is based.
(d) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition thepayment of a support order issued under this chapter upon compliance by a partywith provisions for visitation.
(e) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an orderunder this chapter, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order by first classmail to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, ifany.
(f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, orjudgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a respondingtribunal of this state shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currencyto the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or marketexchange rate as publicly reported.
§ 15-23.1-305 Duties and powers ofresponding tribunal. – (a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparablepleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to §15-23.1-301(b) it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notifythe petitioner where and when it was filed.
(b) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent notprohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:
(1) Issue or enforce a support order, modify a child supportorder, determine the controlling child support order, or to determine parentage;
(2) Order an obligor to comply with a support orderspecifying the amount and the manner of compliance;
(3) Order income withholding;
(4) Determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify amethod 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 theobligor's current residential address, telephone number, employer, address ofemployment, and telephone number at the place of employment;
(9) Issue a body attachment for an obligor who has failed,after proper notice, to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enterthe body attachment in any local and state computer systems for criminalwarrants;
(10) Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment byspecified methods;
(11) Award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees andcosts; and
(12) Grant any other available remedy.
(c) A responding tribunal of this state shall include in asupport order issued under this chapter, or in the documents accompanying theorder, the calculations on which the support order is based.
(d) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition thepayment of a support order issued under this chapter upon compliance by a partywith provisions for visitation.
(e) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an orderunder this chapter, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order by first classmail to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, ifany.
(f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, orjudgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a respondingtribunal of this state shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currencyto the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or marketexchange rate as publicly reported.
§ 15-23.1-305 Duties and powers ofresponding tribunal. – (a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparablepleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to §15-23.1-301(b) it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notifythe petitioner where and when it was filed.
(b) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent notprohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:
(1) Issue or enforce a support order, modify a child supportorder, determine the controlling child support order, or to determine parentage;
(2) Order an obligor to comply with a support orderspecifying the amount and the manner of compliance;
(3) Order income withholding;
(4) Determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify amethod 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 theobligor's current residential address, telephone number, employer, address ofemployment, and telephone number at the place of employment;
(9) Issue a body attachment for an obligor who has failed,after proper notice, to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enterthe body attachment in any local and state computer systems for criminalwarrants;
(10) Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment byspecified methods;
(11) Award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees andcosts; and
(12) Grant any other available remedy.
(c) A responding tribunal of this state shall include in asupport order issued under this chapter, or in the documents accompanying theorder, the calculations on which the support order is based.
(d) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition thepayment of a support order issued under this chapter upon compliance by a partywith provisions for visitation.
(e) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an orderunder this chapter, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order by first classmail to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, ifany.
(f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, orjudgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a respondingtribunal of this state shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currencyto the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or marketexchange rate as publicly reported.
