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2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 9 - UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT › Section 7-907 - WITNESSES — SUBPOENAS — DEPOSITIONS.

7-907. WITNESSES — SUBPOENAS — DEPOSITIONS. (a) The arbitrators may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and for the production of books, records, documents and other evidence, and shall have the power to administer oaths. Subpoenas so issued shall be served, and upon application to the court by a party or the arbitrators, enforced, in the manner provided by law for the service and enforcement of subpoenas in a civil action.
(b) On application of a party and for use as evidence, the arbitrators may permit a deposition to be taken, in the manner and upon the terms designated by the arbitrators, of a witness who cannot be subpoenaed or is unable to attend the hearing.
(c) All provisions of law compelling a person under subpoena to testify are applicable.
(d) Fees for attendance as a witness shall be the same as for a witness in the district court.
History:
[I.C., sec. 7-907, as added by 1975, ch. 117, sec. 2, p. 240.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 9 - UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT › Section 7-908 - AWARD.

7-908. AWARD. (a) The award shall be in writing and signed by the arbitrators joining in the award. The arbitrators shall deliver a copy to each party personally or by registered mail, or as provided in the agreement.
(b) An award shall be made within the time fixed therefor by the agreement or, if not so fixed, within such time as the court orders on application of a party. The parties may extend the time in writing either before or after the expiration thereof. A party waives the objection that an award was not made within the time required unless he notifies the arbitrators of his objection prior to the delivery of the award to him.
History:
[I.C., sec. 7-908, as added by 1975, ch. 117, sec. 2, p. 240.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 9 - UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT › Section 7-909 - CHANGE OF AWARD BY ARBITRATORS.

7-909. CHANGE OF AWARD BY ARBITRATORS. On application of a party or, if an application to the court is pending under sections 7-911, 7-912 or 7-913, Idaho Code, on submission to the arbitrators by the court under such conditions as the court may order, the arbitrators may modify or correct the award upon the grounds stated in paragraphs (1) and (3) of subdivision (a) of section 7-913, Idaho Code, or for the purpose of clarifying the award. The application shall be made within twenty (20) days after delivery of the award to the applicant. Written notice thereof shall be given forthwith to the opposing party, stating he must serve his objections thereto, if any, within ten (10) days from the notice. The award so modified or corrected is subject to the provisions of sections 7-911, 7-912 and 7-913, Idaho Code.
History:
[I.C., sec. 7-909, as added by 1975, ch. 117, sec. 2, p. 240.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 9 - UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT › Section 7-910 - FEES AND EXPENSES OF ARBITRATION.

7-910. FEES AND EXPENSES OF ARBITRATION. Unless otherwise provided in the agreement to arbitrate, the arbitrators’ expenses and fees, together with other expenses, not including counsel fees, incurred in the conduct of the arbitration, shall be paid as provided in the award.
History:
[I.C., sec. 7-910, as added by 1975, ch. 117, sec. 2, p. 240.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 9 - UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT › Section 7-911 - CONFIRMATION OF AN AWARD.

7-911. CONFIRMATION OF AN AWARD. Upon application of a party, the court shall confirm an award, unless within the time limits hereinafter imposed grounds are urged for vacating or modifying or correcting the award, in which case the court shall proceed as provided in sections 7-912 and 7-913, Idaho Code.
History:
[I.C., sec. 7-911, as added by 1975, ch. 117, sec. 2, p. 240.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 9 - UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT › Section 7-912 - VACATING AN AWARD.

7-912. VACATING AN AWARD. (a) Upon application of a party, the court shall vacate an award where;[:]
(1) The award was procured by corruption, fraud or other undue means;
(2) There was evident partiality by an arbitrator appointed as a neutral, or corruption in any of the arbitrators, or misconduct prejudicing the rights of any party;
(3) The arbitrators exceeded their powers;
(4) The arbitrators refused to postpone the hearing upon sufficient cause being shown therefor or refused to hear evidence material to the controversy or otherwise so conducted the hearing, contrary to the provisions of section 7-905, Idaho Code, as to prejudice substantially the rights of a party; or
(5) There was no arbitration agreement and the issue was not adversely determined in proceedings under section 7-902, Idaho Code, and the party did not participate in the arbitration hearing without raising the objection.
The fact that the relief was such that it could not or would not be granted by a court of law or equity is not ground for vacating or refusing to confirm the award.
(b) An application under this section shall be made within ninety (90) days after delivery of a copy of the award to the applicant, except that, if predicated upon corruption, fraud or other undue means, it shall be made within ninety (90) days after such grounds are known or should have been known.
(c) In vacating the award on grounds other than stated in clause (5) of subsection (a) the court may order a rehearing before new arbitrators chosen as provided in the agreement, or in the absence thereof, by the court in accordance with section 7-903, Idaho Code, or, if the award is vacated on grounds set forth in clauses (3) and (4) of subsection (a) the court may order a rehearing before the arbitrators who made the award or their successors appointed in accordance with section 7-903, Idaho Code. The time within which the agreement requires the award to be made is applicable to the rehearing and commences from the date of the order.
(d) If the application to vacate is denied and no motion to modify or correct the award is pending, the court shall confirm the award.
History:
[I.C., sec. 7-912, as added by 1975, ch. 117, sec. 2, p. 240; am. 1990, ch. 65, sec. 1, p. 144.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 9 - UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT › Section 7-913 - MODIFICATION OR CORRECTION OF AWARD.

7-913. MODIFICATION OR CORRECTION OF AWARD. (a) Upon application made within ninety (90) days after delivery of a copy of the award to the applicant, the court shall modify or correct the award where:
(1) There was an evident miscalculation of figures or an evident mistake in the description of any person, thing or property referred to in the award;
(2) The arbitrators have awarded upon a matter not submitted to them and the award may be corrected without affecting the merits of the decision upon the issues submitted; or
(3) The award is imperfect in a matter of form, not affecting the merits of the controversy.
(b) If the application is granted, the court shall modify and correct the award so as to effect its intent and shall confirm the award as so modified and corrected. Otherwise, the court shall confirm the award as made.
(c) An application to modify or correct an award may be joined in the alternative with an application to vacate the award.
History:
[I.C., sec. 7-913, as added by 1975, ch. 117, sec. 2, p. 240.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 9 - UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT › Section 7-914 - JUDGMENT OR DECREES OF AWARD.

7-914. JUDGMENT OR DECREES OF AWARD. Upon the granting of an order confirming, modifying or correcting an award, judgment or decree shall be entered in conformity therewith and be enforced as any other judgment or decree. Costs of the application and of the proceedings subsequent thereto, and disbursements may be awarded by the court.
History:
[I.C., sec. 7-914, as added by 1975, ch. 117, sec. 2, p. 240.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 9 - UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT › Section 7-915 - JUDGMENT ROLL — DOCKETING.

7-915. JUDGMENT ROLL — DOCKETING. (a) On entry of judgment or decree, the clerk shall prepare the judgment roll consisting, to the extent filed, of the following:
(1) The agreement and each written extension of the time within which to make the award;
(2) The award;
(3) A copy of the order confirming, modifying or correcting the award; and
(4) A copy of the judgment or decree.
(b) The judgment or decree may be docketed as if rendered in an action.
History:
[I.C., sec. 7-915, as added by 1975, ch. 117, sec. 2, p. 240.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 9 - UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT › Section 7-916 - APPLICATIONS TO COURT.

7-916. APPLICATIONS TO COURT. Except as otherwise provided, an application to the court under this act shall be by motion and shall be heard in the manner and upon the notice provided by law or rule of court for the making and hearing of motions. Unless the parties have agreed otherwise, notice of an initial application for an order shall be served in the manner provided by law for the service of a summons in an action.
History:
[I.C., sec. 7-916, as added by 1975, ch. 117, sec. 2, p. 240.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 9 - UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT › Section 7-917 - COURT — JURISDICTION.

7-917. COURT — JURISDICTION. The term "court" means any court of competent jurisdiction of this state. The making of an agreement described in section 7-901, Idaho Code, providing for arbitration in this state confers jurisdiction on the court to enforce the agreement under this act and to enter judgment on an award thereunder.
History:
[I.C., sec. 7-917, as added by 1975, ch. 117, sec. 2, p. 240.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 9 - UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT › Section 7-918 - VENUE.

7-918. VENUE. An initial application shall be made to the court of the county in which the agreement provides the arbitration hearing shall be held or, if the hearing has been held, in the county in which it was held. Otherwise the application shall be made in the county where the adverse party resides or has a place of business or, if he has no residence or place of business in this state, to the court of any county. All subsequent applications shall be made to the court hearing the initial application unless the court otherwise directs.
History:
[I.C., sec. 7-918, as added by 1975, ch. 117, sec. 2, p. 240.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 9 - UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT › Section 7-919 - APPEALS.

7-919. APPEALS. (a) An appeal may be taken from:
(1) An order denying an application to compel arbitration made under section 7-912, Idaho Code;
(2) An order granting an application to stay arbitration made under section 7-902(b), Idaho Code;
(3) An order confirming or denying confirmation of an award;
(4) An order modifying or correcting an award;
(5) An order vacating an award without directing a rehearing; or
(6) A judgment or decree entered pursuant to the provisions of this act.
(b) The appeal shall be taken in the manner and to the same extent as from orders or judgments in a civil action.
History:
[I.C., sec. 7-919, as added by 1975, ch. 117, sec. 2, p. 240.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 9 - UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT › Section 7-920 - ACT NOT RETROACTIVE.

7-920. ACT NOT RETROACTIVE. This act applies only to agreements made subsequent to the taking effect of this act.
History:
[I.C., sec. 7-920, as added by 1975, ch. 117, sec. 2, p. 240.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 9 - UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT › Section 7-921 - UNIFORMITY OF INTERPRETATION.

7-921. UNIFORMITY OF INTERPRETATION. This act shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
History:
[I.C., sec. 7-921, as added by 1975, ch. 117, sec. 2, p. 240.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 9 - UNIFORM ARBITRATION ACT › Section 7-922 - SHORT TITLE.

7-922. SHORT TITLE. This act may be cited as the "Uniform Arbitration Act."
History:
[I.C., sec. 7-922, as added by 1975, ch. 117, sec. 2, p. 240.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1001 - SHORT TITLE.

7-1001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as the uniform interstate family support act.
History:
[(7-1001) (7-1058), 7-1051 added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 656; am. and redesig. 1997, ch. 198, sec. 37, p. 573; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 1, p. 764.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1003 - STATE TRIBUNAL AND SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

7-1003. STATE TRIBUNAL AND SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. (1) The district courts are the tribunals of this state.
(2) The Idaho department of health and welfare is the support enforcement agency of this state.
History:
[(7-1003) 7-1002, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 642; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 3, p. 766; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 2, p. 10.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1004 - REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.

7-1004. REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. (1) Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.
(2) This chapter does not:
(a) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this state; or
(b) Grant a tribunal of this state jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation in a proceeding under this chapter.
History:
[(7-1004) 7-1003, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 642; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 4, p. 766; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 3, p. 10.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1004A - APPLICATION OF CHAPTER TO RESIDENT OF FOREIGN COUNTRY AND FOREIGN SUPPORT PROCEEDING.

7-1004A. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER TO RESIDENT OF FOREIGN COUNTRY AND FOREIGN SUPPORT PROCEEDING. (1) A tribunal of this state shall apply sections 7-1001 through 7-1058, Idaho Code, and, as applicable, sections 7-1059 through 7-1071, Idaho Code, to a support proceeding involving:
(a) A foreign support order;
(b) A foreign tribunal; or
(c) An obligee, obligor or child residing in a foreign country.
(2) A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of sections 7-1001 through 7-1058, Idaho Code.
(3) Sections 7-1059 through 7-1071, Idaho Code, apply only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of sections 7-1059 through 7-1071, Idaho Code, is inconsistent with sections 7-1001 through 7-1058, Idaho Code, then sections 7-1059 through 7-1071, Idaho Code, control.
History:
[7-1004A, added 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 4, p. 10.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1005 - BASES FOR JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENT.

7-1005. BASES FOR JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENT. (1) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if:
(a) The individual is personally served with notice within this state;
(b) The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;
(c) The individual resided with the child in this state;
(d) The individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;
(e) The child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;
(f) The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;
(g) The individual asserted parentage of a child in the registry maintained in this state by the vital statistics unit of the department of health and welfare provided in section 16-1513, Idaho Code; or
(h) There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
(2) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (1) of this section or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of the state to modify a child-support order of another state unless the requirements of section 7-1053, Idaho Code, are met, or in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of section 7-1057, Idaho Code, are met.
History:
[(7-1005) 7-1004, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 642; am. 1997, ch. 198, sec. 2, p. 559; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 5, p. 767; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 5, p. 10.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1006 - DURATION OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION.

7-1006. DURATION OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION. Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this chapter or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided in sections 7-1009, 7-1010 and 7-1015, Idaho Code.
History:
[(7-1006) 7-1005, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 642; am. 1997, ch. 198, sec. 3, p. 559; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 6, p. 767.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1007 - INITIATING AND RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF STATE.

7-1007. INITIATING AND RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF STATE. Under this chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or foreign country.
History:
[(7-1007) 7-1006, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 642; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 7, p. 768; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 6, p. 11.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1008 - SIMULTANEOUS PROCEEDINGS.

7-1008. SIMULTANEOUS PROCEEDINGS. (1) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:
(a) The petition or comparable pleading in this state is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country;
(b) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and
(c) If relevant, this state is the home state of the child.
(2) A tribunal of this state may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if:
(a) The petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in this state for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this state;
(b) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in this state; and
(c) If relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child.
History:
[(7-1008) 7-1007, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 642; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 8, p. 768; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 7, p. 11.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1009 - CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.

7-1009. CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER. (1) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order and:
(a) At the time of the filing of a request for modification this state is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or
(b) Even if this state is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of this state may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order.
(2) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if:
(a) All of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal of this state that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one (1) of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or
(b) Its order is not the controlling order.
(3) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child support order pursuant to this chapter or a law substantially similar to this chapter that modifies a child support order of a tribunal of this state, tribunals of this state shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.
(4) A tribunal of this state that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state.
(5) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.
History:
[(7-1009) 7-1008, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 643; am. 1997, ch. 198, sec. 4, p. 559; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 9, p. 768.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1010 - CONTINUING JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE CHILD-SUPPORT ORDER.

7-1010. CONTINUING JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE CHILD-SUPPORT ORDER. (1) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:
(a) The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the uniform interstate family support act; or
(b) A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.
(2) A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.
History:
[(7-1010) 7-1009, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 644; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 10, p. 769; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 8, p. 11.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1012 - CHILD-SUPPORT ORDERS FOR TWO OR MORE OBLIGEES.

7-1012. CHILD-SUPPORT ORDERS FOR TWO OR MORE OBLIGEES. In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child-support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of this state shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
History:
[(7-1012) 7-1011, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 644; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 12, p. 771; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 10, p. 13.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1013 - CREDIT FOR PAYMENTS.

7-1013. CREDIT FOR PAYMENTS. A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child-support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child-support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this state, another state or a foreign country.
History:
[(7-1013) 7-1012, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 645; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 13, p. 771; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 11, p. 13.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1014 - APPLICATION OF CHAPTER TO NONRESIDENT SUBJECT TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION.

7-1014. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER TO NONRESIDENT SUBJECT TO PERSONAL JURISDICTION. A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this chapter, under other law of this state relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this state pursuant to section 7-1031, Idaho Code, communicate with a tribunal outside this state pursuant to section 7-1032, Idaho Code, and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this state pursuant to section 7-1033, Idaho Code. In all other respects, sections 7-1016 through 7-1058, Idaho Code, do not apply and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state.
History:
[7-1014, added 2006, ch. 252, sec. 14, p. 772; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 12, p. 13.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1015 - CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO MODIFY SPOUSAL SUPPORT ORDER.

7-1015. CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO MODIFY SPOUSAL SUPPORT ORDER. (1) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.
(2) A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.
(3) A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may serve as:
(a) An initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal support order issued in this state; or
(b) A responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal support order.
History:
[7-1015, added 2006, ch. 252, sec. 15, p. 772; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 13, p. 13.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1016 - PROCEEDINGS UNDER THIS CHAPTER.

7-1016. PROCEEDINGS UNDER THIS CHAPTER. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, sections 7-1016 through 7-1034, Idaho Code, apply to all proceedings under the provisions of this chapter.
(2) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
History:
[(7-1016) 7-1013, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 645; am. 1997, ch. 198, sec. 6, p. 561; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 16, p. 772; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 14, p. 14.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1017 - PROCEEDING BY MINOR PARENT.

7-1017. PROCEEDING BY MINOR PARENT. A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor’s child.
History:
[(7-1017) 7-1014, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 645; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 17, p. 773.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1018 - APPLICATION OF LAW OF THIS STATE.

7-1018. APPLICATION OF LAW OF THIS STATE. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a responding tribunal of this state shall:
(1) Apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this state and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and
(2) Determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance with the law and support guidelines of this state.
History:
[(7-1018) 7-1015, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 645; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 18, p. 773.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1019 - DUTIES OF INITIATING TRIBUNAL.

7-1019. DUTIES OF INITIATING TRIBUNAL. (1) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents:
(a) To the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or
(b) If the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.
(2) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this state shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of this state shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal.
History:
[(7-1019) 7-1016, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 645; am. 1997, ch. 198, sec. 7, p. 562; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 19, p. 773; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 15, p. 14.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1020 - DUTIES AND POWERS OF RESPONDING TRIBUNAL.

7-1020. DUTIES AND POWERS OF RESPONDING TRIBUNAL. (1) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to section 7-1016(2), Idaho Code, it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.
(2) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:
(a) Establish or enforce a support order, modify a child-support order, determine the controlling child-support order, or determine parentage of a child;
(b) Order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;
(c) Order income withholding;
(d) Determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment;
(e) Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;
(f) Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;
(g) Place liens and order execution on the obligor’s property;
(h) Order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor’s current residential address, electronic mail address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment;
(i) Issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the bench warrant in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants;
(j) Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;
(k) Award reasonable attorney’s fees and other fees and costs; and
(l) Grant any other available remedy.
(3) A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a support order issued under this chapter, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.
(4) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this chapter upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.
(5) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order under this chapter, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.
(6) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of this state shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
History:
[(7-1020) 7-1017, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 646; am. 1997, ch. 198, sec. 8, p. 562; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 20, p. 774; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 16, p. 14.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1021 - INAPPROPRIATE TRIBUNAL.

7-1021. INAPPROPRIATE TRIBUNAL. If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of this state or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.
History:
[(7-1021) 7-1018, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 646; am. 1997, ch. 198, sec. 9, p. 563; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 21, p. 775; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 17, p. 15.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1022 - DUTIES OF SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

7-1022. DUTIES OF SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. (1) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter.
(2) A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services to the petitioner shall:
(a) Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another state or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;
(b) Request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time and place for a hearing;
(c) Make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;
(d) Within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;
(e) Within two days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent’s attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and
(f) Notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.
(3) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration of a child-support order in this state for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:
(a) To ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or
(b) If two or more child-support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.
(4) A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
(5) A support enforcement agency of this state shall issue or request a tribunal of this state to issue a child-support order and an income-withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to section 7-1034, Idaho Code.
(6) This chapter does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.
History:
[(7-1022) 7-1019, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 647; am. 1997, ch. 198, sec. 10, p. 563; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 22, p. 775; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 18, p. 15.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1023 - DUTY OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.

7-1023. DUTY OF ATTORNEY GENERAL. (1) If the attorney general determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the attorney general may order the agency to perform its duties under this chapter or may provide those services directly to the individual.
(2) The attorney general may determine that a foreign country has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this state and take appropriate action for notification of the determination.
History:
[(7-1023) 7-1020, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 647; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 23, p. 776; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 19, p. 16.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1024 - PRIVATE COUNSEL.

7-1024. PRIVATE COUNSEL. An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this chapter.
History:
[(7-1024) 7-1021, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 647; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 24, p. 776.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1025 - DUTIES OF STATE INFORMATION AGENCY.

7-1025. DUTIES OF STATE INFORMATION AGENCY. (1) The central registry in the bureau of child support of the department of health and welfare is the state information agency under this chapter.
(2) The state information agency shall:
(a) Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in this state which have jurisdiction under this chapter and any support enforcement agencies in this state and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;
(b) Maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states;
(c) Forward to the appropriate tribunal in the county in this state in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor’s property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this chapter received from another state or a foreign country; and
(d) Obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor’s property within this state not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor’s address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver’s licenses, and social security.
History:
[(7-1025) 7-1022, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 647; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 25, p. 776; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 20, p. 16.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1026 - PLEADINGS AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS.

7-1026. PLEADINGS AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS. (1) In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under section 7-1027, Idaho Code, the petition or accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the name, residential address and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number and date of birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition must be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been issued by another tribunal. The petition may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.
(2) The petition must specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents must conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.
History:
[(7-1026) 7-1023, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 648; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 26, p. 777; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 21, p. 17.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1027 - NONDISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

7-1027. NONDISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES. If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information must be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the public. After a hearing in which a tribunal takes into consideration the health, safety, or liberty of the party or child, the tribunal may order disclosure of information that the tribunal determines to be in the interest of justice.
History:
[(7-1027) 7-1024, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 648; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 27, p. 777.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1028 - COSTS AND FEES.

7-1028. COSTS AND FEES. (1) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs.
(2) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney’s fees, other costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and the obligee’s witnesses. The tribunal may not assess fees, costs, or expenses against the obligee or the support enforcement agency of either the initiating or the responding state or foreign country, except as provided by other law. Attorney’s fees may be taxed as costs, and may be ordered paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney’s own name. Payment of support owed to the obligee has priority over fees, costs and expenses.
(3) The tribunal shall order the payment of costs and reasonable attorney’s fees if it determines that a hearing was requested primarily for delay. In a proceeding under sections 7-1043 through 7-1058, Idaho Code, a hearing is presumed to have been requested primarily for delay if a registered support order is confirmed or enforced without change.
History:
[(7-1028) 7-1025, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 648; am. 1997, ch. 198, sec. 11, p. 564; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 28, p. 777; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 22, p. 17.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1029 - LIMITED IMMUNITY OF PETITIONER.

7-1029. LIMITED IMMUNITY OF PETITIONER. (1) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by the support enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction over the petitioner in another proceeding.
(2) A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil process while physically present in this state to participate in a proceeding under this chapter.
(3) The immunity granted by this section does not extend to civil litigation based on acts unrelated to a proceeding under this chapter committed by a party while physically present in this state to participate in the proceeding.
History:
[(7-1029) 7-1026, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 649; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 29, p. 778.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1030 - NONPARENTAGE AS DEFENSE.

7-1030. NONPARENTAGE AS DEFENSE. A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under this chapter.
History:
[(7-1030) 7-1027, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 649; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 30, p. 778.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1031 - SPECIAL RULES OF EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE.

7-1031. SPECIAL RULES OF EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE. (1) 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.
(2) An affidavit, a document substantially complying with federally mandated forms, or a document incorporated by reference in any of them, which would not be 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.
(3) 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.
(4) 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 (10) days before trial, are admissible in evidence to prove the amount of the charges billed and that the charges were reasonable, necessary, and customary.
(5) 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.
(6) 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.
(7) 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.
(8) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses does not apply in a proceeding under this chapter.
(9) The defense of immunity based upon the relationship of husband and wife or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under this chapter.
(10) A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, certified as a true copy, is admissible to establish parentage of the child.
History:
[(7-1031) 7-1028, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 649; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 31, p. 778; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 23, p. 18.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 7 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS › Chapter 10 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT › Section 7-1032 - COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN TRIBUNALS.

7-1032. 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, 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:
[(7-1032) 7-1029, added 1994, ch. 207, sec. 2, p. 650; am. and redesig. 2006, ch. 252, sec. 32, p. 779; am. 2015, 1st E.S., ch. 1, sec. 24, p. 18.]