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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518A — Child Support › Section 518A.70 — Data On Suspensions For Support Arrears.

518A.70 DATA ON SUSPENSIONS FOR SUPPORT ARREARS.
Notwithstanding section 13.03, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), data on an occupational license suspension under section 518A.66 or a driver's license suspension under section 518A.65 that are transferred by the Department of Human Services to respectively the Department of Public Safety or any state, county, or municipal occupational licensing agency must have the same classification at the Department of Public Safety or other receiving agency under section 13.02 as other license suspension data held by the receiving agency. The transfer of the data does not affect the classification of the data in the hands of the Department of Human Services.
History:
1971 c 961 s 21; 1974 c 107 s 20; 1977 c 282 s 29; 1978 c 772 s 50; 1979 c 259 s 25; 1981 c 349 s 6; 1981 c 360 art 2 s 46; 3Sp1981 c 3 s 19; 1982 c 488 s 4,5; 1983 c 308 s 16-20; 1984 c 547 s 18,19; 1985 c 131 s 7; 1986 c 406 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1987 c 403 art 3 s 79,80; 1988 c 593 s 8; 1988 c 668 s 17,18; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 190,191; 1990 c 568 art 2 s 70-72; 1990 c 574 s 18; 1991 c 266 s 2; 1991 c 292 art 5 s 75-78; 1992 c 513 art 8 s 53,54; 1993 c 34 s 1; 1993 c 322 s 12; 1993 c 340 s 32-38; 1Sp1993 c 1 art 6 s 44; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 488 s 8; 1994 c 630 art 11 s 9,10; 1995 c 186 s 94; 1995 c 257 art 1 s 23-26; 1997 c 66 s 79; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 42,43; 1997 c 245 art 1 s 13-17; art 3 s 10; 1998 c 382 art 1 s 7-11; 1999 c 107 s 66; 1999 c 159 s 136; 1999 c 196 art 1 s 6; art 2 s 9-11; 1999 c 245 art 7 s 8; 2000 c 343 s 4; 2000 c 444 art 2 s 37; 2001 c 51 s 13,14; 2001 c 134 s 1; 2001 c 158 s 1; 2002 c 344 s 13-16; 2003 c 130 s 12; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 6 s 58; art 10 s 5,6; 2005 c 116 s 4; 2005 c 164 s 7,8,29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28; 2006 c 280 s 15,16,22; 2006 c 282 art 18 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518A — Child Support › Section 518A.71 — Security; Sequestration; Contempt.

518A.71 SECURITY; SEQUESTRATION; CONTEMPT.
In all cases when maintenance or support payments are ordered, the court may require sufficient security to be given for the payment of them according to the terms of the order. Upon neglect or refusal to give security, or upon failure to pay the maintenance or support, the court may sequester the obligor's personal estate and the rents and profits of real estate of the obligor, and appoint a receiver of them. The court may cause the personal estate and the rents and profits of the real estate to be applied according to the terms of the order. The obligor is presumed to have an income from a source sufficient to pay the maintenance or support order. A child support or maintenance order constitutes prima facie evidence that the obligor has the ability to pay the award. If the obligor disobeys the order, it is prima facie evidence of contempt. The court may cite the obligor for contempt under this section, section 518A.72, or chapter 588.
History:
(8604) RL s 3593; 1969 c 1028 s 1; 1978 c 772 s 46; 1983 c 216 art 1 s 74; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 403 art 3 s 78; 1993 c 340 s 30; 1995 c 257 art 1 s 22; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518A — Child Support › Section 518A.72 — Contempt Proceedings For Nonpayment Of Support.

518A.72 CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS FOR NONPAYMENT OF SUPPORT.
Subdivision 1.
Grounds.
If a person against whom an order or decree for support has been entered under this chapter, chapter 256, chapter 518, or a comparable law from another jurisdiction, is in arrears in court-ordered child support or maintenance payments in an amount equal to or greater than three times the obligor's total monthly support and maintenance payments and is not in compliance with a written payment plan approved by the court, a child support magistrate, or the public authority, the person may be cited and punished by the court for contempt under section 518A.39, chapter 588, or this section. Failure to comply with a seek employment order entered under section 518A.64 is evidence of willful failure to pay support.
Subd. 2.
Court options.
(a) If a court cites a person for contempt under this section, and the obligor lives in a county that contracts with the commissioner of human services under section 256.997, the court may order the performance of community service work up to 32 hours per week for six weeks for each finding of contempt if the obligor:
(1) is able to work full time;
(2) works an average of less than 32 hours per week; and
(3) has actual weekly gross income averaging less than 40 times the federal minimum hourly wage under United States Code, title 29, section 206(a)(1), or is voluntarily earning less than the obligor has the ability to earn, as determined by the court.
An obligor is presumed to be able to work full time. The obligor has the burden of proving inability to work full time.
(b) A person ordered to do community service work under paragraph (a) may, during the six-week period, apply to the court, a child support magistrate, or the public authority to be released from the community service work requirement if the person:
(1) provides proof to the court, a child support magistrate, or the public authority that the person is gainfully employed and submits to an order for income withholding under section 518A.53;
(2) enters into a written payment plan regarding both current support and arrearages approved by the court, a child support magistrate, or the public authority; or
(3) provides proof to the court, a child support magistrate, or the public authority that, subsequent to entry of the order, the person's circumstances have so changed that the person is no longer able to fulfill the terms of the community service order.
Subd. 3.
Continuing obligations.
The performance of community service work does not relieve a child support obligor of any unpaid accrued or accruing support obligation.
History:
1995 c 257 art 1 s 30; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 92; 1999 c 196 art 2 s 20; 2002 c 344 s 21; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518A — Child Support › Section 518A.73 — Employer Contempt.

518A.73 EMPLOYER CONTEMPT.
Subdivision 1.
Orders binding.
Notices or orders for income withholding or medical support issued pursuant to sections 518A.41 and 518A.53 are binding on the employer, trustee, or other payor of funds after the order or notice for income withholding or enforcement of medical support has been transmitted pursuant to section 518A.53 to the employer, trustee, or payor of funds.
Subd. 2.
Contempt action.
An obligee or the public agency responsible for child support enforcement may initiate a contempt action against an employer, trustee, or payor of funds, within the action that created the support obligation, by serving an order to show cause upon the employer, trustee, or payor of funds.
The employer, trustee, or payor of funds is presumed to be in contempt:
(1) if the employer, trustee, or payor of funds has intentionally failed to withhold support after receiving the order or notice for income withholding or notice of enforcement of medical support; or
(2) upon presentation of pay stubs or similar documentation showing the employer, trustee, or payor of funds withheld support and demonstration that the employer, trustee, or payor of funds intentionally failed to remit support to the agency responsible for child support enforcement.
Subd. 3.
Liability.
The employer, trustee, or payor of funds is liable to the obligee or the agency responsible for child support enforcement for any amounts required to be withheld that were not paid. The court may enter judgment against the employer, trustee, or payor of funds for support not withheld or remitted. An employer, trustee, or payor of funds found guilty of contempt shall be punished by a fine of not more than $250 as provided in chapter 588. The court may also impose other contempt sanctions authorized under chapter 588.
History:
1993 c 340 s 44; 1995 c 207 art 10 s 24; 1995 c 203 art 6 s 92; 1998 c 382 art 1 s 17,18; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28; 2006 c 280 s 46
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518A — Child Support › Section 518A.735 — Enforcement Of Child Support.

518A.735 ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT.
(a) A child support obligee is entitled to recover from the obligor reasonable attorney fees and other collection costs incurred to enforce a child support judgment, as provided in this section. In order to recover collection costs under this section, the arrearages must be at least $500 and must be at least 90 days past due. In addition, the arrearages must be a docketed judgment under sections 548.09 and 548.091. If the obligor pays in full the judgment rendered under section 548.091 within 20 days of receipt of notice of entry of judgment, the obligee is not entitled to recover attorney fees or collection costs under this section.
(b) Written notice must be provided by any obligee contracting with an attorney or collection entity to enforce a child support judgment to the public authority responsible for child support enforcement, if the public authority is a party or provides services to a party, within five days of signing a contract for services and within five days of receipting any payments received on a child support judgment. Attorney fees and collection costs obtained under this section are considered child support and entitled to the applicable remedies for collection and enforcement of child support.
(c) The obligee shall serve notice of the obligee's intent to recover attorney fees and collections costs by certified or registered mail on the obligor at the obligor's last known address. The notice must include an itemization of the attorney fees and collection costs being sought by the obligee and inform the obligor that the fees and costs will become an additional judgment for child support unless the obligor requests a hearing on the reasonableness of the fees and costs or to contest the child support judgment on grounds limited to mistake of fact within 20 days of mailing of the notice.
(d) If the obligor requests a hearing, the only issues to be determined by the court are whether the attorney fees or collection costs were reasonably incurred by the obligee for the enforcement of a child support judgment against the obligor or the validity of the child support judgment on grounds limited to mistake of fact. The fees and costs may not exceed 30 percent of the arrearages. The court may modify the amount of attorney fees and costs as appropriate and shall enter judgment accordingly.
(e) If the obligor fails to request a hearing within 20 days of mailing of the notice under paragraph (a), the amount of the attorney fees or collection costs requested by the obligee in the notice automatically becomes an additional judgment for child support.
(f) The commissioner of human services shall prepare and make available to the court and the parties forms for use in providing for notice and requesting a hearing under this section.
History:
(8593) RL s 3582; 1955 c 687 s 1; 1974 c 107 s 11; 1978 c 772 s 30; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 574 s 10; 1993 c 340 s 20; 1994 c 630 art 11 s 5; 1997 c 187 art 2 s 10; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518A — Child Support › Section 518A.76 — Case Reviewer.

518A.76 CASE REVIEWER.
The commissioner shall make a case reviewer available to obligors and obligees. The reviewer must be available to answer questions concerning the collection process and to review the collection activity taken. A reviewer who reasonably believes that a particular action being taken is unreasonable or unfair may make recommendations to the commissioner and the applicable county in regard to the collection action.
History:
1997 c 245 art 1 s 27; 2005 c 164 s 29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518A — Child Support › Section 518A.77 — Guidelines Review.

518A.77 GUIDELINES REVIEW.
No later than 2006 and every four years after that, the Department of Human Services must conduct a review of the child support guidelines as required under Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, section 302.56 (h).
History:
2005 c 164 s 19,29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28; 2022 c 98 art 14 s 31; 2023 c 70 art 14 s 36
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518A — Child Support › Section 518A.78 — Worksheet.

518A.78 WORKSHEET.
The commissioner of human services must create and publish a worksheet to assist in calculating child support under this chapter. The worksheet must not impose substantive requirements other than requirements contained in this chapter. The commissioner must update the worksheet by July 1 of each year. The commissioner must make an interactive version of the worksheet available on the Department of Human Services website.
History:
2005 c 164 s 27,29; 1Sp2005 c 7 s 28
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.102 — State Tribunal And Support Enforcement Agency.

518C.102 STATE TRIBUNAL AND SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
(a) A court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child are tribunals of this state.
(b) The Department of Human Services and county enforcement agencies are the support enforcement agencies of this state.
History:
1994 c 630 art 1 s 2; 2014 c 189 s 2,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.103 — Remedies Cumulative.

518C.103 REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
(a) 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.
(b) This chapter does not:
(1) provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this state; or
(2) grant a tribunal of this state jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or parenting time in a proceeding under this chapter.
History:
1994 c 630 art 1 s 3; 2014 c 189 s 3,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.105 — Application Of Chapter To Resident Of Foreign Country And Foreign Support Proceeding.

518C.105 APPLICATION OF CHAPTER TO RESIDENT OF FOREIGN COUNTRY AND FOREIGN SUPPORT PROCEEDING.
(a) A tribunal of this state shall apply sections 518C.101 to 518C.616 and, as applicable, sections 518C.701 to 518C.713, to a support proceeding involving:
(1) a foreign support order;
(2) a foreign tribunal; or
(3) an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.
(b) 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 518C.101 to 518C.616.
(c) Sections 518C.701 to 518C.713 apply only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of sections 518C.701 to 518C.713 is inconsistent with sections 518C.101 to 518C.616, sections 518C.701 to 518C.713 control.
History:
2014 c 189 s 4,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.201 — Bases For Jurisdiction Over Nonresident.

518C.201 BASES FOR JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENT.
(a) 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:
(1) the individual is personally served with a summons or comparable document within this state;
(2) the individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;
(3) the individual resided with the child in this state;
(4) the individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;
(5) the child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;
(6) the individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;
(7) the individual asserted parentage of a child under sections 257.51 to 257.75; or
(8) there is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
(b) The bases of personal jurisdiction in paragraph (a) or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this state to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of section 518C.611 are met, or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of section 518C.615 are met.
History:
1994 c 630 art 2 s 1; 2014 c 189 s 5,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 101,119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.202 — Duration Of Personal Jurisdiction.

518C.202 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 by sections 518C.205, 518C.206, and 518C.211.
History:
1994 c 630 art 2 s 2; 2014 c 189 s 6,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.203 — Initiating And Responding Tribunal Of This State.

518C.203 INITIATING AND RESPONDING TRIBUNAL OF THIS 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 a foreign country.
History:
1994 c 630 art 2 s 3; 2014 c 189 s 7,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.204 — Simultaneous Proceedings In Another State Or Foreign Country.

518C.204 SIMULTANEOUS PROCEEDINGS IN ANOTHER STATE OR FOREIGN COUNTRY.
(a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:
(1) 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;
(2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and
(3) if relevant, this state is the home state of the child.
(b) 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:
(1) 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;
(2) the contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in this state; and
(3) if relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child.
History:
1994 c 630 art 2 s 4; 2014 c 189 s 8,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.205 — Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction To Modify Child Support Order.

518C.205 CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.
(a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a 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:
(1) 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
(2) 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.
(b) 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:
(1) 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 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
(2) its order is not the controlling order.
(c) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child support order pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act which 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.
(d) 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.
(e) 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:
1994 c 630 art 2 s 5; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 51; 2012 c 216 art 5 s 4; 2014 c 189 s 9,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 102,119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.206 — Continuing Jurisdiction To Enforce Child Support Order.

518C.206 CONTINUING JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER.
(a) 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:
(1) 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
(2) 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.
(b) A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.
History:
1994 c 630 art 2 s 6; 2014 c 189 s 10,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 103,119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.208 — Child Support Orders For Two Or More Obligees.

518C.208 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:
1994 c 630 art 2 s 8; 2014 c 189 s 12,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.209 — Credit For Payments.

518C.209 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 the support of the same child issued by the tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country.
History:
1994 c 630 art 2 s 9; 2014 c 189 s 13,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.210 — Application To Nonresident Subject To Personal Jurisdiction.

518C.210 APPLICATION 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 518C.316, communicate with a tribunal outside this state pursuant to section 518C.317, and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this state pursuant to section 518C.318. In all other respects, sections 518C.301 to 518C.616 do not apply, and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state.
History:
2014 c 189 s 14,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.211 — Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction To Modify Spousal Support Order.

518C.211 CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO MODIFY SPOUSAL SUPPORT ORDER.
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
(c) A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may serve as:
(1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal support order issued in this state; or
(2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal support order.
History:
2014 c 189 s 15,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.301 — Proceedings Under This Chapter.

518C.301 PROCEEDINGS UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, sections 518C.301 to 518C.319 apply to all proceedings under this chapter.
(b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may commence 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:
1994 c 630 art 3 s 1; 2014 c 189 s 16,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 105,119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.302 — Action By Minor Parent.

518C.302 ACTION 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:
1994 c 630 art 3 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.303 — Application Of Law Of This State.

518C.303 APPLICATION OF LAW OF THIS STATE.
Except as otherwise provided by 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:
1994 c 630 art 3 s 3; 2014 c 189 s 17,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 106,119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.304 — Duties Of Initiating Tribunal.

518C.304 DUTIES OF INITIATING TRIBUNAL.
(a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents:
(1) to the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or
(2) 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.
(b) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this state shall issue a certificate or other documents 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 other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal.
History:
1994 c 630 art 3 s 4; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 53; 2014 c 189 s 18,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 107,119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.305 — Duties And Powers Of Responding Tribunal.

518C.305 DUTIES AND POWERS OF RESPONDING TRIBUNAL.
(a) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to section 518C.301, paragraph (b), it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.
(b) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:
(1) establish or enforce a support order, modify a child support order, determine the controlling child support order, or to determine parentage of a child;
(2) order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;
(3) order income withholding;
(4) determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment;
(5) enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;
(6) set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;
(7) place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;
(8) 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;
(9) 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;
(10) order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;
(11) award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs; and
(12) grant any other available remedy.
(c) 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.
(d) 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.
(e) 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.
(f) 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:
1994 c 630 art 3 s 5; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 54; 1997 c 245 art 3 s 12; 2014 c 189 s 19,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 108,119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.306 — Inappropriate Tribunal.

518C.306 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 in this state or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.
History:
1994 c 630 art 3 s 6; 1997 c 245 art 3 s 13; 2014 c 189 s 20,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.307 — Duties Of Support Enforcement Agency.

518C.307 DUTIES OF SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
(a) A support enforcement agency of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter.
(b) A support enforcement agency that is providing services to the petitioner shall:
(1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;
(2) request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing;
(3) make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;
(4) 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;
(5) 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
(6) notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.
(c) 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:
(1) to ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or
(2) 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.
(d) 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.
(e) A support enforcement agency of this state shall 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 518C.319.
(f) 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:
1994 c 630 art 3 s 7; 1997 c 245 art 3 s 14; 2014 c 189 s 21,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.308 — Duty Of Attorney General.

518C.308 DUTY OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.
(a) 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.
(b) 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 that determination.
History:
1994 c 630 art 3 s 8; 2014 c 189 s 22,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.310 — Duties Of State Information Agency.

518C.310 DUTIES OF STATE INFORMATION AGENCY.
(a) The unit within the Department of Human Services that receives and disseminates incoming interstate actions under title IV-D of the Social Security Act is the State Information Agency under this chapter.
(b) The State Information Agency shall:
(1) 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;
(2) maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states;
(3) forward to the appropriate tribunal in the place in this state in which the individual obligee 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
(4) 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 records, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's licenses, and Social Security.
History:
1994 c 630 art 3 s 10; 1995 c 257 art 3 s 13; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 55; 2008 c 277 art 1 s 91; 2014 c 189 s 23,73; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 109; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 109,119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.311 — Pleadings And Accompanying Documents.

518C.311 PLEADINGS AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS.
(a) A petitioner seeking to establish or modify a support order, determine parentage of a child, or register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, in a proceeding under this chapter must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under section 518C.312, 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 parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, Social Security number, and date of birth of each child for whom 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.
(b) 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:
1994 c 630 art 3 s 11; 2014 c 189 s 24,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 110,119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.312 — Nondisclosure Of Information In Exceptional Circumstances.

518C.312 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:
1994 c 630 art 3 s 12; 2014 c 189 s 25,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.313 — Costs And Fees.

518C.313 COSTS AND FEES.
(a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs.
(b) 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.
(c) 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 518C.601 to 518C.616, a hearing is presumed to have been requested primarily for delay if a registered support order is confirmed or enforced without change.
History:
1994 c 630 art 3 s 13; 2014 c 189 s 26,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.314 — Limited Immunity Of Petitioner.

518C.314 LIMITED IMMUNITY OF PETITIONER.
(a) 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.
(b) A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil process while physically present in this state to participate in a proceeding under this chapter.
(c) 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:
1994 c 630 art 3 s 14; 2014 c 189 s 27,73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 111,119
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 517 - 519A — Domestic Relations › Chapter 518C — Uniform Interstate Family Support Act › Section 518C.315 — Nonparentage As Defense.

518C.315 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:
1994 c 630 art 3 s 15
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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