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MN Stat § 518C.316 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.316 — Special Rules Of Evidence And Procedure.

518C.316 SPECIAL RULES OF EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE. (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or modification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determining parentage of a child. (b) An affidavit, a document substantially complying with federally mandated forms, or a document incorporated by reference in any of them, not excluded under the hearsay rule if given in person, is admissible in evidence if given under penalty of perjury by a party or witness residing outside this state. (c) A copy of the record of child support payments certified as a true copy of the original by the custodian of the record may be forwarded to a responding tribunal. The copy is evidence of facts asserted in it, and is admissible to show whether payments were made. (d) Copies of bills for testing for parentage of a child, and for prenatal and postnatal health care of the mother and child, furnished to the adverse party at least ten days before trial, are admissible in evidence to prove the amount of the charges billed and that the charges were reasonable, necessary, and customary. (e) Documentary evidence transmitted from outside this state to a tribunal of this state by telephone, telecopier, or other electronic means that do not provide an original record may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission. (f) In a proceeding under this chapter, a tribunal of this state shall permit a party or witness residing outside this state to be deposed or to testify under penalty of perjury by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means at a designated tribunal or other location. A tribunal of this state shall cooperate with other tribunals in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony. (g) If a party called to testify at a civil hearing refuses to answer on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the trier of fact may draw an adverse inference from the refusal. (h) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses does not apply in a proceeding under this chapter. (i) The defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under this chapter. (j) A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, certified as a true copy, is admissible to establish parentage of a child. History:  1994 c 630 art 3 s 16; 2014 c 189 s 28,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 112,119
MN Stat § 518C.317 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.317 — Communications Between Tribunals.

518C.317 COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN TRIBUNALS. A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal outside this state in a record, or by telephone, electronic mail, or other means, to obtain information concerning the laws of that state, the legal effect of a judgment, decree, or order of that tribunal, and the status of a proceeding. A tribunal of this state may furnish similar information by similar means to a tribunal outside this state. History:  1994 c 630 art 3 s 17; 2014 c 189 s 29,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 113,119
MN Stat § 518C.318 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.318 — Assistance With Discovery.

518C.318 ASSISTANCE WITH DISCOVERY. A tribunal of this state may: (1) request a tribunal outside this state to assist in obtaining discovery; and (2) upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside this state. History:  1994 c 630 art 3 s 18; 2014 c 189 s 30,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
MN Stat § 518C.319 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.319 — Receipt And Disbursement Of Payments.

518C.319 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 paragraph (b) 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. History:  1994 c 630 art 3 s 19; 2014 c 189 s 31,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 114,119
MN Stat § 518C.401 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.401 — Establishment Of Support Order.

518C.401 ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER. (a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter 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 257.55; (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 a 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 according to section 518C.305. History:  1994 c 630 art 4 s 1; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 56; 2014 c 189 s 32,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
MN Stat § 518C.402 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.402 — Proceeding To Determine Parentage.

518C.402 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 this chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter. History:  2014 c 189 s 33,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
MN Stat § 518C.501 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.501 — Employer's Receipt Of Income-withholding Order Of Another State.

518C.501 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 518A.53 without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state. History:  1994 c 630 art 5 s 1; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 57,92; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28; 2014 c 189 s 34,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
MN Stat § 518C.502 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.502 — Employer's Compliance With Income-withholding Order Of Another State.

 518C.502 [Repealed, 2014 c 189 s 72] 518C.502 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 provided by paragraph (d) and section 518C.503, the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with the terms of the order, as applicable, that specify: (1) the duration and the amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum certain; (2) the person or agency 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 arrears and interest on arrears, stated as sums certain. (d) The 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 time periods within which the employer must implement the withholding order and forward the child support payment. History:  1997 c 203 art 6 s 58; 2014 c 189 s 71,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
MN Stat § 518C.503 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.503 — Employer's Compliance With Two Or More Income-withholding Orders.

518C.503 EMPLOYER'S COMPLIANCE WITH TWO OR MORE INCOME-WITHHOLDING ORDERS. If the 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. History:  1997 c 203 art 6 s 59; 2014 c 189 s 35,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
MN Stat § 518C.504 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.504 — Immunity From Civil Liability.

518C.504 IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY. An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this chapter is not subject to civil liability to any individual or agency with regard to the employer's withholding of child support from the obligor's income. History:  1997 c 203 art 6 s 60; 2014 c 189 s 36,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
MN Stat § 518C.505 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.505 — Penalties For Noncompliance.

518C.505 PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. An employer that willfully 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. History:  1997 c 203 art 6 s 61; 2014 c 189 s 37,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
MN Stat § 518C.506 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.506 — Contest By Obligor.

518C.506 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 518C.601 to 518C.616, 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 or agency designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order or, if no person or agency is designated, to the obligee. History:  1997 c 203 art 6 s 62; 2014 c 189 s 38,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
MN Stat § 518C.507 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.507 — Administrative Enforcement Of Orders.

518C.507 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 laws 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 under this chapter. History:  1997 c 203 art 6 s 63; 2014 c 189 s 39,71,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
MN Stat § 518C.601 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.601 — Registration Of Order For Enforcement.

518C.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 this state for enforcement. History:  1994 c 630 art 6 s 1; 2014 c 189 s 40,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
MN Stat § 518C.602 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.602 — Procedure To Register Order For Enforcement.

518C.602 PROCEDURE TO REGISTER ORDER FOR ENFORCEMENT. (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 518C.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 documents to the registering tribunal 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 seeking 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 this state not exempt from execution; and (5) except as otherwise provided in section 518C.312, the name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the agency or 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. History:  1994 c 630 art 6 s 2; 2014 c 189 s 41,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
MN Stat § 518C.603 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.603 — Effect Of Registration For Enforcement.

518C.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. History:  1994 c 630 art 6 s 3; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 64; 2014 c 189 s 42,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
MN Stat § 518C.604 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.604 — Choice Of Law.

518C.604 CHOICE OF LAW. (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (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 arrearages under a registered support order, the statute of limitation under the laws 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. History:  1994 c 630 art 6 s 4; 2014 c 189 s 43,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 115,119
MN Stat § 518C.605 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.605 — Notice Of Registration Of Order.

518C.605 NOTICE OF REGISTRATION OF ORDER. (a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or 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 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 section 518C.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 precludes further contest of that order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted; 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 paragraph (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 section 518A.53. History:  1994 c 630 art 6 s 5; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 65,92; 1997 c 245 art 3 s 15; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28; 2014 c 189 s 44,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
MN Stat § 518C.606 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations|Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act|Section 518C.606 — Procedure To Contest Validity Or Enforcement Of Registered Support Order.

518C.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 section 518C.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 section 518C.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. History:  1994 c 630 art 6 s 6; 1997 c 245 art 3 s 16; 2014 c 189 s 45,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119