Ky. Rev. Stat. § 407.5605

Current through 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 225
Section 407.5605 - Notice of registration of order
(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 shall be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.
(2) A notice shall inform the nonregistering party:
(a) 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;
(b) That a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order shall be requested within twenty (20) days of the notice unless the registered order is under KRS 407.5707;
(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 (2) or more orders are in effect, a notice shall also:
(a) 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;
(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 KRS 403.215 or 405.465.

KRS 407.5605

Amended by 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 77,§ 13, eff. 7/14/2016.
Amended by 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 18,§ 44, eff. 6/22/2015.
Effective:3/23/1998
Amended 1998, Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 15, effective3/23/1998.--Contingent effective date repealed 1998, Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 20, effective3/23/1998. -- Created 1996, Ky. Acts ch. 365, sec. 50, effective upon contingency.