SB473, s. 108 4Section 108. 769.319 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB473,29,85 769.319 (3) The support enforcement agency of this state receiving redirected
6payments from another state under a law similar to sub. (2) shall furnish to a
7requesting party or tribunal of the other state a certified statement by the custodian
8of the record of the amount and dates of all payments received.
SB473, s. 109 9Section 109. Subchapter IV (title) of chapter 769 [precedes 769.401] of the
10statutes is amended to read:
SB473,29,1111 CHAPTER 769
SB473,29,1212 SUBCHAPTER IV
SB473,29,1413 ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER
14or determination of parentage
SB473, s. 110 15Section 110. 769.401 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,29,1816 769.401 (1) (intro.) If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter
17has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction
18over the parties
may issue a support order if any of the following applies:
SB473, s. 111 19Section 111. 769.401 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,29,2120 769.401 (1) (a) The individual seeking the order resides in another outside this
21state.
SB473, s. 112 22Section 112. 769.401 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,29,2423 769.401 (1) (b) The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located in
24another
outside this state.
SB473, s. 113 25Section 113. 769.401 (2) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB473,30,3
1769.401 (2) The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the
2tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and if the individual ordered
3to pay is any of the following:
SB473,30,44 (a) A presumed father of the child.
SB473,30,55 (b) An individual who is petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated.
SB473,30,76 (c) An individual who has been identified as the father of the child through
7genetic testing.
SB473,30,88 (d) An alleged father of the child who has declined to submit to genetic testing.
SB473,30,109 (e) An individual who has been shown by clear and convincing evidence to be
10the father of the child.
SB473,30,1111 (f) An individual who has acknowledged paternity of the child under s. 767.805.
SB473,30,1212 (g) The mother of the child.
SB473,30,1413 (h) An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous
14proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.
SB473, s. 114 15Section 114. 769.402 of the statutes is created to read:
SB473,30,19 16769.402 Proceeding to determine parentage. A tribunal of this state
17authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in
18a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under this chapter or a law
19or procedure substantially similar to this chapter.
SB473, s. 115 20Section 115. Subchapter V (title) of chapter 769 [precedes 769.501] of the
21statutes is amended to read:
SB473,30,2222 CHAPTER 769
SB473,30,2323 SUBCHAPTER V
SB473,31,3
1ENFORCEMENT OF Support ORDER
2OF ANOTHER STATE
3 WITHOUT REGISTRATION
SB473, s. 116 4Section 116. 769.501 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,31,9 5769.501 Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another
6state.
An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on
7behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency,
to the obligor's employer
8without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the
9income-withholding order with a tribunal of this state.
SB473, s. 117 10Section 117. 769.505 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,31,14 11769.505 Penalties for noncompliance. An employer that willfully fails to
12comply with an income-withholding order issued by in another state and received
13for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for
14noncompliance with an income-withholding order issued by a tribunal of this state.
SB473, s. 118 15Section 118. 769.506 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,31,2116 769.506 (1) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an
17income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an
18employer in this state by registering the order in a tribunal of this state and filing
19a contest to that order as provided in subch. VI, or otherwise contesting the order
in
20the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state. Section
21769.604 applies to the contest.
SB473, s. 119 22Section 119. 769.507 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,32,223 769.507 (1) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support
24order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued by a tribunal of in another

1state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the
2order to a support enforcement agency of this state.
SB473, s. 120 3Section 120. Subchapter VI (title) of chapter 769 [precedes 769.601] of the
4statutes is amended to read:
SB473,32,55 CHAPTER 769
SB473,32,66 SUBCHAPTER VI
SB473,32,9 7ENFORCEMENT Registration,
8 enforcement,
AND MODIFICATION OF
9 SUPPORT ORDER AFTER REGISTRATION
SB473, s. 121 10Section 121. 769.601 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,32,13 11769.601 Registration of order for enforcement. A support order or an
12income-withholding order issued by a tribunal of in another state or a foreign
13support order
may be registered in this state for enforcement.
SB473, s. 122 14Section 122. 769.602 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,32,1815 769.602 (1) (intro.) A Except as provided in s. 769.706, a support order or
16income-withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be
17registered in this state by sending all of the following documents and information
18records to the appropriate tribunal in this state:
SB473, s. 123 19Section 123. 769.602 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,32,2220 769.602 (1) (c) A sworn statement by the party seeking person requesting
21registration or a certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the
22amount of any arrearage.
SB473, s. 124 23Section 124. 769.602 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,33,224 769.602 (2) On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal
25shall cause the order to be filed as a foreign judgment an order of another state or

1a foreign country
, together with one copy of the documents and information,
2regardless of their form.
SB473, s. 125 3Section 125. 769.602 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
SB473,33,54 769.602 (4) If 2 or more orders are in effect, the person requesting registration
5must do all of the following:
SB473,33,76 (a) Furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support order that is asserted to be
7in effect in addition to the documents specified in this section.
SB473,33,88 (b) Specify the order that is alleged to be the controlling order, if any.
SB473,33,99 (c) Specify the amount of the consolidated arrears, if any.
SB473, s. 126 10Section 126. 769.602 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
SB473,33,1411 769.602 (5) A request for a determination of which is the controlling order may
12be filed separately or with a request for registration and enforcement or for
13registration and modification. The person requesting registration shall give notice
14of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by the determination.
SB473, s. 127 15Section 127. 769.603 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,33,1816 769.603 (1) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another
17state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering
18tribunal of this state.
SB473, s. 128 19Section 128. 769.603 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,33,2220 769.603 (2) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign
21country
is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as
22an order issued by a tribunal of this state.
SB473, s. 129 23Section 129. 769.603 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,34,3
1769.603 (3) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter chapter, a tribunal
2of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support
3order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.
SB473, s. 130 4Section 130. 769.604 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 769.604 (1) (intro.) and
5amended to read:
SB473,34,76 769.604 (1) (intro.) The Except as otherwise provided in sub. (4), the law of the
7issuing state or foreign country governs the all of the following:
SB473,34,9 8(a) The nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments and other
9obligations of support and the
under a registered support order.
SB473,34,11 10(b) The computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest on the
11arrearages
under the support order.
SB473, s. 131 12Section 131. 769.604 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
SB473,34,1413 769.604 (1) (c) The existence and satisfaction of other obligations under the
14support order.
SB473, s. 132 15Section 132. 769.604 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,34,1816 769.604 (2) In a proceeding for arrearages under a registered support order, the
17statute of limitations under the laws of this state or of the issuing state or foreign
18country
, whichever is longer, applies.
SB473, s. 133 19Section 133. 769.604 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB473,34,2320 769.604 (3) A responding tribunal of this state shall apply the procedures and
21remedies of this state to enforce current support and collect arrearages and interest
22due on a support order of another state or a foreign country that is registered in this
23state.
SB473, s. 134 24Section 134. 769.604 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
SB473,35,5
1769.604 (4) After a tribunal of this state or another state determines which is
2the controlling order and issues an order consolidating arrearages, if any, a tribunal
3of this state shall prospectively apply the law of the state or foreign country issuing
4the controlling order, including its law on interest on arrearages, on current and
5future support, and on consolidated arrearages.
SB473, s. 135 6Section 135. 769.605 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,35,117 769.605 (1) Whenever a support order or income-withholding order issued in
8another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this
9state
shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy
10of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying
11the order.
SB473, s. 136 12Section 136. 769.605 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,35,1413 769.605 (2) (a) That a registered support order is enforceable as of the date of
14registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state.
SB473, s. 137 15Section 137. 769.605 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,35,1816 769.605 (2) (b) That a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the
17registered order must be requested within 20 days after the date of mailing or
18personal service of the notice unless the registered order is under s. 769.707.
SB473, s. 138 19Section 138. 769.605 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,35,2320 769.605 (2) (c) That failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the
21registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and
22enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages and precludes further contest
23of that order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted
.
SB473, s. 139 24Section 139. 769.605 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB473,36,2
1769.605 (2m) If the registering party asserts that 2 or more orders are in effect,
2the notice must also do all of the following:
SB473,36,43 (a) Identify the 2 or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party
4to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrearages, if any.
SB473,36,65 (b) Notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is
6the controlling order.
SB473,36,87 (c) State that the procedures provided in sub. (2) apply to the determination of
8which is the controlling order.
SB473,36,119 (d) State that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged
10to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the
11order is the controlling order.
SB473, s. 140 12Section 140. 769.605 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB473,36,1513 769.605 (3) Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement,
14the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's
15employer under s. 767.75 (2r).
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