769.208 Multiple child support orders for 2 or more obligees.
769.209 Credit for payments.
SUBCHAPTER III
CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
769.301 Proceedings under this chapter.
769.302 Action by minor parent.
769.303 Application of law of this state.
769.304 Duties of initiating tribunal.
769.305 Duties and powers of responding tribunal.
769.306 Inappropriate tribunal.
769.307 Duties of support enforcement agency.
769.308 Duty of attorney general.
769.31 Duties of state information agency.
769.311 Pleadings and accompanying documents.
769.312 Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances.
769.314 Limited immunity of petitioner.
769.315 Nonparentage as defense.
769.316 Special rules of evidence and procedure.
769.317 Communications between tribunals.
769.318 Assistance with discovery.
769.319 Receipt and disbursement of payments.
SUBCHAPTER IV
ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER
769.401 Petition to establish support order.
SUBCHAPTER V
DIRECT ENFORCEMENT OF ORDER OF
ANOTHER STATE WITHOUT REGISTRATION
769.501 Recognition of income-withholding order of another state.
769.502 Administrative enforcement of orders.
SUBCHAPTER VI
ENFORCEMENT AND MODIFICATION OF
SUPPORT ORDER AFTER REGISTRATION
769.601 Registration of order for enforcement.
769.602 Procedure to register order for enforcement.
769.603 Effect of registration for enforcement.
769.605 Notice of registration of order.
769.606 Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered order.
769.607 Contest of registration or enforcement.
769.609 Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification.
769.61 Effect of registration for modification.
769.611 Modification of child support order of another state.
769.612 Recognition of order modified in another state.
SUBCHAPTER VII
DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE
769.701 Proceeding to determine parentage.
SUBCHAPTER VIII
INTERSTATE RENDITION
769.801 Grounds for rendition.
769.802 Conditions of rendition.
SUBCHAPTER IX
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
769.901 Uniformity of application and construction.
769.903 Severability clause.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
769.101
769.101
Definitions. In this chapter:
769.101(1)
(1) "Child" means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent.
769.101(2)
(2) "Child support order" means a support order for a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state.
769.101(3)
(3) "Duty of support" means an obligation imposed or imposable by law to provide support for a child, spouse or former spouse, including an unsatisfied obligation to provide support.
769.101(4)
(4) "Home state" means the state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as parent for at least 6 consecutive months immediately preceding the time of the filing of a petition or comparable pleading for support or, if a child is less than 6 months old, the state in which the child lived from birth with any of them. A period of temporary absence of any of them is counted as part of the 6-month or other period.
769.101(5)
(5) "Income" includes earnings or other periodic entitlements to money from any source and any other property subject to withholding for support under the law of this state.
769.101(6)
(6) "Income-withholding order" means an order, notice or other legal process directed to an obligor's employer or other debtor to withhold support from the income of, or other money owed to, the obligor.
769.101(7)
(7) "Initiating state" means a state in which a proceeding under this chapter or a law substantially similar to this chapter, the uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act or the revised uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act is filed for forwarding to a responding state.
769.101(8)
(8) "Initiating tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in an initiating state.
769.101(9)
(9) "Issuing state" means the state in which a tribunal issues a support order or renders a judgment determining parentage.
769.101(10)
(10) "Issuing tribunal" means the tribunal that issues a support order or renders a judgment determining parentage.
769.101(11)
(11) "Law" includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations having the force of law.
769.101(12)(a)
(a) An individual to whom a duty of support is or is alleged to be owed or in whose favor a support order has been issued or a judgment determining parentage has been rendered.
769.101(12)(b)
(b) A state or political subdivision to which the rights under a duty of support or support order have been assigned or which has independent claims based on financial assistance provided to an individual obligee.
769.101(12)(c)
(c) An individual seeking a judgment determining parentage of the individual's child.
769.101(13)
(13) "Obligor" means an individual, or the estate of a decedent, to whom any of the following applies:
769.101(13)(a)
(a) The individual or decedent owes or is alleged to owe a duty of support.
769.101(13)(b)
(b) The individual or decedent is alleged but has not been adjudicated to be a parent of a child.
769.101(13)(c)
(c) The individual or decedent is liable under a support order.
769.101(14)
(14) "Register" means to file a support order or judgment determining parentage with the clerk of court.
769.101(15)
(15) "Registering tribunal" means a tribunal in which a support order is registered.
769.101(16)
(16) "Responding state" means a state to which a proceeding is forwarded under this chapter or a law substantially similar to this chapter, the uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act or the revised uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act.
769.101(17)
(17) "Responding tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in a responding state.
769.101(18)
(18) "Spousal-support order" means a support order for a spouse or former spouse of the obligor.
769.101(19)
(19) "State" means a state of the United States, the district of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. "State" includes an Indian tribe and includes a foreign jurisdiction that has established procedures for issuance and enforcement of support orders that are substantially similar to the procedures under this chapter.
769.101(20)
(20) "Support enforcement agency" means a public official or agency authorized to seek any of the following:
769.101(20)(a)
(a) Enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of support.
