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MA Gen L ch 6 § 6-603 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order.|Section 6-603 - Effect of Registration for Enforcement

Section 6–603. 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 the commonwealth.  (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 commonwealth.  (c) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a tribunal of the commonwealth shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 6-602 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order.|Section 6-602 - Procedure to Register Order for Enforcement

Section 6–602. Procedure to register order for enforcement.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 7–706, a support order or income-withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in the commonwealth by sending the following records to the appropriate tribunal in the commonwealth:  (1) a letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration and enforcement;  (2) 2 copies, including 1 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:  (i) the obligor's address and social security number;  (ii) the name and address of the obligor's employer and any other source of income of the obligor; and  (iii) a description and the location of property of the obligor in the commonwealth not exempt from execution; and  (5) except as otherwise provided in section 3-312, 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 1 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 commonwealth 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 2 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.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 6-601 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order.|Section 6-601 - Registration of Order for Enforcement

[Text of section applicable as provided by 2016, 53, Sec. 2.]  Section 6–601. Registration of order for enforcement. A support order or an income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in the commonwealth for enforcement.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 6-608 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order.|Section 6-608 - Confirmed Order

Section 6–608. 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.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-709 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention.|Section 7-709 - Partial Enforcement

Section 7–709. Partial enforcement. If a tribunal of the commonwealth 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.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-713 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention.|Section 7-713 - Record in Original Language; English Translation

Section 7–713. Record in original language; English translation. A record filed with a tribunal of the commonwealth under this article must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-712 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention.|Section 7-712 - Personal Information; Limit on Use

Section 7–712. Personal information; limit on use. Personal information gathered or transmitted under this article may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-711 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention.|Section 7-711 - Modification of Convention Child Support Order

Section 7–711. Modification of Convention child support order.  (a) A tribunal of the commonwealth 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 commonwealth, 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 commonwealth does not modify a Convention child support order because the order is not recognized in the commonwealth, section 7–708(c) applies.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-710 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention.|Section 7-710 - Foreign Support Agreement

Section 7–710. Foreign support agreement.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d), a tribunal of the commonwealth shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in the commonwealth.  (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 commonwealth 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 commonwealth 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 commonwealth, another state or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in the commonwealth; or  (4) the record submitted under subsection (b) 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.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-708 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention.|Section 7-708 - Recognition and Enforcement of Registered Convention Support Order

Section 7–708. Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a tribunal of the commonwealth shall recognize and enforce a registered Convention support order.  (b) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of the commonwealth 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 section 2–201;  (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 section 7–706 lacks authenticity or integrity;  (6) a proceeding between the same parties and having the same purpose is pending before a tribunal of the commonwealth 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 commonwealth;  (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:  (i) 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  (ii) 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 section 7–711.  (c) If a tribunal of the commonwealth does not recognize a Convention support order under subsection (b)(2), (4) or (9):  (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 department of revenue shall take all appropriate measures to request a child support order for the obligee if the application for recognition and enforcement was received under section 7–704.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-701 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention.|Section 7-701 - Definitions

Section 7–701. Definitions. In this article:  (1) ''Application'', 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'', the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in section 1–102(5)(iv) to perform the functions specified in the Convention.  (3) ''Convention support order'', a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in section 1–102(5)(iv).  (4) ''Direct request'', a petition filed by an individual in a tribunal of the commonwealth in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor or child residing outside the United States.  (5) ''Foreign central authority'', the entity designated by a foreign country described in section 1–102(5)(iv) 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'', the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-706 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention.|Section 7-706 - Registration of Convention Support Order

Section 7–706. Registration of Convention support order.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a Convention support order shall register the order in the commonwealth as provided in Article 6.  (b) Notwithstanding sections 3–311 and 6–602(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 commonwealth may vacate the registration of a Convention support order without the filing of a contest under section 7–707 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.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-705 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention.|Section 7-705 - Direct Request

Section 7–705. 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 commonwealth applies.  (b) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, sections 7–706 to 7–713, inclusive, 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 commonwealth under the same circumstances.  (d) A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the department of revenue.  (e) This article does not prevent the application of laws of the commonwealth that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order or foreign support agreement.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-704 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention.|Section 7-704 - Initiation by Department of Revenue of Support Proceeding Under Convention

Section 7–704. Initiation by Department of Revenue of support proceeding under Convention.  (a) In a support proceeding under this article, the department of revenue of the commonwealth shall:  (1) transmit and receive applications; and  (2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of the commonwealth.  (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 commonwealth;  (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 section 7–708(b)(2), (4) or (9);  (5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of the commonwealth; 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 commonwealth;  (2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of the commonwealth; and  (3) modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.  (d) A tribunal of the commonwealth may not require security, bond or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-703 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention.|Section 7-703 - Relationship of Department of Revenue to United States Central Authority

Section 7–703. Relationship of Department of Revenue to United States Central Authority. The department of revenue of the commonwealth is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the Convention.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-702 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention.|Section 7-702 - Applicability

Section 7–702. Applicability. This article applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of this article is inconsistent with Articles 1 to 6, inclusive, this article controls.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7-707 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 7 - Support Proceeding Under Convention.|Section 7-707 - Contest of Registered Convention Support Order

Section 7–707. Contest of registered Convention support order.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, sections 6–605 to 6–608, inclusive, 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), the order is enforceable.  (d) A contest of a registered Convention support order may be based only on grounds set forth in section 7–708. The contesting party bears the burden of proof.  (e) In a contest of a registered Convention support order, a tribunal of the commonwealth:  (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 commonwealth 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.
MA Gen L ch 8 § 8-801 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations|Title III - Domestic Relations|Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Article 8 - Interstate Rendition.|Section 8-801 - Grounds for Rendition

Section 8–801. Grounds for rendition.  (a) For purposes of this article, ''governor'' includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this chapter.  (b) The governor of the commonwealth may:  (1) demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual found in the other state who is charged criminally in the commonwealth with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee; or  (2) on the demand by the governor of another state, surrender an individual found in the commonwealth 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.