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CT Gen Stat § 46b-345 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 46b-345 - Receipt and disbursement of payments.

 (a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all payments received.(b) If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the child resides in this state, upon request from the support enforcement agency of this state or another state, the support enforcement agency of this state or a tribunal of this state shall (1) direct that the support payment be made to the support enforcement agency in the state in which the obligee is receiving services; and (2) issue and send to the obligor's employer a conforming income-withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee, reflecting the redirected payments.(c) The support enforcement agency of this state receiving redirected payments from another state pursuant to a law similar to subsection (b) of this section shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of the other state a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amount and dates of all payments received.(P.A. 15-71, S. 35.)History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-351 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 46b-351 - Establishment of support order.

 (a) If a support order entitled to recognition under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if (1) the individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or (2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.(b) The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is (1) a presumed father of the child; (2) petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated; (3) identified as the father of the child through genetic testing; (4) an alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing; (5) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child; (6) an acknowledged father as provided by section 46b-172; (7) the mother of the child; or (8) an individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.(c) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to section 46b-331.(P.A. 15-71, S. 36.)History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-352 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 46b-352 - Proceeding to determine parentage.

 A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, or a law or procedure substantially similar to sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive.(P.A. 15-71, S. 37.)History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-358 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 46b-358 - Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state.

 An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor's employer under section 52-362 without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state.(P.A. 15-71, S. 38.)History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-359 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 46b-359 - Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state.

 (a) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.(b) The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issued in another state which appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this state.(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section and section 46b-360, the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with terms of the order which specify (1) the duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum certain; (2) the person designated to receive payments and the address to which the payments are to be forwarded; (3) medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment, stated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the obligor's employment; (4) the amount of periodic payments of fees and costs for a support enforcement agency, the issuing tribunal, and the obligee's attorney, stated as sums certain; and (5) the amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain.(d) An employer shall comply with the law of the state of the obligor's principal place of employment for withholding from income with respect to (1) the employer's fee for processing an income-withholding order; (2) the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor's income; and (3) the times within which the employer must implement the withholding order and forward the child support payment.(P.A. 15-71, S. 39.)History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-360 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 46b-360 - Employer's compliance with two or more income-withholding orders.

 If an obligor's employer receives two or more income-withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the orders if the employer complies with the law of the state of the obligor's principal place of employment to establish the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld for two or more child support obligees.(P.A. 15-71, S. 40.)History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-361 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 46b-361 - Immunity from civil liability.

 An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with sections 46b-358 to 46b-364, inclusive, is not subject to civil liability to an individual or agency with regard to the employer's withholding of child support from the obligor's income.(P.A. 15-71, S. 41.)History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-362 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 46b-362 - Penalties for noncompliance.

 An employer that wilfully fails to comply with an income-withholding order issued in another state and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance with an order issued by a tribunal of this state.(P.A. 15-71, S. 42.)History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-363 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 46b-363 - Contest by obligor.

 (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this state by registering the order in a tribunal of this state and filing a contest to that order as provided in sections 46b-370 to 46b-394, inclusive, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state.(b) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to (1) a support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee; (2) each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and (3) the person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order or, if no person is designated, to the obligee.(P.A. 15-71, S. 43.)History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-364 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 46b-364 - Administrative enforcement of orders.

 (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this state.(b) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of this state to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive.(P.A. 15-71, S. 44.)History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-370 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 46b-370 - 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.(P.A. 15-71, S. 45.)History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-371 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 46b-371 - Procedure to register order for enforcement.

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 46b-403, 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 Family Support Magistrate Division of the Superior 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 section 46b-338, 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.(P.A. 15-71, S. 46; P.A. 16-193, S. 23.)History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 16-193 made technical changes in Subsec. (a).
CT Gen Stat § 46b-372 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 46b-372 - 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 sections 46b-301 to 46b-425, inclusive, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.(P.A. 15-71, S. 47.)History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-373 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 46b-373 - 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 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.(P.A. 15-71, S. 48.)History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-377 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 46b-377 - 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) 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 this state; (2) that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within twenty days after notice unless the registered order is under section 46b-404; (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) 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 section 52-362.(P.A. 15-71, S. 49.)History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-378 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 46b-378 - 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 section 46b-377. 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 section 46b-379.(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.(P.A. 15-71, S. 50.)History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-379 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 46b-379 - 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 limitations under section 46b-373 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 this state.(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.(P.A. 15-71, S. 51; P.A. 16-193, S. 24.)History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 16-193 made technical changes in Subsec. (a).
CT Gen Stat § 46b-380 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 46b-380 - 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.(P.A. 15-71, S. 52.)History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-384 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 46b-384 - 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 sections 46b-370 to 46b-380, inclusive, if the order has not been registered. A motion for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.(P.A. 15-71, S. 53.)History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 46b-385 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 46b - Family Law|Chapter 817 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 46b-385 - 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 section 46b-386 or 46b-388 have been met.(P.A. 15-71, S. 54.)History: P.A. 15-71 effective July 1, 2015.