reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
AR Code § 9-17-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction|Part 1 - Extended Personal Jurisdiction|§ 9-17-201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident

 (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if:  (1) the individual is personally served with summons within this state;  (2) the individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;  (3) the individual resided with the child in this state;  (4) the individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;  (5) the child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;  (6) the individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;  (7) the individual asserted parentage of a child in the Putative Father Registry maintained in this state by the Department of Health; or  (8) there is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.    (b) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (a) or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this state to modify a child-support order of another state unless the requirements of § 9-17-611 are met, or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of § 9-17-615 are met.
AR Code § 9-17-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction|Part 1 - Extended Personal Jurisdiction|§ 9-17-202. Duration of personal jurisdiction

 Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this chapter or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by §§ 9-17-205, 9-17-206, and 9-17-211.
AR Code § 9-17-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction|Part 2 - Proceedings Involving Two or More States|§ 9-17-203. Initiating and responding tribunal of this state

 Under this chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.
AR Code § 9-17-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction|Part 2 - Proceedings Involving Two or More States|§ 9-17-204. Simultaneous proceedings

 (a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:  (1) the petition or comparable pleading in this state is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country;  (2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and  (3) if relevant, this state is the home state of the child.    (b) A tribunal of this state may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if:  (1) the petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in this state for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this state;  (2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in this state; and  (3) if relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child.
AR Code § 9-17-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction|Part 2 - Proceedings Involving Two or More States|§ 9-17-205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child-support order

 (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child-support order if the order is the controlling order and:  (1) at the time of the filing of a request for modification this state is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or  (2) even if this state is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of this state may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order.    (b) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this state may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if:  (1) all of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal of this state that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or  (2) its order is not the controlling order.    (c) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child-support order pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act or a law substantially similar to that Act which modifies a child-support order of a tribunal of this state, tribunals of this state shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.  (d) A tribunal of this state that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child-support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state.  (e) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.
AR Code § 9-17-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction|Part 2 - Proceedings Involving Two or More States|§ 9-17-206. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child-support order

 (a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:  (1) the order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or  (2) a money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.    (b) A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.
AR Code § 9-17-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction|Part 3 - Reconciliation with Orders of Other States|§ 9-17-208. Child-support orders for two or more obligees

 In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child-support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of this state shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
AR Code § 9-17-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction|Part 3 - Reconciliation with Orders of Other States|§ 9-17-209. Credit for payments

 A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child-support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child-support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country.
AR Code § 9-17-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction|Part 3 - Reconciliation with Orders of Other States|§ 9-17-210. Application of chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction

 A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this chapter, under other law of this state relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this state pursuant to § 9-17-316, communicate with a tribunal outside this state pursuant to § 9-17-317, and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this state pursuant to § 9-17-318. In all other respects, Articles 3 through 6 do not apply, and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state.
AR Code § 9-17-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 2 - Jurisdiction|Part 3 - Reconciliation with Orders of Other States|§ 9-17-211. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order

 (a) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal-support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.  (b) A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal-support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.  (c) A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal-support order may serve as:  (1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal-support order issued in this state; or  (2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal-support order.
AR Code § 9-17-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part 1 - Registration of Order for Enforcement|§ 9-17-601. 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 this state for enforcement.
AR Code § 9-17-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part 1 - Registration of Order for Enforcement|§ 9-17-602. Procedure to register order for enforcement

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in § 9-17-706, a support order or income-withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in this state by sending the following records to the appropriate circuit court in this state:  (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 this state not exempt from execution; and    (5) except as otherwise provided in § 9-17-312, 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 this state 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.
AR Code § 9-17-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part 1 - Registration of Order for Enforcement|§ 9-17-603. 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 this state.  (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 this state.  (c) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.
AR Code § 9-17-604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part 1 - Registration of Order for Enforcement|§ 9-17-604. Choice of law

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), 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 this state or of the issuing state or foreign country, whichever is longer, applies.  (c) A responding tribunal of this state shall apply the procedures and remedies of this state to enforce current support and collect arrears and interest due on a support order of another state or a foreign country registered in this state.  (d) After a tribunal of this state or another state determines which is the controlling order and issues an order consolidating arrears, if any, a tribunal of this state 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.
AR Code § 9-17-605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part 2 - Contest of Validity or Enforcement|§ 9-17-605. 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 this state 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 support 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 20 days after notice unless the registered order is under § 9-17-707;  (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 two or more orders are in effect, a notice must also:  (1) identify the two 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) 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 the income-withholding law of this state, § 16-110-401 et seq.
AR Code § 9-17-606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part 2 - Contest of Validity or Enforcement|§ 9-17-606. 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 this state shall request a hearing within the time required by § 9-17-605. 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 § 9-17-607.  (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.
AR Code § 9-17-607 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part 2 - Contest of Validity or Enforcement|§ 9-17-607. 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 this state to the remedy sought;  (6) full or partial payment has been made;  (7) the statute of limitation under § 9-17-604 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), 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 this state.  (c) If the contesting party does not establish a defense under subsection (a) to the validity or enforcement of a registered support order, the registering tribunal shall issue an order confirming the order.
AR Code § 9-17-608 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part 2 - Contest of Validity or Enforcement|§ 9-17-608. 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.
AR Code § 9-17-609 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part 3 - Registration and Modification of Child-Support Order of Another State|§ 9-17-609. 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 this state in the same manner provided in §§ 9-17-601 through 9-17-608 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.
AR Code § 9-17-610 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 9 - Family Law|Subtitle 2 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 17 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order|Part 3 - Registration and Modification of Child-Support Order of Another State|§ 9-17-610. Effect of registration for modification

 A tribunal of this state 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 this state, but the registered support order may be modified only if the requirements of § 9-17-611 or § 9-17-613 have been met.