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DC Code § 46-357.03 (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 D - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order|§ 46-357.03. Relationship of Office of the Attorney General to United States central authority

The Office of the Attorney General is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the Convention.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 703, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-357.04 (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 D - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order|§ 46-357.04. Initiation by Office of the Attorney General of support proceeding under Convention

(a) In a support proceeding under this subchapter, the Office of the Attorney General shall: (1) Transmit and receive applications; and (2) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of the District. (b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention: (1) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order; (2) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in the District; (3) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child; (4) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under § 46-357.08(b)(2), (4), or (9); (5) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of the District; and (6) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country. (c) The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order: (1) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of the District; (2) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of the District; and (3) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country. (d) A tribunal of the District may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 704, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-357.05 (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 D - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order|§ 46-357.05. Direct request

(a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of the District applies. (b) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, §§ 46-357.06 through 46-357.13 apply. (c) In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a Convention support order or foreign support agreement: (1) A security, bond, or deposit is not required to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses; and (2) An obligee or obligor that in the issuing country has benefited from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by the law of the District under the same circumstances. (d) A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the Office of the Attorney General. (e) This subchapter does not prevent the application of laws of the District that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order or foreign support agreement.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 705, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-357.06 (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 D - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order|§ 46-357.06. Registration of Convention support order

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a Convention support order shall register the order in the District as provided in subchapter VI of this chapter [§ 46-356.01 et seq.]. (b) Notwithstanding §§ 46-353.11 and 46-356.02(a), a request for registration of a Convention support order must be accompanied by: (1) A complete text of the support order or an abstract or extract of the support order drawn up by the issuing foreign tribunal, which may be in the form recommended by the Hague Conference on Private International Law; (2) A record stating that the support order is enforceable in the issuing country; (3) If the respondent did not appear and was not represented in the proceedings in the issuing country, a record attesting, as appropriate, either that the respondent had proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard or that the respondent had proper notice of the support order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal; (4) A record showing the amount of arrears, if any, and the date the amount was calculated; (5) A record showing a requirement for automatic adjustment of the amount of support, if any, and the information necessary to make the appropriate calculations; and (6) If necessary, a record showing the extent to which the applicant received free legal assistance in the issuing country. (c) A request for registration of a Convention support order may seek recognition and partial enforcement of the order. (d) A tribunal of the District may vacate the registration of a Convention support order without the filing of a contest under § 46-357.07 only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement of the order would be manifestly incompatible with public policy. (e) The tribunal shall promptly notify the parties of the registration or the order vacating the registration of a Convention support order.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 706, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-357.07 (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 D - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order|§ 46-357.07. Contest of registered convention support order

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, §§ 46-356.05 through 46-356.08 apply to a contest of a registered Convention support order. (b) A party contesting a registered Convention support order shall file a contest not later than 30 days after notice of the registration, but if the contesting party does not reside in the United States, the contest must be filed not later than 60 days after notice of the registration. (c) If the nonregistering party fails to contest the registered Convention support order by the time specified in subsection (b) of this section, the order is enforceable. (d) A contest of a registered Convention support order may be based only on grounds set forth in § 46-357.08. The contesting party bears the burden of proof. (e) In a contest of a registered Convention support order, a tribunal of the District: (1) Is bound by the findings of fact on which the foreign tribunal based its jurisdiction; and (2) May not review the merits of the order. (f) A tribunal of the District deciding a contest of a registered Convention support order shall promptly notify the parties of its decision. (g) A challenge or appeal, if any, does not stay the enforcement of a Convention support order unless there are exceptional circumstances.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 707, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-357.08 (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 D - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order|§ 46-357.08. Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a tribunal of the District shall recognize and enforce a registered Convention support order. (b) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of the District may refuse recognition and enforcement of a registered Convention support order: (1) Recognition and enforcement of the order is manifestly incompatible with public policy, including the failure of the issuing tribunal to observe minimum standards of due process, which include notice and an opportunity to be heard; (2) The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction consistent with § 46-352.01; (3) The order is not enforceable in the issuing country; (4) The order was obtained by fraud in connection with a matter of procedure; (5) A record transmitted in accordance with § 46-357.06 lacks authenticity or integrity; (6) A proceeding between the same parties and having the same purpose is pending before a tribunal of the District and that proceeding was the first to be filed; (7) The order is incompatible with a more recent support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose if the more recent support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in the District; (8) Payment, to the extent alleged arrears have been paid in whole or in part; (9) In a case in which the respondent neither appeared nor was represented in the proceeding in the issuing foreign country: (A) If the law of that country provides for prior notice of proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard; or (B) If the law of that country does not provide for prior notice of the proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal; or (10) The order was made in violation of § 46-357.11. (c) If a tribunal of the District does not recognize a Convention support order under subsection (b)(2), (4), or (9) of this section: (1) The tribunal may not dismiss the proceeding without allowing a reasonable time for a party to request the establishment of a new Convention support order; and (2) The Office of the Attorney General shall take all appropriate measures to request a child-support order for the obligee if the application for recognition and enforcement was received under § 46-357.04.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 708, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-357.09 (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 D - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order|§ 46-357.09. Partial enforcement

If a tribunal of the District does not recognize and enforce a Convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order. An application or direct request may seek recognition and partial enforcement of a Convention support order.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 709, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-357.10 (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 D - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order|§ 46-357.10. Foreign support agreement

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, a tribunal of the District shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in the District. (b) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by: (1) A complete text of the foreign support agreement; and (2) A record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country. (c) A tribunal of the District may vacate the registration of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy. (d) In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of the District may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds: (1) Recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy; (2) The agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification; (3) The agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in the District, another state, or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in the District; or (4) The record submitted under subsection (b) of this section lacks authenticity or integrity. (e) A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 710, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-357.11 (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 D - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order|§ 46-357.11. Modification of convention child-support order

(a) A tribunal of the District may not modify a Convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless: (1) The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of the District, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or (2) The foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order. (b) If a tribunal of the District does not modify a Convention child-support order because the order is not recognized in the District, § 46-357.08(c) applies.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 711, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-357.12 (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 D - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order|§ 46-357.12. Personal information; limit on use

Personal information gathered or transmitted under this subchapter may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 712, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-357.13 (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 D - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order|§ 46-357.13. Record in original language; English translation

A record filed with a tribunal of the District under this subchapter must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 713, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-358.01 (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|§ 46-358.01. Grounds for rendition

(a) For purposes of this subchapter, “governor” includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this chapter. (b) The Mayor may: (1) Demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual found in the other state who is charged criminally in the District with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee; or (2) On the demand of the governor of another state, surrender an individual found in the District who is charged criminally in the other state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee. (c) A provision for extradition of individuals not inconsistent with this chapter applies to the demand even if the individual whose surrender is demanded was not in the demanding state when the crime was allegedly committed and has not fled therefrom.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 801, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-358.02 (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|§ 46-358.02. Conditions of rendition

(a) Before making a demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in the District with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the Mayor may require a prosecutor of the District to demonstrate that at least 60 days previously the obligee had initiated proceedings for support pursuant to this chapter or that the proceeding would be of no avail. (b) If, under this chapter or a law substantially similar to this chapter, the governor of another state makes a demand that the Mayor surrender an individual charged criminally in that state with having failed to provide for the support of a child or other individual to whom a duty of support is owed, the Mayor may require a prosecutor to investigate the demand and report whether a proceeding for support has been initiated or would be effective. If it appears that a proceeding would be effective but has not been initiated, the Mayor may delay honoring the demand for a reasonable time to permit the initiation of a proceeding. (c) If a proceeding for support has been initiated and the individual whose rendition is demanded prevails, the Mayor may decline to honor the demand. If the petitioner prevails and the individual whose rendition is demanded is subject to a support order, the governor may decline to honor the demand if the individual is complying with the support order.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 802, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-359.01 (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|§ 46-359.01. Uniformity of application and construction

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 901, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-359.02 (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|§ 46-359.02. [Reserved]

Editor's Notes Section 902 of D.C. Law 21-73 repealed Chapter 3 of this title.
DC Code § 46-359.03 (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 D - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order|§ 46-359.03. Applicability

This chapter applies to proceedings begun on or after February 27, 2016, to establish a support order or determine parentage of a child or to register, recognize, enforce, or modify a prior support order, determination, or agreement, whenever issued or entered.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 903, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 47-391.04 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 47 - Taxation, Licensing, Permits, Assessments, and Fees. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Budget and Financial Management; Borrowing; Deposit of Funds|Subchapter VII - Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance|Part A - Establishment and Organization of Authority|§ 47-391.04. Exemption from liability for claims for authority employees

The Authority, its members, and its employees may not be liable for any obligation of or claim against the Authority or its members or employees or the District of Columbia resulting from actions taken to carry out this Act.  (Apr. 17, 1995, 109 Stat. 105, Pub. L. 104-8, § 104; Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321 224, Pub. L. 104-134, § 153(c); enacted, Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-254, § 2, 44 DCR 1575.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 47-391.4. References in Text “This Act,” referred to in this section, is the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, approved April 17, 1995, 109 Stat. 97, Pub. L. 104-8.
DC Code § 47-391.05 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 47 - Taxation, Licensing, Permits, Assessments, and Fees. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Budget and Financial Management; Borrowing; Deposit of Funds|Subchapter VII - Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance|Part A - Establishment and Organization of Authority|§ 47-391.05. Treatment of actions arising from act

(a) Jurisdiction established in District Court for District of Columbia. — Except as provided in § 47-391.03(e)(2) (relating to the issuance of an order enforcing a subpoena), any action against the Authority or any action otherwise arising out of this Act, in whole or in part, shall be brought in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. (b) Prompt appeal. — (1) Court of appeals. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia which is issued pursuant to an action brought under subsection (a) of this section shall be reviewable only pursuant to a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. (2) Supreme Court. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, review by the Supreme Court of the United States of a decision of the Court of Appeals which is issued pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection may be had only if the petition for such review is filed within 10 days after the entry of such decision. (c) Timing of relief. — No order of any court granting declaratory or injunctive relief against the Authority, including relief permitting or requiring the obligation, borrowing, or expenditure of funds, shall take effect during the pendency of the action before such court, during the time appeal may be taken, or (if appeal is taken) during the period before the court has entered its final order disposing of such action. (d) Expedited consideration. — It shall be the duty of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States to advance on the docket and to expedite to the greatest possible extent the disposition of any matter brought under subsection (a) of this section.  (Apr. 17, 1995, 109 Stat. 105, Pub. L. 104-8, § 105; enacted, Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-254, § 2, 44 DCR 1575.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 47-391.5. References in Text “This Act,” referred to in subsection (a), is the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995, approved April 17, 1995, 109 Stat. 97, Pub. L. 104-8.