Okla. Stat. tit. 43 § 601-605

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 601-605 - 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 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 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 Section 601-707 of this title;

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 or more orders are in effect, a notice shall also:

1. 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;

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 of this section 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.

Okla. Stat. tit. 43, § 601-605

Amended by Laws 2016 , c. 148, s. 18, eff. 11/1/2016.

Amended by Laws 2015 , c. 104, s. 41, eff. 11/1/2015.

Added by Laws 1994, c. 160, § 40, eff. 9/1/1994; Amended by Laws 1997, c. 360, § 16, eff. 9/1/1997; Amended by Laws 2004, SB(2) 1600, c. 367, § 35, eff. 11/1/2004.