§ 15-23.1-507 - Administrative enforcement of orders.
SECTION 15-23.1-507
§ 15-23.1-507 Administrative enforcementof orders. – (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order oran income-withholding order, or both, issued by a tribunal of another state maysend the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcementagency of this state.
(b) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcementagency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, ifappropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of thisstate to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both. Ifthe obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not beregistered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcementof the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuantto this chapter.