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DC Code § 46-306.15 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3 - Interstate Family Support. [Repealed]|Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part C - Registration and Modification of Child Support Order|§ 46-306.15. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country or political subdivision. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Feb. 9, 1996, D.C. Law 11-81, § 615; as added June 22, 2006, D.C. Law 16-137, § 2(f)(11), 53 DCR 3634; Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 902, 63 DCR 222.)  Section References This section is referenced in § 46-302.01, § 46-306.10, and § 46-306.11. Effective Dates Applicability: Section 3 of D.C. Law 16-137 provided: “This act shall apply as of April 1, 2007.” Editor's Notes Uniform Law: This section is based upon § 615 of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (2001 Act).
DC Code § 46-356.01 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part A - Registration for Enforcement of Support Order|§ 46-356.01. Registration of order for enforcement

A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in the District for enforcement.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 601, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-356.02 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part A - Registration for Enforcement of Support Order|§ 46-356.02. Procedure to register order for enforcement

(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 46-357.06, a support order or income-withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in the District by sending the following records to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia: (1) A letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration and enforcement; (2) Two copies, including one certified copy, of the order to be registered, including any modification of the order; (3) A sworn statement by the person requesting registration or a certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount of any arrearage; (4) The name of the obligor and, if known: (A) The obligor’s address and social security number; (B) The name and address of the obligor’s employer and any other source of income of the obligor; and (C) A description and the location of property of the obligor in the District not exempt from execution; and (5) Except as otherwise provided in § 46-353.12, the name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the person to whom support payments are to be remitted. (b) On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal shall cause the order to be filed as an order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign support order, together with one copy of the documents and information, regardless of their form. (c) A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that must be affirmatively sought under other law of the District may be filed at the same time as the request for registration or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for the remedy sought. (d) If two or more orders are in effect, the person requesting registration shall: (1) Furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support order asserted to be in effect in addition to the documents specified in this section; (2) Specify the order alleged to be the controlling order, if any; and (3) Specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if any. (e) A request for a determination of which is the controlling order may be filed separately or with a request for registration and enforcement or for registration and modification. The person requesting registration shall give notice of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by the determination.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 602, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-356.03 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part A - Registration for Enforcement of Support Order|§ 46-356.03. Effect of registration for enforcement

(a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of the District. (b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of the District. (c) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a tribunal of the District shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 603, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-356.04 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part A - Registration for Enforcement of Support Order|§ 46-356.04. Choice of law

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, the law of the issuing state or foreign country governs: (1) The nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments under a registered support order; (2) The computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest on the arrearages under the support order; and (3) The existence and satisfaction of other obligations under the support order. (b) In a proceeding for arrears under a registered support order, the statute of limitation of the District, or of the issuing state or foreign country, whichever is longer, applies. (c) A responding tribunal of the District shall apply the procedures and remedies of the District to enforce current support and collect arrears and interest due on a support order of another state or a foreign country registered in the District. (d) After a tribunal of the District or another state determines which is the controlling order and issues an order consolidating arrears, if any, a tribunal of the District shall prospectively apply the law of the state or foreign country issuing the controlling order, including its law on interest on arrears, on current and future support, and on consolidated arrears.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 604, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-356.05 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part A - Registration for Enforcement of Support Order|§ 46-356.05. Notice of registration of order

(a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of the District 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) A notice must inform the nonregistering party: (1) That a registered support order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of the District; (2) That a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within 20 days after notice unless the registered order is under § 46-357.07; (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 (4) Of the amount of any alleged arrearages. (c) If the registering party asserts that 2 or more orders are in effect, a notice must also: (1) Identify the 2 or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party 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 support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor’s employer pursuant to Chapter 2 of this title [§ 46-201 et seq.].  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 605, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-356.06 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part A - Registration for Enforcement of Support Order|§ 46-356.06. Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order

(a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered support order in the District shall request a hearing within the time required by § 46-356.05. 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 § 46-356.07. (b) If the nonregistering party fails to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered support order in a timely manner, the order is confirmed by operation of law. (c) If a nonregistering party requests a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered support order, the registering tribunal shall schedule the matter for hearing and give notice to the parties of the date, time, and place of the hearing.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 606, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-356.07 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part A - Registration for Enforcement of Support Order|§ 46-356.07. Contest of registration or enforcement

(a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses: (1) The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party; (2) The order was obtained by fraud; (3) The order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later order; (4) The issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal; (5) There is a defense under the law of the District to the remedy sought; (6) Full or partial payment has been made; (7) The statute of limitation under § 46-356.04 precludes enforcement of some or all of the alleged arrearages; or (8) The alleged controlling order is not the controlling order. (b) If a party presents evidence establishing a full or partial defense under subsection (a) of this section, a tribunal may stay enforcement of a registered support order, continue the proceeding to permit production of additional relevant evidence, and issue other appropriate orders. An uncontested portion of the registered support order may be enforced by all remedies available under the law of the District. (c) If the contesting party does not establish a defense under subsection (a) of this section to the validity or enforcement of a registered support order, the registering tribunal shall issue an order confirming the order.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 607, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-356.08 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part A - Registration for Enforcement of Support Order|§ 46-356.08. Confirmed order

Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 608, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-356.09 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part A - Registration for Enforcement of Support Order|§ 46-356.09. Procedure to register child-support order of another state for modification

A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child-support order issued in another state shall register that order in the District in the same manner provided in §§ 46-356.01 through 46-356.08 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 609, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-356.10 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part A - Registration for Enforcement of Support Order|§ 46-356.10. Effect of registration for modification

A tribunal of the District 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 the District, but the registered support order may be modified only if the requirements of § 46-356.11 or § 46-356.13 have been met.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 610, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-356.11 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part A - Registration for Enforcement of Support Order|§ 46-356.11. Modification of child-support order of another state

(a) If § 46-356.13 does not apply, upon petition a tribunal of the District may modify a child-support order issued in another state which is registered in the District if, after notice and hearing, the tribunal finds that: (1) The following requirements are met: (A) Neither the child, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the obligor resides in the issuing state; (B) A petitioner who is a nonresident of the District seeks modification; and (C) The respondent is subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal of the District; or (2) The District is the residence of the child, or a party who is an individual is subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal of the District, and all of the parties who are individuals have filed consents in a record in the issuing tribunal for a tribunal of the District to modify the support order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction. (b) Modification of a registered child-support order is subject to the same requirements, procedures, and defenses that apply to the modification of an order issued by a tribunal of the District and the order may be enforced and satisfied in the same manner. (c) A tribunal of the District may not modify any aspect of a child-support order that may not be modified under the law of the issuing state, including the duration of the obligation of support. If 2 or more tribunals have issued child-support orders for the same obligor and same child, the order that controls and must be so recognized under § 46-352.07 establishes the aspects of the support order which are nonmodifiable. (d) In a proceeding to modify a child-support order, the law of the state that is determined to have issued the initial controlling order governs the duration of the obligation of support. The obligor’s fulfillment of the duty of support established by that order precludes imposition of a further obligation of support by a tribunal of the District. (e) On the issuance of an order by a tribunal of the District modifying a child-support order issued in another state, the tribunal of the District becomes the tribunal having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction. (f) Notwithstanding subsections (a) through (e) of this section and § 46-352.01(b), a tribunal of the District retains jurisdiction to modify an order issued by a tribunal of the District if: (1) One party resides in another state; and (2) The other party resides outside the United States.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 611, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-356.12 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part A - Registration for Enforcement of Support Order|§ 46-356.12. Recognition of order modified in another state

If a child-support order issued by a tribunal of the District is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of the District: (1) May enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification; (2) May provide appropriate relief for violations of its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and (3) Shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 612, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-356.13 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part A - Registration for Enforcement of Support Order|§ 46-356.13. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of another state when individual parties reside in the District

(a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in the District and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of the District has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state’s child-support order in a proceeding to register that order. (b) A tribunal of the District exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of subchapter I [§ 46-351.01] and II [§ 46-352.01], this subchapter, and the procedural and substantive law of the District to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Subchapters III, IV, V, VII, and VIII [§§ 46-353.01 through 46-355.07 and §§ 46-357.01 through 46-358.02] do not apply.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 613, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-356.14 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part A - Registration for Enforcement of Support Order|§ 46-356.14. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification

Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child-support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order, and in each tribunal in which the party knows the earlier order has been registered. A party who obtains the order and fails to file a certified copy is subject to appropriate sanctions by a tribunal in which the issue of failure to file arises. The failure to file does not affect the validity or enforceability of the modified order of the new tribunal having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 614, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-356.15 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part D - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order|§ 46-356.15. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country

(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 46-357.11, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child-support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of the District may assume jurisdiction to modify the child-support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether the consent to modification of a child-support order otherwise required of the individual pursuant to § 46-356.11 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of the District or of the foreign country. (b) An order issued by a tribunal of the District modifying a foreign child-support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 615, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-356.16 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part D - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order|§ 46-356.16. Procedure to register child-support order of foreign country for modification

A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child-support order not under the Convention may register that order in the District under §§ 46-356.01 through 46-356.08 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or at another time. The petition must specify the grounds for modification.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 616, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-357.01 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part D - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order|§ 46-357.01. Definitions

In this subchapter: (1) “Application” means a request under the Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority. (2) “Central authority” means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in § 46-351.02(6)(D) to perform the functions specified in the Convention. (3) “Convention support order” means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in § 46-351.02(6)(D). (4) “Direct request” means a petition filed by an individual in a tribunal of the District in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States. (5) “Foreign central authority” means the entity designated by a foreign country described in § 46-351.02(6)(D) to perform the functions specified in the Convention. (6) “Foreign support agreement”: (A) Means an agreement for support in a record that: (i) Is enforceable as a support order in the country of origin; (ii) Has been: (I) Formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal; or (II) Authenticated by, or concluded, registered, or filed with a foreign tribunal; and (iii) May be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal; and (B) Includes a maintenance arrangement or authentic instrument under the Convention. (7) “United States central authority” means the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 701, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-357.02 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part D - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order|§ 46-357.02. Applicability

This subchapter applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of this subchapter is inconsistent with subchapters I through VI of this chapter [§§ 46-351.01 through 46-356.16], this subchapter controls.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 702, 63 DCR 222.)