RCW 26.21A.520
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(1)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.
(2)A notice must inform the nonregistering party:
(a)That a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state;
(b)That a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within twenty days after notice unless the registered order is under RCW 26.21A.615 ;
(c)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
(d)Of the amount of any alleged arrearages.
(3)If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice must also:
(a)Identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;
(b)Notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;
(c)State that the procedures provided in subsection
(2)of this section apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and
(d)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.
(4)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.
[ 2015 c 214 s 33 ; 2002 c 198 s 605 .]
Notes:
Effective date — Conflict with federal requirements — Waiver — 2015 c 214: See notes following RCW 26.21A.010 .
Denial of waiver — 2015 c 214: See note following RCW 26.21A.115 .
Effective date — 2002 c 198: See RCW 26.21A.900 .