Tennessee § 36-5-2605 - Notice of registration of order.

§ 36-5-2605. Notice of registration of order.

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 must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order. A notice must inform the nonregistering party: 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; 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 § 36-5-2707; 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 Of the amount of any alleged arrearages. If the registering party asserts that two (2) or more orders are in effect, a notice must also: 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; Notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order; State that the procedures provided in subsection (b) apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and 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. 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 part 5 of this chapter. Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Part 20, § 36-5-2001 (Acts 1997, ch. 551, § 2), concerning the short title for title 36, ch. 5, parts 20-29, was repealed and reenacted by Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1, upon completion of the provisions in § 2 of the act. Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 2, as amended by Acts 2016, ch. 664, § 4, provided that: “This act shall take effect when the department of human services files a notice with the secretary of state who shall publish the notice in the Tennessee Administrative Register on the secretary of state's web site, citing the effective date, which shall occur no later than April 1, 2016, the public welfare requiring it.” The date published by the secretary of state in the Tennessee Administrative Register was March 31, 2016. Attorney General Opinions. Registration and enforcement of foreign child support orders, OAG 99-163, 1999 Tenn. AG LEXIS 145 (8/19/99).