Notice of Registration of Order

(a)When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this state shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice COL1242015 CH. 35 UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.

(b)A notice must inform the nonregistering party:

(1)that a registered support order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state;

(2)that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within twenty

(20)days after notice, unless the registered order is under § 35707;

(3)that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages; and

(4)of the amount of any alleged arrearages.

(c)If the registering party asserts that two

(2)or more orders are in effect, a notice must also:

(1)identify the two

(2)or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;

(2)notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;

(3)state that the procedures provided in Subsection

(b)apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and

(4)state that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.

(d)Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor’s employer pursuant to the income-withholding law of this state.