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SENATE BILL NO. 1332 – Uniform Interstate Family Support

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S1332aa..............................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT - Amends and adds to existing law to
revise provisions of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
                                                                        
01/31    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/01    Rpt prt - to Jud
02/23    Rpt out - to 14th Ord
02/28    Rpt out amen - to engros
03/01    Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/02    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/07    3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett, Cameron,
      Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes,
      Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little, Lodge,
      Malepeai, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder,
      Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Burtenshaw
    Floor Sponsor - Davis
    Title apvd - to House
03/08    House intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
03/10    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/13    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/22    3rd rdg - PASSED - 68-0-2
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,
      Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford,
      Cannon, Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Edmunson,
      Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Harwood, Henbest,
      Henderson, Jaquet, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez,
      Mathews, McKague, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini,
      Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche,
      Rydalch, Sali, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley,
      Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail,
      Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Hart, McGeachin
    Floor Sponsor - Ellsworth
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/23    To enrol
03/24    Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
03/27    To Governor
03/30    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 252
         Effective: 07/01/07

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1332
                                                                        
                              BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE  UNIFORM  INTERSTATE  FAMILY  SUPPORT  ACT;  AMENDING  SECTION
  3        7-1058,  IDAHO  CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION; AMENDING SECTION 7-1001,
  4        IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE DEFINITIONS; AMENDING
  5        SECTION 7-1002, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION;  AMENDING  SECTION
  6        7-1003,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS
  7        APPLICABLE TO REMEDIES; AMENDING SECTION 7-1004, IDAHO CODE,  TO  REDESIG-
  8        NATE  THE SECTION, TO REVISE DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS
  9        APPLICABLE TO BASES FOR JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENTS;  AMENDING  SECTION
 10        7-1005, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION, TO REVISE DESCRIPTIVE LAN-
 11        GUAGE  AND  TO  SET  FORTH THE DURATION OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION; AMENDING
 12        SECTION 7-1006, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION;  AMENDING  SECTION
 13        7-1007, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION, TO REVISE DESCRIPTIVE LAN-
 14        GUAGE  AND  TO REMOVE LANGUAGE REFERENCING A PETITION OR COMPARABLE PLEAD-
 15        ING; AMENDING SECTION 7-1008, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE  SECTION,  TO
 16        REVISE  DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO JURIS-
 17        DICTION TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS;  AMENDING  SECTION  7-1009,  IDAHO
 18        CODE,  TO  REDESIGNATE  THE SECTION, TO REVISE DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE AND TO
 19        REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO  JURISDICTION  TO  ENFORCE  CHILD  SUPPORT
 20        ORDERS;  AMENDING  SECTION 7-1010, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION,
 21        TO REVISE DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE AND  TO  REVISE  PROVISIONS  APPLICABLE  TO
 22        DETERMINING  CONTROLLING  CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDERS; AMENDING SECTION 7-1011,
 23        IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO  MULTI-
 24        PLE  REGISTRATIONS,  PETITIONS  OR  ORDERS; AMENDING SECTION 7-1012, IDAHO
 25        CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE  PROVISIONS  APPLICABLE  TO
 26        CREDIT  FOR  PAYMENTS;  AMENDING  CHAPTER  10, TITLE 7, IDAHO CODE, BY THE
 27        ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 7-1014, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE  FOR  APPLICATION
 28        TO  NONRESIDENTS  SUBJECT  TO  PERSONAL JURISDICTION; AMENDING CHAPTER 10,
 29        TITLE 7, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 7-1015, IDAHO  CODE,
 30        TO  PROVIDE  FOR  JURISDICTION  TO MODIFY SPOUSAL SUPPORT ORDERS; AMENDING
 31        SECTION 7-1013, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE  PRO-
 32        VISIONS APPLICABLE TO PROCEEDINGS; AMENDING SECTION 7-1014, IDAHO CODE, TO
 33        REDESIGNATE  THE SECTION AND TO REVISE DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE; AMENDING SEC-
 34        TION 7-1015, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO  REVISE  PROVI-
 35        SIONS RELATING TO APPLICATION OF LAW; AMENDING SECTION 7-1016, IDAHO CODE,
 36        TO  REDESIGNATE  THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO DUTIES
 37        OF INITIATING TRIBUNALS; AMENDING SECTION 7-1017, IDAHO CODE, TO  REDESIG-
 38        NATE  THE  SECTION  AND  TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE DUTIES AND
 39        POWERS OF RESPONDING TRIBUNALS; AMENDING SECTION 7-1018,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO
 40        REDESIGNATE  THE  SECTION  AND TO REFERENCE THE TRIBUNAL; AMENDING SECTION
 41        7-1019, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND  TO  REVISE  PROVISIONS
 42        APPLICABLE  TO  DUTIES  OF  SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES; AMENDING SECTION
 43        7-1020, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE DUTIES OF THE
 44        ATTORNEY GENERAL; AMENDING SECTION 7-1021, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE  THE
 45        SECTION;  AMENDING  SECTION 7-1022, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION
 46        AND TO REVISE DUTIES OF THE STATE  INFORMATION  AGENCY;  AMENDING  SECTION
                                                                        
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  1        7-1023,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS
  2        APPLICABLE TO  PLEADINGS  AND  ACCOMPANYING  DOCUMENTS;  AMENDING  SECTION
  3        7-1024,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS
  4        APPLICABLE TO THE NONDISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION;  AMENDING  SECTION
  5        7-1025,  IDAHO  CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE CODE REFER-
  6        ENCES; AMENDING SECTION 7-1026, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND
  7        TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LIMITED IMMUNITY OF PETITIONERS; AMEND-
  8        ING SECTION 7-1027, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION; AMENDING  SEC-
  9        TION  7-1028,  IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVI-
 10        SIONS APPLICABLE TO SPECIAL RULES OF EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE; AMENDING SEC-
 11        TION 7-1029, IDAHO CODE,  TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE  PROVI-
 12        SIONS  APPLICABLE  TO  COMMUNICATIONS  BETWEEN TRIBUNALS; AMENDING SECTION
 13        7-1030, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION; AMENDING  SECTION  7-1031,
 14        IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE
 15        TO  RECEIPT  AND  DISBURSEMENT OF PAYMENTS; AMENDING SECTION 7-1032, IDAHO
 16        CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE  PROVISIONS  APPLICABLE  TO
 17        PETITIONS  TO  ESTABLISH  SUPPORT  ORDERS;  AMENDING SECTION 7-1033, IDAHO
 18        CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO AN
 19        EMPLOYER'S RECEIPT OF AN INCOME-WITHHOLDING ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE; AMEND-
 20        ING SECTION 7-1034, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND  TO  REVISE
 21        PROVISIONS   APPLICABLE  TO  AN  EMPLOYER'S  COMPLIANCE  WITH  AN  INCOME-
 22        WITHHOLDING ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE; AMENDING SECTION 7-1035,  IDAHO  CODE,
 23        TO  REDESIGNATE  THE SECTION, TO REVISE DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE AND TO REVISE
 24        PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO AN EMPLOYER'S COMPLIANCE WITH TWO OR MORE INCOME-
 25        WITHHOLDING ORDERS; AMENDING SECTION 7-1036, IDAHO  CODE,  TO  REDESIGNATE
 26        THE  SECTION  AND  TO  REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL
 27        LIABILITY; AMENDING SECTION 7-1037, IDAHO CODE, TO  REDESIGNATE  THE  SEC-
 28        TION;  AMENDING SECTION 7-1038, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND
 29        TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CONTESTS BY OBLIGORS; AMENDING  SECTION
 30        7-1039,  IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO PROVIDE A REFERENCE
 31        TO A SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; AMENDING SECTION 7-1040, IDAHO  CODE,  TO
 32        REDESIGNATE  THE SECTION AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION; AMENDING SEC-
 33        TION 7-1041, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO  REVISE  PROVI-
 34        SIONS  APPLICABLE  TO  THE PROCEDURE TO REGISTER AN ORDER FOR ENFORCEMENT;
 35        AMENDING SECTION 7-1042, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE  THE  SECTION  AND  TO
 36        REVISE  CODE  REFERENCES; AMENDING SECTION 7-1043, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIG-
 37        NATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE  TO  CHOICE  OF  LAW;
 38        AMENDING  SECTION  7-1044,  IDAHO  CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO
 39        REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO NOTICE OF REGISTRATION OF ORDER;  AMENDING
 40        SECTION  7-1045, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PRO-
 41        VISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE PROCEDURE TO CONTEST THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT
 42        OF A REGISTERED ORDER; AMENDING SECTION 7-1046, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE
 43        THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CONTESTS  OF  REGISTRA-
 44        TION  OR  ENFORCEMENT; AMENDING SECTION 7-1047, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE
 45        THE SECTION; AMENDING SECTION 7-1048, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE  SEC-
 46        TION,   TO REVISE CODE REFERENCES AND TO MAKE A GRAMMATICAL CHANGE; AMEND-
 47        ING SECTION 7-1049, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND  TO  REVISE
 48        AND  PROVIDE  CODE  REFERENCES;  AMENDING  SECTION  7-1050, IDAHO CODE, TO
 49        REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE MODIFI-
 50        CATION OF A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE; AMENDING SECTION 7-1051,
 51        IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE
 52        TO THE RECOGNITION OF AN ORDER MODIFIED IN ANOTHER STATE; AMENDING SECTION
 53        7-1052, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND  TO  REVISE  PROVISIONS
 54        APPLICABLE  TO  JURISDICTION  TO  MODIFY  SUPPORT ORDERS IN CERTAIN CASES;
 55        AMENDING SECTION 7-1053, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE  THE  SECTION  AND  TO
                                                                        
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  1        REVISE  PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO NOTICES OF MODIFICATION; AMENDING CHAPTER
  2        10, TITLE 7, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW  SECTION  7-1057,  IDAHO
  3        CODE,  TO  PROVIDE  FOR  JURISDICTION TO MODIFY A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF A
  4        FOREIGN COUNTRY OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION; AMENDING SECTION  7-1054,  IDAHO
  5        CODE,  TO  REDESIGNATE  THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO
  6        PROCEEDINGS TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE; AMENDING SECTION 7-1055,  IDAHO  CODE,
  7        TO  REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO GROUNDS
  8        FOR RENDITION; AMENDING SECTION 7-1056, IDAHO  CODE,  TO  REDESIGNATE  THE
  9        SECTION  AND  TO  REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CONDITIONS OF RENDITION;
 10        AMENDING SECTION 7-1057, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE  THE  SECTION  AND  TO
 11        REVISE  PROVISIONS  APPLICABLE  TO UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUC-
 12        TION; AND AMENDING SECTION 7-1059, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION.
                                                                        
 13    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 14        SECTION 1.  That Section 7-1058, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 15    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 16        7-105801.  SHORT  TITLE.  This  chapter may be cited as the uniform inter-
 17    state family support act.
                                                                        
 18        SECTION 2.  That Section 7-1001, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 19    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 20        7-10012.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
 21        (1)  "Child"  means an individual, whether over or under the age of major-
 22    ity, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of  support  by  the  individual's
 23    parent  or  who  is  or  is  alleged  to be the beneficiary of a support order
 24    directed to the parent.
 25        (2)  "Child support order" means a support order for a child, including  a
 26    child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state.
 27        (3)  "Duty  of support" means an obligation imposed or imposable by law to
 28    provide support for a child, spouse, or former spouse, including  an  unsatis-
 29    fied obligation to provide support.
 30        (4)  "Home  state" means the state in which a child lived with a parent or
 31    a person acting as parent for at least six (6) consecutive months  immediately
 32    preceding  the time of filing of a petition or comparable pleading for support
 33    and, if a child is less than six (6) months old, the state in which the  child
 34    lived  from  birth  with  any of them. A period of temporary absence of any of
 35    them is counted as part of the six (6) month or other period.
 36        (5)  "Income" includes earnings or other periodic  entitlements  to  money
 37    from  any  source  and  any  other property subject to withholding for support
 38    under the law of this state.
 39        (6)  "Income-withholding order" means an  order  or  other  legal  process
 40    directed  to  an obligor's employer or other debtor, as defined by chapter 12,
 41    title 7, Idaho Code, to withhold support from the income of the obligor.
 42        (7)  "Initiating state" means a state from which a proceeding is forwarded
 43    or in which a proceeding is filed for forwarding to a responding  state  under
 44    this  chapter  or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter, or
 45    under a law or procedure  substantially  similar  to  the  uniform  reciprocal
 46    enforcement  of  support act, or the revised uniform reciprocal enforcement of
 47    support act.
 48        (8)  "Initiating tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in an  initiating
 49    state.
 50        (9)  "Issuing  state" means the state in which a tribunal issues a support
                                                                        
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  1    order or renders a judgment determining parentage.
  2        (10) "Initiating Issuing tribunal" means the tribunal that issues  a  sup-
  3    port order or renders a judgment determining parentage.
  4        (11) "Law" includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations
  5    having the force of law.
  6        (12) "Obligee" means:
  7        (a)  An  individual  to whom a duty of support is or is alleged to be owed
  8        or in whose favor a support order has been issued or a judgment  determin-
  9        ing parentage has been rendered;
 10        (b)  A  state or political subdivision to which the rights under a duty of
 11        support or support order have been assigned  or  which  has    independent
 12        claims based on financial assistance provided to an individual obligee; or
 13        (c)  An  individual  seeking  a  judgment  determining  parentage  of  the
 14        individual's child.
 15        (13) "Obligor" means an individual, or the estate of a decedent:
 16        (a)  Who owes or is alleged to owe a duty of support;
 17        (b)  Who  is  alleged  but  has  not  been adjudicated to be a parent of a
 18        child; or
 19        (c)  Who is liable under a support order.
 20        (14) "Person" means an individual, corporation,  business  trust,  estate,
 21    trust,  partnership,  limited  liability  company, association, joint venture,
 22    government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, public  cor-
 23    poration, or any other legal or commercial entity.
 24        (15) "Record"  means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or
 25    that is stored in  an  electronic  or  other  medium  and  is  retrievable  in
 26    perceivable form.
 27        (16) "Register"  means  to  record a support order or judgment determining
 28    parentage in the district court.
 29        (157) "Registering tribunal" means a tribunal in which a support order  is
 30    registered.
 31        (168) "Responding  state"  means a state in which a proceeding is filed or
 32    to which a proceeding is forwarded for filing from an initiating  state  under
 33    this  chapter  or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter, or
 34    under a law or procedure  substantially  similar  to  the  uniform  reciprocal
 35    enforcement  of  support act, or the revised uniform reciprocal enforcement of
 36    support act.
 37        (179) "Responding tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in a  responding
 38    state.
 39        (1820) "Spousal-support  order"  means  a  support  order  for a spouse or
 40    former spouse of the obligor.
 41        (219) "State" means a state of the United States, the District  of  Colum-
 42    bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any
 43    territory  or  insular  possession  subject  to the jurisdiction of the United
 44    States. The term "state" includes:
 45        (a)  An Indian tribe; and
 46        (b)  A foreign jurisdiction country or political subdivision that:
 47             (i)   Has been declared to be  a  foreign  reciprocating  country  or
 48             political subdivision under federal law;
 49             (ii)  Has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with
 50             this state as provided in section 7-1023, Idaho Code; or
 51             (iii) Hhas  enacted  a law or established procedures for the issuance
 52             and enforcement of support orders which are substantially similar  to
 53             the  procedures  under this chapter. or the procedures under the uni-
 54             form reciprocal enforcement of support act  or  the  revised  uniform
 55             enforcement of support act.
                                                                        
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  1        (202) "Support  enforcement  agency"  means  a  public  official or agency
  2    authorized to seek:
  3        (a)  Enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the  duty  of  sup-
  4        port;
  5        (b)  Establishment or modification of child support;
  6        (c)  Determination of parentage; or
  7        (d)  To locate Location of obligors or their assets; or
  8        (e)  Determination of the controlling child support order.
  9        (213) "Support  order"  means  a judgment, decree, or order, or directive,
 10    whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued by a tribunal for
 11    the benefit of a child, a spouse, or a former spouse, which provides for mone-
 12    tary support, health care,  arrearages,  or  reimbursement,  and  may  include
 13    related  costs  and  fees,  interest, income withholding, attorney's fees, and
 14    other relief.
 15        (224) "Tribunal" means a court, administrative agency,  or  quasi-judicial
 16    entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to deter-
 17    mine parentage.
                                                                        
 18        SECTION  3.  That  Section  7-1002, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 19    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 20        7-10023.  TRIBUNALS OF THIS STATE. The district courts are  the  tribunals
 21    of this state.
                                                                        
 22        SECTION  4.  That  Section  7-1003, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 23    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 24        7-10034.  REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. (1) Remedies provided by this  chapter  are
 25    cumulative  and  do  not  affect the availability of remedies under other law,
 26    including the recognition of a support order of a foreign country or political
 27    subdivision on the basis of comity.
 28        (2)  This chapter does not:
 29        (a)  Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing  a  support
 30        order under the law of this state; or
 31        (b)  Grant  a  tribunal  of  this state jurisdiction to render judgment or
 32        issue an order relating to child custody or  visitation  in  a  proceeding
 33        under this chapter.
                                                                        
 34        SECTION  5.  That  Section  7-1004, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 35    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 36        7-10045.  BASIS BASES FOR JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENT. (1) In a proceed-
 37    ing to establish, or enforce, or modify a support order or to  determine  par-
 38    entage,  a  tribunal  of  this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a
 39    nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if:
 40        (1a)  The individual is personally served with notice within this state;
 41        (2b)  The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by  consent
 42        in  a  record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive
 43        document having the effect of waiving any contest  to  personal  jurisdic-
 44        tion;
 45        (3c)  The individual resided with the child in this state;
 46        (4d)  The  individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses
 47        or support for the child;
 48        (5e)  The child resides in this state as a result of the  acts  or  direc-
 49        tives of the individual;
                                                                        
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  1        (6f)  The  individual  engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the
  2        child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;
  3        (7g)  The individual asserted parentage in the registry maintained in this
  4        state by the vital statistics unit of the department of health and welfare
  5        provided in section 16-1513, Idaho Code; or
  6        (8h)  There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions  of  this
  7        state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
  8        (2)  The  bases  of  personal  jurisdiction set forth in subsection (1) of
  9    this section or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire per-
 10    sonal jurisdiction for a tribunal of the state to modify a child support order
 11    of another state unless the requirements of section 7-1053  or  7-1057,  Idaho
 12    Code, are met.
                                                                        
 13        SECTION  6.  That  Section  7-1005, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 14    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 15        7-10056.  PROCEDURE WHEN EXERCISING  DURATION  OF  PERSONAL  JURISDICTION.
 16    OVER  NONRESIDENT.  A  tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction
 17    over a nonresident under section 7-1004, Idaho Code, may apply section 7-1028,
 18    Idaho Code, to receive evidence from  another  state,  section  7-1030,  Idaho
 19    Code,  to  obtain  discovery through a tribunal of another state. In all other
 20    respects, sections 7-1013 through 7-1054, Idaho Code, do  not  apply  and  the
 21    tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state, includ-
 22    ing  the   rules on choice of law other than those established by this chapter
 23    Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this  state  in  a  proceeding
 24    under this chapter or other law of this state relating to a support order con-
 25    tinues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdic-
 26    tion  to  modify  its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as
 27    provided in sections 7-1009, 7-1010 and 7-1015, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
 28        SECTION 7.  That Section 7-1006, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 29    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 30        7-10067.  INITIATING  AND  RESPONDING  TRIBUNAL  OF THIS STATE. Under this
 31    chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to  for-
 32    ward proceedings to another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings
 33    initiated in another state.
                                                                        
 34        SECTION  8.  That  Section  7-1007, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 35    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 36        7-10078.  SIMULTANEOUS PROCEEDINGS. IN ANOTHER STATE. (1)  A  tribunal  of
 37    this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the peti-
 38    tion  or  comparable pleading is filed after a petition or comparable pleading
 39    is filed in another state only if:
 40        (a)  The petition or comparable pleading in this state is filed before the
 41        expiration of the time allowed in the other state for filing a  responsive
 42        pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state;
 43        (b)  The  contesting  party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction
 44        in the other state; and
 45        (c)  If relevant, this state is the home state of the child.
 46        (2)  A tribunal of this state may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a
 47    support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before  a  peti-
 48    tion or comparable pleading is filed in another state if:
 49        (a)  The  petition  or  comparable  pleading  in  the other state is filed
                                                                        
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  1        before the expiration of the time allowed  in  this  state  for  filing  a
  2        responsive  pleading  challenging  the  exercise  of  jurisdiction by this
  3        state;
  4        (b)  The contesting party timely challenges the exercise  of  jurisdiction
  5        in this state; and
  6        (c)  If relevant, the other state is the home state of the child.
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  9.  That  Section  7-1008, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  8    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        7-10089.  CONTINUING,  EXCLUSIVE  JURISDICTION  TO  MODIFY  CHILD  SUPPORT
 10    ORDER. (1) A tribunal of this state issuing that has issued  a  child  support
 11    order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing,
 12    exclusive  jurisdiction over a  to modify its child support order if the order
 13    is the controlling order and:
 14        (a)  As long as At the time of the filing of a  request  for  modification
 15        this  state  remains is the residence of the obligor, the individual obli-
 16        gee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or
 17        (b)  Until each individual party has filed written consent with the tribu-
 18        nal of this state for a tribunal of another state to modify the order  and
 19        assume  continuing,  exclusive  jurisdiction Even if this state is not the
 20        residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child  for  whose
 21        benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in
 22        open court that the tribunal of this state may continue to exercise juris-
 23        diction to modify its order.
 24        (2)  A  tribunal  of  this  state  issuing that has issued a child support
 25    order consistent with the law of this state may not exercise  its  continuing,
 26    exclusive  jurisdiction to modify the order if: the order has been modified by
 27    a tribunal of another state pursuant to this chapter or  a  law  substantially
 28    similar to this chapter
 29        (a)  All  of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with
 30        the tribunal of this state that a  tribunal  of  another  state  that  has
 31        jurisdiction  over at least one (1) of the parties who is an individual or
 32        that is located in the state of residence of  the  child  may  modify  the
 33        order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or
 34        (b)  Its order is not the controlling order.
 35        (3)  If  a  child support order of this state is modified by a tribunal of
 36    another state pursuant to this chapter or a law substantially similar to  this
 37    chapter, a tribunal of this state loses its continuing, exclusive jurisdiction
 38    with  regard to prospective enforcement of the order issued in this state, and
 39    may only:
 40        (a)  Enforce the order that was modified as to amounts accruing before the
 41        modification;
 42        (b)  Enforce nonmodified aspects of that order; and
 43        (c)  Provide other appropriate relief for violations of that  order  which
 44        occurred before the effective date of the modification.
 45        (4)  A  tribunal  of  this state shall recognize the continuing, exclusive
 46    jurisdiction of a tribunal of another state which has issued a  child  support
 47    order  pursuant to this chapter or a law substantially similar to this chapter
 48    that modifies a child support order of a tribunal of this state, tribunals  of
 49    this  state shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tri-
 50    bunal of the other state.
 51        (4)  A tribunal of this state that lacks continuing,  exclusive  jurisdic-
 52    tion  to  modify  a child support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to
 53    request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued  in  that
                                                                        
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  1    state.
  2        (5)  A  temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a
  3    jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction  in
  4    the issuing tribunal.
  5        (6)  A  tribunal of this state issuing a support order consistent with the
  6    law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a  spousal  sup-
  7    port  order  throughout the existence of the support obligation. A tribunal of
  8    this state may not modify a spousal support order  issued  by  a  tribunal  of
  9    another  state having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under
 10    the law of that state.
                                                                        
 11        SECTION 10.  That Section 7-1009, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 12    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 13        7-100910.  ENFORCEMENT  AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER BY TRIBUNAL HAV-
 14    ING CONTINUING JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER. (1) A tribunal  of
 15    this  state  that  has issued a child support order consistent with the law of
 16    this state may serve as an  initiating  tribunal  to  request  a  tribunal  of
 17    another state to enforce: or modify a support order issued in that state
 18        (a)  The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been mod-
 19        ified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to
 20        this chapter; or
 21        (b)  A  money  judgment  for  arrears of support and interest on the order
 22        accrued before a determination that an order of another state is the  con-
 23        trolling order.
 24        (2)  A  tribunal  of  this state having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction
 25    over a support order may act as a responding tribunal  to  enforce  or  modify
 26    that  the  order. If a party subject to the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction
 27    of the tribunal no longer resides in the issuing state, in subsequent proceed-
 28    ings the tribunal may apply section 7-1028, Idaho Code,  to  receive  evidence
 29    from another state and section 7-1030, Idaho Code, to obtain discovery through
 30    a tribunal of another state.
 31        (3)  A  tribunal of this state which lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdic-
 32    tion over a spousal support order may not serve as a  responding  tribunal  to
 33    modify a spousal support order of another state.
                                                                        
 34        SECTION  11.  That  Section 7-1010, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 35    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 36        7-10101.  RECOGNITION DETERMINATION OF CONTROLLING CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDERS.
 37    (1)  If  a  proceeding is brought under this chapter and only one (1) tribunal
 38    has issued a child support order, the order of that  tribunal  is  controlling
 39    controls and must be so recognized.
 40        (2)  If  a  proceeding  is brought under this chapter, and two (2) or more
 41    child support orders have been issued by tribunals of this  state  or  another
 42    state with regard to the same obligor and same child, a tribunal of this state
 43    having  personal  jurisdiction  over  both  the obligor and individual obligee
 44    shall apply the following rules in determining and by  order  shall  determine
 45    which  order  to  recognize for purposes of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction
 46    controls:
 47        (a)  If only one (1) of the tribunals  would  have  continuing,  exclusive
 48        jurisdiction under this chapter, the order of that tribunal is controlling
 49        controls  and must be so recognized;
 50        (b)  If  more  than one (1) of the tribunals would have continuing, exclu-
 51        sive jurisdiction under this chapter,:
                                                                        
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  1             (i)   Aan order issued by a tribunal in the current home  state    of
  2             the child must be recognized controls, but
  3             (ii)  Iif  an  order has not been issued in the current home state of
  4             the child, the order more most recently  issued  is  controlling  and
  5             must be recognized controls;
  6        (c)  If  none  of the tribunals would have continuing, exclusive jurisdic-
  7        tion under this chapter, the tribunal of this  state  having  jurisdiction
  8        over the parties must shall issue a child support order, which is control-
  9        ling and must be recognized controls.
 10        (3)  If two (2) or more child support orders have been issued for the same
 11    obligor  and  same child, and if the obligor or the individual obligee resides
 12    in this state, upon request of a party may request who is an individual  or  a
 13    support enforcement agency, a tribunal of this state to having personal juris-
 14    diction  over  both  the  obligor  and  the obligee who is an individual shall
 15    determine which order controls and must be recognized under subsection (2)  of
 16    this  section.  The  request  must be accompanied by a certified copy of every
 17    support order in effect. Every party whose rights may be affected by a  deter-
 18    mination of the controlling order must be given notice of the request for that
 19    determination  The request may be filed with a registration for enforcement or
 20    registration for modification pursuant  to  sections  7-1043  through  7-1057,
 21    Idaho Code, or may be filed as a separate proceeding.
 22        (4)  A  request to determine which is the controlling order must be accom-
 23    panied by a copy of every child support order in  effect  and  the  applicable
 24    record  of  payments. The requesting party shall give notice of the request to
 25    each party whose rights may be affected by the determination.
 26        (5)  The tribunal that issued the controlling order that  must  be  recog-
 27    nized  as  controlling under subsection (1), (2) or (3) of this section is the
 28    tribunal that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in accordance with to the
 29    extent provided in section 7-10089 or 7-1010, Idaho Code.
 30        (56)  A tribunal of this state which that determines by order the identity
 31    of which is the controlling child support order under  subsections  (2)(a)  or
 32    (2)(b)  or  (3)  of  this section or which that issues a new controlling child
 33    support order under subsection (2)(c) of this section, shall include state  in
 34    that order:
 35        (a)  Tthe basis upon which the tribunal made its determination;
 36        (b)  The amount of prospective support, if any; and
 37        (c)  The  total  amount  of  consolidated arrears and accrued interest, if
 38        any, under all of the orders after all payments made are credited as  pro-
 39        vided in section 7-1013, Idaho Code.
 40        (67)  Within  thirty  (30) days after issuance of the an order determining
 41    the identity of which is the controlling order, the party obtaining  that  the
 42    order  shall file a certified copy of it with in each tribunal that had issued
 43    or registered an earlier order of child support. Failure of  the  A  party  or
 44    support  enforcement agency obtaining the order that fails to file a certified
 45    copy as required subjects that party is subject to appropriate sanctions by  a
 46    tribunal  in  which the issue of failure to file arises., but that The failure
 47    has no effect on  to file does not affect the validity  or  enforceability  of
 48    the controlling order.
 49        (8)  An  order  that has been determined to be the controlling order, or a
 50    judgment for consolidated arrears of support and interest, if any, made pursu-
 51    ant to this section must be recognized in proceedings under this chapter.
                                                                        
 52        SECTION 12.  That Section 7-1011, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 53    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
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  1        7-10112.  MULTIPLE  CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDERS  FOR  TWO  OR MORE OBLIGEES. In
  2    responding to multiple registrations or petitions for enforcement of  two  (2)
  3    or  more  child  support  orders in effect at the same time with regard to the
  4    same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one (1) of which  was
  5    issued  by a tribunal of another state, a tribunal of this state shall enforce
  6    those orders in the same manner as if the multiple orders had been issued by a
  7    tribunal of this state.
                                                                        
  8        SECTION 13.  That Section 7-1012, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        7-10123.  CREDIT  FOR  PAYMENTS.  A  tribunal  of  this state shall credit
 11    aAmounts collected and credited for a particular  period  pursuant  to  a  any
 12    child  support  order  against  the amounts owed for the same period under any
 13    other child support order for support of the same child issued by  a  tribunal
 14    of  this  or  another  state. must be credited against the amounts accruing or
 15    accrued for the same period under a support order issued by  the  tribunal  of
 16    this state.
                                                                        
 17        SECTION  14.  That  Chapter  10,  Title 7, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
 18    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
 19    ignated as Section 7-1014, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 20        7-1014.  APPLICATION  OF CHAPTER TO NONRESIDENT SUBJECT TO PERSONAL JURIS-
 21    DICTION. A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a non-
 22    resident in a proceeding under this chapter, under other  law  of  this  state
 23    relating to a support order, or recognizing a support order of a foreign coun-
 24    try  or political subdivision on the basis of comity may receive evidence from
 25    another state pursuant to section 7-1031, Idaho Code, communicate with a  tri-
 26    bunal of another state pursuant to section 7-1032, Idaho Code, and obtain dis-
 27    covery  through  a tribunal of another state pursuant to section 7-1033, Idaho
 28    Code. In all other respects, sections 7-1016 through 7-1058,  Idaho  Code,  do
 29    not  apply  and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of
 30    this state.
                                                                        
 31        SECTION 15.  That Chapter 10, Title 7, Idaho Code, be,  and  the  same  is
 32    hereby  amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
 33    ignated as Section 7-1015, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 34        7-1015.  CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE  JURISDICTION  TO  MODIFY  SPOUSAL  SUPPORT
 35    ORDER. (1) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal support order consistent
 36    with  the  law  of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify
 37    the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.
 38        (2)  A tribunal of this state may  not  modify  a  spousal  support  order
 39    issued  by  a tribunal of another state having continuing, exclusive jurisdic-
 40    tion over that order under the law of that state.
 41        (3)  A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive  jurisdiction
 42    over a spousal support order may serve as:
 43        (a)  An  initiating  tribunal  to  request  a tribunal of another state to
 44        enforce the spousal support order issued in this state; or
 45        (b)  A responding tribunal to enforce or modify its  own  spousal  support
 46        order.
                                                                        
 47        SECTION  16.  That  Section 7-1013, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 48    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
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  1        7-10136.  PROCEEDINGS UNDER THIS CHAPTER. (1) Except as otherwise provided
  2    in this chapter, sections 7-10136 through 7-10314, Idaho Code,  apply  to  all
  3    proceedings under the provisions of this chapter.
  4        (2)  This chapter provides for the following proceedings:
  5        (a)  Establishment of an order for spousal support or child support pursu-
  6        ant to section 7-1032, Idaho Code;
  7        (b)  Enforcement  of  a  support  order  and  income-withholding  order of
  8        another state without registration pursuant  to  sections  7-1033  through
  9        7-1039, Idaho Code;
 10        (c)  Registration  of  an  order  for  spousal support or child support of
 11        another state for enforcement pursuant to sections 7-1040 through  7-1053,
 12        Idaho Code;
 13        (d)  Modification  of an order for child support or spousal support issued
 14        by a tribunal of this state pursuant to sections  7-1006  through  7-1009,
 15        Idaho Code;
 16        (e)  Registration of an order for child support of another state for modi-
 17        fication pursuant to sections 7-1040 through 7-1053, Idaho Code;
 18        (f)  Determination  of  parentage  pursuant to section 7-1054, Idaho Code;
 19        and
 20        (g)  Assertion of jurisdiction  over  nonresidents  pursuant  to  sections
 21        7-1004 and 7-1005, Idaho Code.
 22        (3)  An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may commence
 23    initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an
 24    initiating  tribunal  for  forwarding  to a responding tribunal or by filing a
 25    petition or a comparable pleading directly in  a  tribunal  of  another  state
 26    which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
                                                                        
 27        SECTION  17.  That  Section 7-1014, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 28    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 29        7-10147.  ACTION PROCEEDING BY MINOR PARENT. A minor parent, or a guardian
 30    or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding  on
 31    behalf of or for the benefit of the minor's child.
                                                                        
 32        SECTION  18.  That  Section 7-1015, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 33    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 34        7-10158.  APPLICATION OF LAW OF THIS STATE. Except as  otherwise  provided
 35    in this chapter, a responding tribunal of this state shall:
 36        (1)  Shall  aApply  the procedural and substantive law, including the rule
 37    on choice of law, generally applicable to similar proceedings  originating  in
 38    this  state  and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in
 39    those proceedings; and
 40        (2)  Shall dDetermine the duty of support and the amount payable in accor-
 41    dance with the law and support guidelines of this state.
                                                                        
 42        SECTION 19.  That Section 7-1016, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 43    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 44        7-10169.  DUTIES OF INITIATING TRIBUNAL. (1) Upon the filing of a petition
 45    authorized in by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of this state shall for-
 46    ward three (3) copies of the petition and its accompanying documents:
 47        (a)  To  the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency
 48        in the responding state; or
 49        (b)  If the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to  the  state
                                                                        
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  1        information  agency  of  the  responding state with a request that they be
  2        forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.
  3        (2)  If a responding state has not enacted this chapter or a law or proce-
  4    dure substantially similar to this chapter requested by the responding  tribu-
  5    nal,  a    tribunal  of  this  state  may  shall  issue a certificate or other
  6    documents and make findings required by the law of the  responding  state.  If
  7    the  responding  state is a foreign jurisdiction country or political subdivi-
  8    sion, upon request the tribunal  may  shall  specify  the  amount  of  support
  9    sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency
 10    under  applicable  official  or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and
 11    provide any other documents necessary  to  satisfy  the  requirements  of  the
 12    responding state.
                                                                        
 13        SECTION  20.  That  Section 7-1017, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 14    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 15        7-101720.  DUTIES AND POWERS OF RESPONDING TRIBUNAL. (1) When a responding
 16    tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an ini-
 17    tiating tribunal or directly pursuant to section 7-10136(32), Idaho  Code,  it
 18    shall  cause  the  petition  or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner
 19    where and when it was filed.
 20        (2)  A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent  otherwise  autho-
 21    rized not prohibited by other law, may do one (1) or more of the following:
 22        (a)  Issue  or  enforce  a  support  order,  modify a child support order,
 23        determine the controlling child support order, or  render  a  judgment  to
 24        determine parentage;
 25        (b)  Order  an  obligor  to  comply  with  a support order, specifying the
 26        amount and the manner of compliance;
 27        (c)  Order income withholding;
 28        (d)  Determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of  pay-
 29        ment;
 30        (e)  Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;
 31        (f)  Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;
 32        (g)  Place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;
 33        (h)  Order  an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's cur-
 34        rent residential address, telephone number, employer, address  of  employ-
 35        ment, and telephone number at the place of employment;
 36        (i)  Issue  a  bench  warrant  for  an obligor who has failed after proper
 37        notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the  bench
 38        warrant in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants;
 39        (j)  Order  the  obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified meth-
 40        ods;
 41        (k)  Award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs; and
 42        (l)  Grant any other available remedy.
 43        (3)  A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a support order
 44    issued under this chapter, or in the documents  accompanying  the  order,  the
 45    calculations on which the support order is based.
 46        (4)  A  responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment of
 47    a support order issued under this chapter upon compliance by a party with pro-
 48    visions for visitation.
 49        (5)  If a responding tribunal of this state issues  an  order  under  this
 50    chapter,  the  tribunal  shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner  and
 51    the respondent and to the initiating  tribunal, if any.
 52        (6)  If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or mod-
 53    ify a support order stated in a foreign currency,  a  responding  tribunal  of
                                                                        
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  1    this  state  shall  convert  the  amount stated in the foreign currency to the
  2    equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market  exchange
  3    rate as publicly reported.
                                                                        
  4        SECTION  21.  That  Section 7-1018, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  5    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  6        7-10218.  INAPPROPRIATE TRIBUNAL. If a petition or comparable pleading  is
  7    received  by  an  inappropriate  tribunal of this state, it the tribunal shall
  8    forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal  in
  9    this  state  or  another  state  and  notify the petitioner where and when the
 10    pleading was sent.
                                                                        
 11        SECTION 22.  That Section 7-1019, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 12    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 13        7-101922.  DUTIES OF SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. (1) A support enforcement
 14    agency  of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in
 15    a proceeding under the provisions of this chapter.
 16        (2)  A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services
 17    to the petitioner as appropriate shall:
 18        (a)  Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate  tribunal  in  this
 19        state or another state to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;
 20        (b)  Request  an  appropriate tribunal to set a date, time and place for a
 21        hearing;
 22        (c)  Make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information,  includ-
 23        ing information as to income and property of the parties;
 24        (d)  Within two (2) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holi-
 25        days,  after  receipt  of a written notice in a record from an initiating,
 26        responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy  of  the  notice  to  the
 27        petitioner;
 28        (e)  Within two (2) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holi-
 29        days,  after  receipt  of  a  written  communication  in a record from the
 30        respondent or the respondent's attorney, send a copy of the  communication
 31        to the petitioner; and
 32        (f)  Notify  the  petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be
 33        obtained.
 34        (3)  A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration
 35    of a child support order in this state for  enforcement  or  for  modification
 36    shall make reasonable efforts:
 37        (a)  To  ensure  that the order to be registered is the controlling order;
 38        or
 39        (b)  If two (2) or more child support orders exist and the identity of the
 40        controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that  a  request  for
 41        such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.
 42        (4)  A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration
 43    and  enforcement  of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign
 44    currency shall convert the amounts stated in the  foreign  currency  into  the
 45    equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange
 46    rate as publicly reported.
 47        (5)  A  support  enforcement agency of this state shall issue or request a
 48    tribunal of this  state  to  issue  a  child  support  order  and  an  income-
 49    withholding  order  that  redirect  payment  of  current support, arrears, and
 50    interest if requested to do so by a  support  enforcement  agency  of  another
 51    state pursuant to section 7-1034, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
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  1        (6)  This chapter does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and
  2    client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or
  3    the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.
                                                                        
  4        SECTION  23.  That  Section 7-1020, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  5    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  6        7-10203.  DUTY OF ATTORNEY GENERAL. (1) If the attorney general determines
  7    that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide  ser-
  8    vices  to  an individual, the attorney general may order the agency to perform
  9    its duties under this chapter or may provide those services  directly  to  the
 10    individual.
 11        (2)  The  attorney general may determine that a foreign country or politi-
 12    cal subdivision has established a reciprocal  arrangement  for  child  support
 13    with this state and take appropriate action for notification of the determina-
 14    tion.
                                                                        
 15        SECTION  24.  That  Section 7-1021, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 16    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 17        7-10214.  PRIVATE COUNSEL. An individual may  employ  private  counsel  to
 18    represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this chapter.
                                                                        
 19        SECTION  25.  That  Section 7-1022, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 20    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 21        7-10225.  DUTIES OF STATE INFORMATION AGENCY. (1) The central registry  in
 22    the  bureau  of  child  support of the department of health and welfare is the
 23    state information agency under this chapter.
 24        (2)  The state information agency shall:
 25        (a)  Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tri-
 26        bunals in this state which have jurisdiction under this  chapter  and  any
 27        other  support  enforcement  agencies in this state and transmit a copy to
 28        the state information agency of every other state;
 29        (b)  Maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals  and  support
 30        enforcement agencies received from other states;
 31        (c)  Forward to the appropriate tribunal in the place county in this state
 32        in  which  the  individual  obligee  who  is  an individual or the obligor
 33        resides, or in which the obligor's property is believed to be located, all
 34        documents concerning a proceeding under  this  chapter  received  from  an
 35        initiating  tribunal  or  the  state  information agency of the initiating
 36        state; and
 37        (d)  Obtain information concerning the location of  the  obligor  and  the
 38        obligor's  property  within  this state not exempt from execution, by such
 39        means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, exami-
 40        nation of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's  address  from
 41        employers,  and  examination  of  governmental  records, including, to the
 42        extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital
 43        statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's  licenses,
 44        and social security.
                                                                        
 45        SECTION  26.  That  Section 7-1023, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 46    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 47        7-10236.  PLEADINGS AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS.  (1)  A  In  a  proceeding
                                                                        
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  1    under  this  chapter,  a  petitioner  seeking to establish or modify a support
  2    order, or to determine parentage, in a proceeding under  this  chapter  or  to
  3    register  and  modify  a support order of another state must verify the file a
  4    petition. Unless otherwise ordered under  section  7-10247,  Idaho  Code,  the
  5    petition  or  accompanying  documents must provide, so far as known, the name,
  6    residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor and the  obli-
  7    gee  or the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address,
  8    social security number, and date of birth of each child for whom whose benefit
  9    support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at  the
 10    time of registration, tThe petition must be accompanied by a certified copy of
 11    any support order in effect known to have been issued by another tribunal. The
 12    petition  may  include  any  other  information that may assist in locating or
 13    identifying the respondent.
 14        (2)  The petition must specify the relief sought. The petition and  accom-
 15    panying  documents must conform substantially with the requirements imposed by
 16    the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforce-
 17    ment agency.
                                                                        
 18        SECTION 27.  That Section 7-1024, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 19    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 20        7-10247.  NONDISCLOSURE  OF INFORMATION IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES. Upon
 21    a finding, which may be made ex parte, that the health, safety, or liberty  of
 22    a  party or child would be unreasonably put at risk by the disclosure of iden-
 23    tifying information, or if an existing order so  provides,  a  tribunal  shall
 24    order  that the address of the child or party or other identifying information
 25    not be disclosed in a pleading or other document filed in a  proceeding  under
 26    this  chapter If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that
 27    the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child  would  be  jeopardized  by
 28    disclosure  of  specific  identifying  information,  that  information must be
 29    sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party  or  the  public.  After  a
 30    hearing  in  which  a tribunal takes into consideration the health, safety, or
 31    liberty of the party or child, the tribunal may order disclosure  of  informa-
 32    tion that the tribunal determines to be in the interest of justice.
                                                                        
 33        SECTION  28.  That  Section 7-1025, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 34    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 35        7-10258.  COSTS AND FEES. (1) The petitioner may not be required to pay  a
 36    filing fee or other costs.
 37        (2)  If  an  obligee prevails, a responding tribunal may assess against an
 38    obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney's fees, other  costs,  and  necessary
 39    travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and the obligee's
 40    witnesses.  The   tribunal may not assess fees, costs, or expenses against the
 41    obligee or the support enforcement agency of  either  the  initiating  or  the
 42    responding  state,  except  as  provided  by other law. Attorney's fees may be
 43    taxed as costs, and may be ordered paid directly  to  the  attorney,  who  may
 44    enforce  the  order in the attorney's own name. Payment of support owed to the
 45    obligee has priority over fees, costs and expenses.
 46        (3)  The tribunal shall order the payment of costs and  reasonable  attor-
 47    ney's  fees if it determines that a hearing was requested primarily for delay.
 48    In a proceeding under sections 7-10403 through 7-10537, Idaho Code, a  hearing
 49    is presumed to have been requested primarily for delay if a registered support
 50    order is confirmed or enforced without change.
                                                                        
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  1        SECTION  29.  That  Section 7-1026, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  2    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  3        7-10269.  LIMITED IMMUNITY OF PETITIONER. (1)  Participation  by  a  peti-
  4    tioner  in  a  proceeding  under  this  chapter  before a responding tribunal,
  5    whether in person, by private attorney, or through services  provided  by  the
  6    support  enforcement  agency,  does  not confer personal jurisdiction over the
  7    petitioner in another proceeding.
  8        (2)  A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil process while physi-
  9    cally present in this state to participate in a proceeding under this chapter.
 10        (3)  The immunity granted by this section does not extend to civil litiga-
 11    tion based on acts unrelated to a proceeding under this chapter committed by a
 12    party while physically present in this state to participate in the proceeding.
                                                                        
 13        SECTION 30.  That Section 7-1027, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 14    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 15        7-102730.  NONPARENTAGE AS DEFENSE. A party whose parentage of a child has
 16    been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as
 17    a defense to a proceeding under this chapter.
                                                                        
 18        SECTION  31.  That  Section 7-1028, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 19    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 20        7-102831.  SPECIAL RULES OF EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE. (1) The physical pres-
 21    ence of the petitioner a nonresident party who is an individual in a  respond-
 22    ing tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement,
 23    or  modification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determining
 24    parentage.
 25        (2)  A verified petition, An affidavit, a document substantially complying
 26    with federally mandated forms, and or a document incorporated by reference  in
 27    any  of  them,  which would not be excluded under the hearsay rule if given in
 28    person, is admissible in evidence if given under oath penalty of perjury by  a
 29    party or witness residing in another state.
 30        (3)  A  copy  of  the record of child support payments certified as a true
 31    copy of the original by the custodian of the record  may  be  forwarded  to  a
 32    responding  tribunal.  The  copy  is  evidence of facts asserted in it, and is
 33    admissible to show whether payments were made.
 34        (4)  Copies of bills for testing  for  parentage,  and  for  prenatal  and
 35    postnatal  health care of the mother and child, furnished to the adverse party
 36    at least ten (10) days before trial, are admissible in evidence to  prove  the
 37    amount  of the charges billed and that the charges were reasonable, necessary,
 38    and customary.
 39        (5)  Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a tribunal  of
 40    this  state  by  telephone,  telecopier, or other means that do not provide an
 41    original writing record may not be excluded  from  evidence  on  an  objection
 42    based on the means of transmission.
 43        (6)  In  a  proceeding  under  this  chapter, a tribunal of this state may
 44    shall permit a party or witness residing in another state to be deposed or  to
 45    testify  under  penalty  of  perjury by telephone, audiovisual means, or other
 46    electronic means at a designated tribunal or other location in that  state.  A
 47    tribunal  of this state shall cooperate with tribunals of other states in des-
 48    ignating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.
 49        (7)  If a party called to testify at a civil hearing refuses to answer  on
 50    the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the trier of fact may
                                                                        
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  1    draw an adverse inference from the refusal.
  2        (8)  A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses does
  3    not apply in a proceeding under this chapter.
  4        (9)  The  defense  of  immunity based upon the relationship of husband and
  5    wife or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under this chapter.
  6        (10) A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, certified as a true copy, is
  7    admissible to establish parentage of the child.
                                                                        
  8        SECTION 32.  That Section 7-1029, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        7-10329.  COMMUNICATIONS  BETWEEN  TRIBUNALS. A tribunal of this state may
 11    communicate with a tribunal of another state or foreign country  or  political
 12    subdivision  in  writing  a  record, or by telephone or other means, to obtain
 13    information concerning the laws, of that state, the legal effect  of  a  judg-
 14    ment, decree, or order of that tribunal, and the status of a proceeding in the
 15    other  state  or  foreign country or political subdivision. A tribunal of this
 16    state may furnish similar information  by  similar  means  to  a  tribunal  of
 17    another state or foreign country or political subdivision.
                                                                        
 18        SECTION  33.  That  Section 7-1030, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 19    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 20        7-10303.  ASSISTANCE WITH DISCOVERY. A tribunal of this state may:
 21        (1)  Request a tribunal of another state to assist in obtaining discovery;
 22    and
 23        (2)  Upon request, compel a  person  over  whom  it  has  jurisdiction  to
 24    respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal of another state.
                                                                        
 25        SECTION  34.  That  Section 7-1031, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 26    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 27        7-10314.  RECEIPT AND DISBURSEMENT OF PAYMENTS. (1) A support  enforcement
 28    agency  or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received
 29    pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or  tribunal
 30    shall  furnish  to a requesting party or tribunal of another state a certified
 31    statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all  pay-
 32    ments received.
 33        (2)  If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the
 34    child  resides in this state, upon request from the support enforcement agency
 35    of this state or another state, the support enforcement agency of  this  state
 36    or a tribunal of this state shall:
 37        (a)  Direct  that  the  support payment be made to the support enforcement
 38        agency in the state in which the obligee is receiving services; and
 39        (b)  Issue and  send  to  the  obligor's  employer  a  conforming  income-
 40        withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee, reflect-
 41        ing the redirected payments.
 42        (3)  The  support  enforcement  agency  of this state receiving redirected
 43    payments from another state pursuant to a law similar  to  subsection  (2)  of
 44    this  section  shall  furnish  to  a requesting party or tribunal of the other
 45    state a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the  amount  and
 46    dates of all payments received.
                                                                        
 47        SECTION  35.  That  Section 7-1032, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 48    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
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  1        7-10325.  PETITION TO ESTABLISH SUPPORT ORDER.  (1)  If  a  support  order
  2    entitled  to  recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding
  3    tribunal of this state may issue a support order if:
  4        (a)  The individual seeking the order resides in another state; or
  5        (b)  The support enforcement  agency  seeking  the  order  is  located  in
  6        another state.
  7        (2)  The  tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribu-
  8    nal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to
  9    pay is:
 10        (a)  The respondent has signed a verified statement acknowledging  parent-
 11        age A presumed father of the child;
 12        (b)  The  respondent  has  been determined by or pursuant to law to be the
 13        parent Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated; or
 14        (c)  There is other clear and convincing evidence that the  respondent  is
 15        the  child's  parent Identified as the father of the child through genetic
 16        testing;
 17        (d)  An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;
 18        (e)  Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;
 19        (f)  An acknowledged father as provided by applicable state law;
 20        (g)  The mother of the child; or
 21        (h)  An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous
 22        proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.
 23        (3)  Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obli-
 24    gor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order  directed
 25    to  the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to section 7-101720, Idaho
 26    Code.
                                                                        
 27        SECTION 36.  That Section 7-1033, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 28    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 29        7-10336.  EMPLOYER'S RECEIPT OF INCOME-WITHHOLDING ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE.
 30    An  income-withholding  order  issued  in  another  state may be sent by or on
 31    behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person  or
 32    entity  defined  as the obligor's employer under the provisions of chapter 12,
 33    title 7, Idaho Code, without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or
 34    registering the order with a tribunal of this state.
                                                                        
 35        SECTION 37.  That Section 7-1034, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 36    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 37        7-10347.  EMPLOYER'S  COMPLIANCE  WITH INCOME-WITHHOLDING ORDER OF ANOTHER
 38    STATE. (1) Upon the receipt of the an income-withholding order, the  obligor's
 39    employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.
 40        (2)  The  employer  shall  treat  an  income-withholding  order  issued in
 41    another state which appears regular on its face as if it has had  been  issued
 42    by a tribunal of this state.
 43        (3)  Except as otherwise provided by in subsection (4) of this section and
 44    section  7-10358,  Idaho  Code, the employer shall withhold and distribute the
 45    funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with the terms of  the
 46    order, as applicable, that which specify:
 47        (a)  The  duration  and  the  amount of periodic payments of current child
 48        support, stated as a sum certain;
 49        (b)  The person or agency designated to receive payments and  the  address
 50        to which the payments are to be forwarded;
 51        (c)  Medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment, stated
                                                                        
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  1        as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance cov-
  2        erage for the child under a policy available through the obligor's employ-
  3        ment;
  4        (d)  The  amount  of  periodic  payments  of  fees and costs for a support
  5        enforcement agency, the issuing  tribunal,  and  the  obligee's  attorney,
  6        stated as sums certain; and
  7        (e)  The amount of periodic payments of arrears arrearages and interest on
  8        arrears arrearages, stated as sums certain.
  9        (4)  The  An  employer  shall  comply  with  the  law  of the state of the
 10    obligor's principal place of  employment  for  withholding  from  income  with
 11    respect to:
 12        (a)  The employer's fee for processing an income-withholding order;
 13        (b)  The  maximum  amount  permitted  to  be  withheld  from the obligor's
 14        income; and
 15        (c)  The time periods within which the employer must implement  the  with-
 16        holding order and forward the child support payment.
                                                                        
 17        SECTION  38.  That  Section 7-1035, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 18    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 19        7-10358.  EMPLOYER'S  COMPLIANCE  WITH  MULTIPLE  TWO  OR   MORE   INCOME-
 20    WITHHOLDING  ORDERS. If the an obligor's employer receives multiple two (2) or
 21    more income-withholding orders to withhold support from with  respect  to  the
 22    earnings  of  the same obligor, the employer shall be deemed to have satisfied
 23    satisfies the terms of the multiple orders if the employer complies  with  the
 24    law  of  the state of the obligor's principal place of employment to establish
 25    the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld for multiple two
 26    (2) or more child support obligees. is complied with.
                                                                        
 27        SECTION 39.  That Section 7-1036, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 28    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 29        7-10369.  IMMUNITY  FROM CIVIL LIABILITY. An employer who complies with an
 30    income-withholding order issued by in another state in  accordance  with  this
 31    article  sections  7-1036  through 7-1042, Idaho Code, is not subject to civil
 32    liability to any an individual or agency with regard to the  employer's  with-
 33    holding of child support from the obligor's income.
                                                                        
 34        SECTION  40.  That  Section 7-1037, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 35    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 36        7-103740.  PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. An employer who willfully fails to
 37    comply with an income-withholding order issued by another state  and  received
 38    for  enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for non-
 39    compliance with an order issued by a tribunal of this state.
                                                                        
 40        SECTION 41.  That Section 7-1038, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 41    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 42        7-103841.  CONTEST  BY OBLIGOR. (1) An obligor may contest the validity or
 43    enforcement of  an  income-withholding  order  issued  in  another  state  and
 44    received  directly  by an employer in this state by registering the order in a
 45    tribunal of this state and filing a contest to that order as provided in  sec-
 46    tions  7-1043 through 7-1057, Idaho Code, or otherwise contesting the order in
 47    the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of  this  state.
                                                                        
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  1    Section 7-1043, Idaho Code, applies to the contest.
  2        (2)  The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:
  3        (a)  A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee;
  4        (b)  Each  employer which that has directly received an income-withholding
  5        order relating to the obligor; and
  6        (c)  The person or agency designated to receive payments  in  the  income-
  7        withholding order, or, if no person is designated, to the obligee.
                                                                        
  8        SECTION  42.  That  Section 7-1039, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        7-103942.  ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT OF ORDERS. (1) A  party  or  support
 11    enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding
 12    order,  or  both, issued by a tribunal of another state may send the documents
 13    required for registering the order to a support  enforcement  agency  of  this
 14    state.
 15        (2)  Upon  receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, with-
 16    out initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if  appropri-
 17    ate,  use any  administrative procedure authorized by the law of this state to
 18    enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both. If the  obli-
 19    gor  does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be regis-
 20    tered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative  enforcement  of
 21    the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to
 22    this chapter.
                                                                        
 23        SECTION  43.  That  Section 7-1040, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 24    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 25        7-10403.  REGISTRATION OF ORDER FOR ENFORCEMENT. A  support  order  or  an
 26    income-withholding  order  issued by a tribunal of another state may be regis-
 27    tered in this state for enforcement.
                                                                        
 28        SECTION 44.  That Section 7-1041, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 29    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 30        7-10414.  PROCEDURE TO REGISTER ORDER FOR ENFORCEMENT. (1) A support order
 31    or  income-withholding  order of another state may be registered in this state
 32    by sending the following documents records and  information  to  the  district
 33    court in this state:
 34        (a)  A  letter  of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration and
 35        enforcement;
 36        (b)  Two (2) copies, including one (1) certified copy, of all  the  orders
 37        to be registered, including any modification of an the order;
 38        (c)  A sworn statement by the party seeking person requesting registration
 39        or  a  certified  statement  by  the  custodian of the records showing the
 40        amount of any arrearage;
 41        (d)  The name of the obligor and, if known:
 42             (i)   The obligor's address and social security number;
 43             (ii)  The name and address of the obligor's employer  and  any  other
 44             source of income of the obligor; and
 45             (iii) A  description  and  the location of property of the obligor in
 46             this state not exempt from execution; and
 47        (e)  Except as otherwise provided in section 7-1027, Idaho Code, tThe name
 48        and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the  agency  or  person  to
 49        whom support payments are to be remitted.
                                                                        
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  1        (2)  On  receipt  of  a request for registration, the registering tribunal
  2    shall cause the order to be filed as a foreign judgment, together with one (1)
  3    copy of the documents and information, regardless of their form.
  4        (3)  A petition or comparable pleading  seeking  a  remedy  that  must  be
  5    affirmatively  sought  under  other law of this state may be filed at the same
  6    time as the request for registration or later. The pleading must  specify  the
  7    grounds for the remedy sought.
  8        (4)  If two (2) or more orders are in effect, the person requesting regis-
  9    tration shall:
 10        (a)  Furnish  to the tribunal a copy of every support order asserted to be
 11        in effect in addition to the documents specified in this section;
 12        (b)  Specify the order alleged to be the controlling order, if any; and
 13        (c)  Specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if any.
 14        (5)  A request for determination of which is the controlling order may  be
 15    filed  separately  or  with  a request for registration and enforcement or for
 16    registration and modification. The person requesting registration  shall  give
 17    notice of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by the deter-
 18    mination.
                                                                        
 19        SECTION  45.  That  Section 7-1042, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 20    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 21        7-10425.  EFFECT OF REGISTRATION FOR ENFORCEMENT. (1) A support  order  or
 22    income-withholding  order issued in another state is registered when the order
 23    is filed in the registering tribunal of this state.
 24        (2)  A registered order issued in another state is enforceable in the same
 25    manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a  tribunal
 26    of this state.
 27        (3)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in sections 7-10403 through 7-10537,
 28    Idaho Code, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may  not
 29    modify, a registered order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.
                                                                        
 30        SECTION  46.  That  Section 7-1043, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 31    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 32        7-10436.  CHOICE OF LAW. (1) Except as otherwise  provided  in  subsection
 33    (4) of this section, tThe law of the issuing state governs:
 34        (a)  Tthe  nature,  extent,  amount,  and duration of current payments and
 35        other obligations of support and the under a registered support order;
 36        (b)  The computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest  on
 37        the arrearages under the support order; and
 38        (c)  The existence and satisfaction of other obligations under the support
 39        order.
 40        (2)  In  a  proceeding  for  arrearages arrears under a registered support
 41    order, the statute of limitation under the laws of this state or of the  issu-
 42    ing state, whichever is longer, applies.
 43        (3)  A  responding  tribunal  of this state shall apply the procedures and
 44    remedies of this state to enforce current  support  and  collect  arrears  and
 45    interest due on a support order of another state registered in this state.
 46        (4)  After  a  tribunal  of  this or another state determines which is the
 47    controlling order and issues an order consolidating arrears, if any, a  tribu-
 48    nal  of  this state shall prospectively apply the law of the state issuing the
 49    controlling order, including its law on interest on arrears,  on  current  and
 50    future support, and on consolidated arrears.
                                                                        
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  1        SECTION  47.  That  Section 7-1044, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  2    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  3        7-10447.  NOTICE OF REGISTRATION OF ORDER. (1) When  a  support  order  or
  4    income-withholding  order issued in another state is registered, the register-
  5    ing tribunal shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be  accom-
  6    panied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant infor-
  7    mation accompanying the order.
  8        (2)  The A notice must inform the nonregistering party:
  9        (a)  That a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registration
 10        in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state;
 11        (b)  That  a  hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the regis-
 12        tered order must be requested within twenty (20) days after  the  date  of
 13        mailing or personal service of the notice;
 14        (c)  That failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered
 15        order  in  a  timely  manner  will result in confirmation of the order and
 16        enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages; and precludes further
 17        contest of that order  with respect to any matter  that  could  have  been
 18        asserted; and
 19        (d)  Of the amount of any alleged arrearages.
 20        (3)  If  the  registering party asserts that two (2) or more orders are in
 21    effect, a notice must also:
 22        (a)  Identify the two (2) or more orders and the order alleged by the reg-
 23        istering person to be the controlling order and the consolidated  arrears,
 24        if any;
 25        (b)  Notify  the  nonregistering  party of the right to a determination of
 26        which is the controlling order;
 27        (c)  State that the procedures provided in subsection (2) of this  section
 28        apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and
 29        (d)  State  that  failure  to  contest  the validity or enforcement of the
 30        order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in
 31        confirmation that the order is the controlling order.
 32        (4)  Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the
 33    registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's employer pursuant to the  pro-
 34    visions of chapter 12, title 7, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
 35        SECTION  48.  That  Section 7-1045, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 36    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 37        7-10458.  PROCEDURE TO  CONTEST  VALIDITY  OR  ENFORCEMENT  OF  REGISTERED
 38    ORDER. (1) A nonregistering party seeking  to contest the validity or enforce-
 39    ment of a registered order in this state shall request a hearing within twenty
 40    (20)  days after the date of mailing or personal service of notice of the reg-
 41    istration. The nonregistering party may seek to vacate  the  registration,  to
 42    assert  any  defense  to  an  allegation  of noncompliance with the registered
 43    order, or to contest the remedies being sought or the amount  of  any  alleged
 44    arrearages pursuant to section 7-10469, Idaho Code.
 45        (2)  If the nonregistering party fails to contest the validity or enforce-
 46    ment  of  the  registered  order in a timely manner, the order is confirmed by
 47    operation of law.
 48        (3)  If a nonregistering party requests a hearing to contest the  validity
 49    or  enforcement  of  a  the  registered  order, the registering tribunal shall
 50    schedule the matter for hearing and give notice to the parties  of  the  date,
 51    time, and place of the hearing.
                                                                        
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  1        SECTION  49.  That  Section 7-1046, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  2    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  3        7-10469.  CONTEST OF REGISTRATION OR ENFORCEMENT. (1) A  party  contesting
  4    the  validity  or  enforcement  of a registered order or seeking to vacate the
  5    registration has the burden of proving  one  (1)  or  more  of  the  following
  6    defenses:
  7        (a)  The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting
  8        party;
  9        (b)  The order was obtained by fraud;
 10        (c)  The order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later order;
 11        (d)  The issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal;
 12        (e)  There is a defense under the law of this state to the remedy sought;
 13        (f)  Full or partial payment has been made; or
 14        (g)  The  statute  of  limitation  under section 7-10436, Idaho Code, pre-
 15        cludes enforcement of some or all of the alleged arrearages; or
 16        (h)  The alleged controlling order is not the controlling order.
 17        (2)  If a party presents evidence establishing a full or  partial  defense
 18    under  subsection  (1) of this section, a tribunal may stay enforcement of the
 19    registered order, continue the proceeding to permit production  of  additional
 20    relevant  evidence, and issue other appropriate orders. An uncontested portion
 21    of the registered order may be enforced by all remedies  available  under  the
 22    law of this state.
 23        (3)  If the contesting party does not establish a defense under subsection
 24    (1) of this section to the validity or enforcement of the order, the register-
 25    ing tribunal shall issue an order confirming the order.
                                                                        
 26        SECTION  50.  That  Section 7-1047, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 27    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 28        7-104750.  CONFIRMED ORDER. Confirmation of a registered order, whether by
 29    operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the
 30    order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time  of
 31    registration.
                                                                        
 32        SECTION  51.  That  Section 7-1048, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 33    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 34        7-104851.  PROCEDURE TO REGISTER CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE  FOR
 35    MODIFICATION.  A  party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to
 36    modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall regis-
 37    ter the that order in this state in  the  same  manner  provided  in  sections
 38    7-10403  through 7-105346, Idaho Code, if the order has not been registered. A
 39    petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for  reg-
 40    istration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.
                                                                        
 41        SECTION  52.  That  Section 7-1049, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 42    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 43        7-104952.  EFFECT OF REGISTRATION FOR MODIFICATION.  A  tribunal  of  this
 44    state  may  enforce a child support order of another state registered for pur-
 45    poses of modification, in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a
 46    tribunal of this state, but the registered order may be modified only  if  the
 47    requirements of section 7-10503, 7-1055 or 7-1057, Idaho Code, have been met.
                                                                        
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  1        SECTION  53.  That  Section 7-1050, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  2    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  3        7-10503.  MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE. (1)  After
  4    If section 7-1055, Idaho Code, does not apply, except as otherwise provided in
  5    section  7-1057, Idaho Code, upon petition a tribunal of this state may modify
  6    a child support order issued in another state has been which is registered  in
  7    this  state,  unless  the provisions of section 7-1052, Idaho Code, apply, the
  8    responding tribunal of this state may modify that order only if, after  notice
  9    and hearing, it the tribunal finds that:
 10        (a)  The following requirements are met:
 11             (i)   Neither  tThe child, nor the individual obligee who is an indi-
 12             vidual, and nor the obligor do not resides in the issuing state;
 13             (ii)  A petitioner who is a nonresident of the this state seeks modi-
 14             fication; and
 15             (iii) The respondent is subject to the personal jurisdiction  of  the
 16             tribunal of this state; or
 17        (b)  An  individual  party  or This state is the state of residence of the
 18        child, or a party who is an individual is subject to the  personal  juris-
 19        diction  of  the tribunal of this state, and all of the individual parties
 20        who are individuals have filed a written consents in a record in the issu-
 21        ing tribunal providing that for a tribunal of this state may to modify the
 22        support order and assume  continuing,  exclusive  jurisdiction.  over  the
 23        order.  However,  if the issuing state is a foreign jurisdiction which has
 24        not enacted this chapter, the written  consent  of  the  individual  party
 25        residing  in  this state is not required for the tribunal to assume juris-
 26        diction to modify the child support order.
 27        (2)  Modification of a registered child support order is  subject  to  the
 28    same  requirements, procedures, and defenses that apply to the modification of
 29    an order issued by a tribunal of this state and the order may be enforced  and
 30    satisfied in the same manner.
 31        (3)  A  Except as otherwise provided in section 7-1057, Idaho Code, a tri-
 32    bunal of this state may not modify any aspect of a child  support  order  that
 33    may not be modified under the law of the issuing state, including the duration
 34    of  the  obligation to support. If two (2) or more tribunals have issued child
 35    support orders for the same obligor and same child, the order that is control-
 36    ling controls and must be  so  recognized  under  the  provisions  of  section
 37    7-10101,  Idaho  Code,  establishes  the  nonmodifiable aspects of the support
 38    order which are nonmodifiable.
 39        (4)  In a proceeding to modify a child support order, the law of the state
 40    that is determined to have issued the initial controlling  order  governs  the
 41    duration  of  the obligation of support. The obligor's fulfillment of the duty
 42    of support established by that order precludes imposition of a further obliga-
 43    tion of support by a tribunal of this state.
 44        (5)  On the issuance of an order by a tribunal of this state  modifying  a
 45    child  support  order  issued  in  another state, a the tribunal of this state
 46    becomes the tribunal of having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.
                                                                        
 47        SECTION 54.  That Section 7-1051, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 48    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 49        7-10514.  RECOGNITION  OF  ORDER  MODIFIED  IN ANOTHER STATE. A If a child
 50    support order issued by a tribunal of this state shall recognize  a  modifica-
 51    tion  of  its earlier child support order is modified by a tribunal of another
 52    state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to this chapter the  uniform  inter-
                                                                        
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  1    state  family support act, or a law substantially similar to this chapter and,
  2    upon request, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall  a  tribunal
  3    of this state:
  4        (1)  May  eEnforce  the  its  order  that was modified  only as to amounts
  5    arrears and interest accruing before the modification;
  6        (2)  Enforce only nonmodifiable aspects of that order;
  7        (3)  May pProvide other appropriate relief only  for  violations  of  that
  8    its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and
  9        (43)  Shall rRecognize the modifying order of the other state, upon regis-
 10    tration, for the purpose of enforcement.
                                                                        
 11        SECTION  55.  That  Section 7-1052, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 12    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 13        7-10525.  JURISDICTION TO MODIFY SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE WHEN INDI-
 14    VIDUAL PARTIES RESIDE IN THIS STATE. (1) If all of the individual parties  who
 15    are  individuals  reside  in  this  state and the child does not reside in the
 16    issuing state, a tribunal of this state has jurisdiction  to  enforce  and  to
 17    modify  the  issuing  state's child support order in a  proceeding to register
 18    that order.
 19        (2)  A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction as provided in under
 20    this section shall apply the provisions of sections 7-1001 through 7-10125 and
 21    sections 7-1043 through 7-1057, Idaho Code, and this section  and  the  proce-
 22    dural  and  substantive law of this state to the proceeding for enforcement or
 23    modification. proceeding. Sections 7-10136 through 7-103942, Idaho  Code,  and
 24    sections  7-10548  through 7-10560, Idaho Code, do not apply. and the tribunal
 25    shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state.
                                                                        
 26        SECTION 56.  That Section 7-1053, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 27    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 28        7-10536.  NOTICE  TO  ISSUING TRIBUNAL OF MODIFICATION. Within thirty (30)
 29    days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the
 30    modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing  tribu-
 31    nal  which  that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order
 32    and in each tribunal in which the party knows that the earlier order has  been
 33    registered.  Failure  of the A party obtaining who obtains the order and fails
 34    to file a certified copy as required subjects that party is subject to  appro-
 35    priate  sanctions by a tribunal in which the issue of failure to file arises.,
 36    but that The failure has no effect on to file does not affect the validity  or
 37    enforceability of the modified order of the new tribunal of having continuing,
 38    exclusive jurisdiction.
                                                                        
 39        SECTION  57.  That  Chapter  10,  Title 7, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
 40    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
 41    ignated as Section 7-1057, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 42        7-1057.  JURISDICTION  TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF FOREIGN COUNTRY OR
 43    POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. (1) If a foreign country or political subdivision  that
 44    is a state will not or may not modify its order pursuant to its laws, a tribu-
 45    nal  of  this  state may assume jurisdiction to modify the child support order
 46    and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the  tribunal
 47    whether  or not the consent to modification of a child support order otherwise
 48    required of the individual pursuant to section 7-1053, Idaho  Code,  has  been
 49    given  or  whether  the  individual seeking modification is a resident of this
                                                                        
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  1    state or of the foreign country or political subdivision.
  2        (2)  An order issued pursuant to this section is the controlling order.
                                                                        
  3        SECTION 58.  That Section 7-1054, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  4    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  5        7-10548.  PROCEEDING  TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE. (1) A tribunal court of this
  6    state authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as an  initiating
  7    or  a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage brought under
  8    this chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter.,  or
  9    under  a  law  or  procedure  substantially  similar to the uniform reciprocal
 10    enforcement of support act, or the revised uniform reciprocal  enforcement  of
 11    support act to determine that the petitioner is a parent of a particular child
 12    or to determine that a respondent is a parent of that child.
 13        (2)  In a proceeding to determine parentage, a responding tribunal of this
 14    state  shall  apply the provisions of chapter 11, title 7, Idaho Code, and the
 15    rules of this state on choice of law.
                                                                        
 16        SECTION 59.  That Section 7-1055, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 17    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 18        7-10559.  GROUNDS  FOR RENDITION. (1) For purposes of sections 7-10559 and
 19    7-10560, Idaho Code, "governor" includes an individual  performing  the  func-
 20    tions  of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this chap-
 21    ter.
 22        (2)  The governor of this state may:
 23        (a)  Demand that the governor of another  state  surrender  an  individual
 24        found in the other state who is charged criminally in this state with hav-
 25        ing failed to provide for the support of an obligee; or
 26        (b)  On the demand by of the governor of another state, surrender an indi-
 27        vidual  found  in  this state who is charged criminally in the other state
 28        with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee.
 29        (3)  A provision for extradition of individuals not inconsistent with this
 30    chapter applies to the demand  even  if  the  individual  whose  surrender  is
 31    demanded was not in the demanding state when the crime was allegedly committed
 32    and has not fled therefrom.
                                                                        
 33        SECTION  60.  That  Section 7-1056, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 34    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 35        7-10560.  CONDITIONS OF RENDITION. (1) Before making  a  demand  that  the
 36    governor  of  another state surrender an individual charged criminally in this
 37    state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the  gover-
 38    nor  of this state  may require a prosecutor of this state to demonstrate that
 39    at least sixty (60) days previously the obligee had initiated proceedings  for
 40    support pursuant to this chapter or that the proceeding would be of no avail.
 41        (2)  If,  under  this chapter or a law substantially similar to this chap-
 42    ter, the uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act, or the revised uniform
 43    reciprocal enforcement of support act, the governor of another state  makes  a
 44    demand  that the governor of this state surrender an individual charged crimi-
 45    nally in that state with having failed to provide for the support of  a  child
 46    or  other  individual  to  whom  a  duty  of support is owed, the governor may
 47    require  a prosecutor to investigate the demand and report whether a  proceed-
 48    ing for support has been initiated or would be effective. If it appears that a
 49    proceeding  would  be  effective  but has not been initiated, the governor may
                                                                        
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  1    delay honoring the demand for a reasonable time to permit the initiation of  a
  2    proceeding.
  3        (3)  If  a  proceeding  for  support has been initiated and the individual
  4    whose rendition is demanded prevails, the governor may decline  to  honor  the
  5    demand.  If  the  petitioner  prevails  and  the individual whose rendition is
  6    demanded is subject to a support order, the governor may decline to honor  the
  7    demand if the individual is complying with the support order.
                                                                        
  8        SECTION  61.  That  Section 7-1057, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        7-105761.  UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.  This  In  applying
 11    and  construing  this chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its
 12    general purpose to make uniform consideration must be given  to  the  need  to
 13    promote  uniformity of the law with respect to the its subject of this chapter
 14    matter among the states enacting that enact it.
                                                                        
 15        SECTION 62.  That Section 7-1059, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 16    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 17        7-105962.  SEVERABILITY.  If any provision of this chapter or its applica-
 18    tion to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the  invalidity  does  not
 19    affect  other  provisions  or  applications of this chapter which can be given
 20    effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the  pro-
 21    visions of this chapter are severable.

Amendment


                                                                        
                                                                        
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 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                     Moved by    Davis               
                                                                        
                                                     Seconded by Darrington          
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                             SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. NO. 1332
                                                                        
  1                                AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2
  2        On page 3 of the printed bill, in line 41, delete "title  7"  and  insert:
  3    "title 732".
                                                                        
  4                               AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 26
  5        On  page 15, in line 4, delete "name," and insert: "name, and"; in line 5,
  6    delete ", and social security numbers" and insert: ", and social security num-
  7    bers"; and in line 7, delete "social security  number,"  and  insert:  "social
  8    security number,".
                                                                        
  9                               AMENDMENT TO SECTION 36
 10        On page 18, in line 33, delete "title 7" and insert: "title 732".
                                                                        
 11                               AMENDMENT TO SECTION 44
 12        On  page  20,  in line 42, delete "and social security number" and insert:
 13    "and social security number".
                                                                        
 14                               AMENDMENT TO SECTION 47
 15        On page 22, in line 34, delete "title 7" and insert: "title 732".
                                                                        
 16                                AMENDMENT TO THE BILL
 17        On page 27, following line 21, insert:
 18        "SECTION 63.  This act shall be in full force and effect on and after July
 19    1, 2007.".
                                                                        
 20                                 CORRECTIONS TO TITLE
 21        On page 1, in line 4, delete "AND TO REVISE DEFINITIONS" and insert: ", TO
 22    REVISE DEFINITIONS AND TO REVISE A CODE REFERENCE"; on page  3,  in  line  12,
 23    delete  "AND  AMENDING" and insert: "AMENDING"; and also in line 12, following
 24    "REDESIGNATE THE SECTION" insert: "; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE".

Engrossed Bill (Original Bill with Amendment(s) Incorporated)


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                              SENATE BILL NO. 1332, As Amended
                                                                        
                              BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE  UNIFORM  INTERSTATE  FAMILY  SUPPORT  ACT;  AMENDING  SECTION
  3        7-1058,  IDAHO  CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION; AMENDING SECTION 7-1001,
  4        IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE  SECTION,  TO  REVISE  DEFINITIONS  AND  TO
  5        REVISE  A CODE REFERENCE; AMENDING SECTION 7-1002, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIG-
  6        NATE THE SECTION; AMENDING SECTION 7-1003, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE  THE
  7        SECTION  AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO REMEDIES; AMENDING SECTION
  8        7-1004, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION, TO REVISE DESCRIPTIVE LAN-
  9        GUAGE AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO BASES FOR  JURISDICTION  OVER
 10        NONRESIDENTS; AMENDING SECTION 7-1005, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SEC-
 11        TION, TO REVISE DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE AND TO SET FORTH THE DURATION OF PER-
 12        SONAL  JURISDICTION;  AMENDING  SECTION 7-1006, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE
 13        THE SECTION; AMENDING SECTION 7-1007, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE  SEC-
 14        TION,  TO REVISE DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE AND TO REMOVE LANGUAGE REFERENCING A
 15        PETITION OR COMPARABLE PLEADING; AMENDING SECTION 7-1008, IDAHO  CODE,  TO
 16        REDESIGNATE THE SECTION, TO REVISE DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE AND TO REVISE PRO-
 17        VISIONS  APPLICABLE TO JURISDICTION TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS; AMEND-
 18        ING SECTION 7-1009, IDAHO CODE, TO  REDESIGNATE  THE  SECTION,  TO  REVISE
 19        DESCRIPTIVE  LANGUAGE  AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO JURISDICTION
 20        TO ENFORCE CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS; AMENDING SECTION 7-1010, IDAHO  CODE,  TO
 21        REDESIGNATE THE SECTION, TO REVISE DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE AND TO REVISE PRO-
 22        VISIONS APPLICABLE TO DETERMINING CONTROLLING CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS; AMEND-
 23        ING  SECTION  7-1011, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REMOVE
 24        REFERENCES TO MULTIPLE REGISTRATIONS, PETITIONS OR ORDERS;  AMENDING  SEC-
 25        TION  7-1012,  IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVI-
 26        SIONS APPLICABLE TO CREDIT FOR PAYMENTS; AMENDING  CHAPTER  10,  TITLE  7,
 27        IDAHO  CODE,  BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 7-1014, IDAHO CODE, TO PRO-
 28        VIDE FOR APPLICATION TO NONRESIDENTS  SUBJECT  TO  PERSONAL  JURISDICTION;
 29        AMENDING CHAPTER 10, TITLE 7, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION
 30        7-1015,  IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR JURISDICTION TO MODIFY SPOUSAL SUPPORT
 31        ORDERS; AMENDING SECTION 7-1013, IDAHO CODE, TO  REDESIGNATE  THE  SECTION
 32        AND  TO  REVISE  PROVISIONS  APPLICABLE  TO  PROCEEDINGS; AMENDING SECTION
 33        7-1014, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO  REVISE  DESCRIPTIVE
 34        LANGUAGE;  AMENDING SECTION 7-1015, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION
 35        AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS RELATING TO APPLICATION OF LAW; AMENDING  SECTION
 36        7-1016,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS
 37        APPLICABLE TO DUTIES OF INITIATING  TRIBUNALS;  AMENDING  SECTION  7-1017,
 38        IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE
 39        TO THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF RESPONDING TRIBUNALS; AMENDING SECTION 7-1018,
 40        IDAHO  CODE,  TO  REDESIGNATE  THE  SECTION AND TO REFERENCE THE TRIBUNAL;
 41        AMENDING SECTION 7-1019, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE  THE  SECTION  AND  TO
 42        REVISE  PROVISIONS  APPLICABLE  TO DUTIES OF SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES;
 43        AMENDING SECTION 7-1020, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE  THE  SECTION  AND  TO
 44        REVISE  DUTIES  OF  THE  ATTORNEY  GENERAL; AMENDING SECTION 7-1021, IDAHO
 45        CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION; AMENDING SECTION 7-1022, IDAHO CODE,  TO
 46        REDESIGNATE  THE  SECTION  AND  TO  REVISE DUTIES OF THE STATE INFORMATION
                                                                        
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  1        AGENCY; AMENDING SECTION 7-1023, IDAHO CODE, TO  REDESIGNATE  THE  SECTION
  2        AND  TO  REVISE  PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PLEADINGS AND ACCOMPANYING DOCU-
  3        MENTS; AMENDING SECTION  7-1024, IDAHO CODE, TO  REDESIGNATE  THE  SECTION
  4        AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NONDISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFOR-
  5        MATION;  AMENDING  SECTION  7-1025, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION
  6        AND TO REVISE CODE REFERENCES; AMENDING SECTION  7-1026,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO
  7        REDESIGNATE  THE  SECTION  AND  TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LIMITED
  8        IMMUNITY OF PETITIONERS; AMENDING SECTION 7-1027, IDAHO CODE, TO  REDESIG-
  9        NATE  THE SECTION; AMENDING SECTION 7-1028, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE
 10        SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SPECIAL RULES  OF  EVIDENCE
 11        AND  PROCEDURE;  AMENDING  SECTION 7-1029, IDAHO CODE,  TO REDESIGNATE THE
 12        SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN TRI-
 13        BUNALS; AMENDING SECTION 7-1030, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE  THE  SECTION;
 14        AMENDING  SECTION  7-1031,  IDAHO  CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO
 15        REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO  RECEIPT  AND  DISBURSEMENT  OF  PAYMENTS;
 16        AMENDING  SECTION  7-1032,  IDAHO  CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO
 17        REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PETITIONS  TO  ESTABLISH  SUPPORT  ORDERS;
 18        AMENDING  SECTION  7-1033,  IDAHO  CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO
 19        REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO  AN   EMPLOYER'S  RECEIPT  OF  AN  INCOME-
 20        WITHHOLDING  ORDER  OF ANOTHER STATE; AMENDING SECTION 7-1034, IDAHO CODE,
 21        TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND  TO  REVISE  PROVISIONS  APPLICABLE  TO  AN
 22        EMPLOYER'S  COMPLIANCE  WITH AN INCOME-WITHHOLDING ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE;
 23        AMENDING SECTION 7-1035, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION, TO REVISE
 24        DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO AN  EMPLOYER'S
 25        COMPLIANCE  WITH  TWO  OR MORE INCOME-WITHHOLDING ORDERS; AMENDING SECTION
 26        7-1036, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND  TO  REVISE  PROVISIONS
 27        APPLICABLE  TO  IMMUNITY  FROM  CIVIL  LIABILITY; AMENDING SECTION 7-1037,
 28        IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION;  AMENDING  SECTION  7-1038,  IDAHO
 29        CODE,  TO  REDESIGNATE  THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO
 30        CONTESTS BY OBLIGORS; AMENDING SECTION 7-1039, IDAHO CODE, TO  REDESIGNATE
 31        THE  SECTION  AND  TO PROVIDE A REFERENCE TO A SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY;
 32        AMENDING SECTION 7-1040, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE  THE  SECTION  AND  TO
 33        MAKE  A  TECHNICAL  CORRECTION;  AMENDING  SECTION  7-1041, IDAHO CODE, TO
 34        REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE  PROCE-
 35        DURE  TO REGISTER AN ORDER FOR ENFORCEMENT; AMENDING SECTION 7-1042, IDAHO
 36        CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE CODE  REFERENCES;  AMENDING
 37        SECTION  7-1043, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PRO-
 38        VISIONS APPLICABLE TO CHOICE OF LAW; AMENDING SECTION 7-1044, IDAHO  CODE,
 39        TO  REDESIGNATE  THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO NOTICE
 40        OF REGISTRATION OF ORDER; AMENDING SECTION 7-1045, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIG-
 41        NATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE  PROCEDURE  TO
 42        CONTEST  THE  VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT OF A REGISTERED ORDER; AMENDING SEC-
 43        TION 7-1046, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO  REVISE  PROVI-
 44        SIONS APPLICABLE TO CONTESTS OF REGISTRATION OR ENFORCEMENT; AMENDING SEC-
 45        TION  7-1047,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO  REDESIGNATE THE SECTION; AMENDING SECTION
 46        7-1048, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION,  TO REVISE CODE REFERENCES
 47        AND TO MAKE A GRAMMATICAL CHANGE; AMENDING SECTION 7-1049, IDAHO CODE,  TO
 48        REDESIGNATE  THE SECTION AND TO REVISE AND PROVIDE CODE REFERENCES; AMEND-
 49        ING SECTION 7-1050, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND  TO  REVISE
 50        PROVISIONS  APPLICABLE  TO  THE  MODIFICATION  OF A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF
 51        ANOTHER STATE; AMENDING SECTION 7-1051, IDAHO  CODE,  TO  REDESIGNATE  THE
 52        SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE RECOGNITION OF AN ORDER
 53        MODIFIED  IN ANOTHER STATE; AMENDING SECTION 7-1052, IDAHO CODE, TO REDES-
 54        IGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO JURISDICTION  TO
 55        MODIFY  SUPPORT  ORDERS  IN  CERTAIN CASES; AMENDING SECTION 7-1053, IDAHO
                                                                        
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  1        CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE  PROVISIONS  APPLICABLE  TO
  2        NOTICES  OF MODIFICATION; AMENDING CHAPTER 10, TITLE 7, IDAHO CODE, BY THE
  3        ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 7-1057, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR  JURISDICTION
  4        TO MODIFY A CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY OR POLITICAL SUBDIVI-
  5        SION;  AMENDING SECTION 7-1054, IDAHO CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND
  6        TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO  PROCEEDINGS  TO  DETERMINE  PARENTAGE;
  7        AMENDING  SECTION  7-1055,  IDAHO  CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO
  8        REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO GROUNDS FOR  RENDITION;  AMENDING  SECTION
  9        7-1056,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS
 10        APPLICABLE TO CONDITIONS OF  RENDITION;  AMENDING  SECTION  7-1057,  IDAHO
 11        CODE,  TO  REDESIGNATE  THE SECTION AND TO REVISE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO
 12        UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION; AMENDING SECTION 7-1059, IDAHO
 13        CODE, TO REDESIGNATE THE SECTION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
                                                                        
 14    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 15        SECTION 1.  That Section 7-1058, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 16    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 17        7-105801.  SHORT  TITLE.  This  chapter may be cited as the uniform inter-
 18    state family support act.
                                                                        
 19        SECTION 2.  That Section 7-1001, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 20    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 21        7-10012.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
 22        (1)  "Child"  means an individual, whether over or under the age of major-
 23    ity, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of  support  by  the  individual's
 24    parent  or  who  is  or  is  alleged  to be the beneficiary of a support order
 25    directed to the parent.
 26        (2)  "Child support order" means a support order for a child, including  a
 27    child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state.
 28        (3)  "Duty  of support" means an obligation imposed or imposable by law to
 29    provide support for a child, spouse, or former spouse, including  an  unsatis-
 30    fied obligation to provide support.
 31        (4)  "Home  state" means the state in which a child lived with a parent or
 32    a person acting as parent for at least six (6) consecutive months  immediately
 33    preceding  the time of filing of a petition or comparable pleading for support
 34    and, if a child is less than six (6) months old, the state in which the  child
 35    lived  from  birth  with  any of them. A period of temporary absence of any of
 36    them is counted as part of the six (6) month or other period.
 37        (5)  "Income" includes earnings or other periodic  entitlements  to  money
 38    from  any  source  and  any  other property subject to withholding for support
 39    under the law of this state.
 40        (6)  "Income-withholding order" means an  order  or  other  legal  process
 41    directed  to  an obligor's employer or other debtor, as defined by chapter 12,
 42    title 732, Idaho Code, to withhold support from the income of the obligor.
 43        (7)  "Initiating state" means a state from which a proceeding is forwarded
 44    or in which a proceeding is filed for forwarding to a responding  state  under
 45    this  chapter  or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter, or
 46    under a law or procedure  substantially  similar  to  the  uniform  reciprocal
 47    enforcement  of  support act, or the revised uniform reciprocal enforcement of
 48    support act.
 49        (8)  "Initiating tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in an  initiating
 50    state.
                                                                        
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  1        (9)  "Issuing  state" means the state in which a tribunal issues a support
  2    order or renders a judgment determining parentage.
  3        (10) "Initiating Issuing tribunal" means the tribunal that issues  a  sup-
  4    port order or renders a judgment determining parentage.
  5        (11) "Law" includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations
  6    having the force of law.
  7        (12) "Obligee" means:
  8        (a)  An  individual  to whom a duty of support is or is alleged to be owed
  9        or in whose favor a support order has been issued or a judgment  determin-
 10        ing parentage has been rendered;
 11        (b)  A  state or political subdivision to which the rights under a duty of
 12        support or support order have been assigned  or  which  has    independent
 13        claims based on financial assistance provided to an individual obligee; or
 14        (c)  An  individual  seeking  a  judgment  determining  parentage  of  the
 15        individual's child.
 16        (13) "Obligor" means an individual, or the estate of a decedent:
 17        (a)  Who owes or is alleged to owe a duty of support;
 18        (b)  Who  is  alleged  but  has  not  been adjudicated to be a parent of a
 19        child; or
 20        (c)  Who is liable under a support order.
 21        (14) "Person" means an individual, corporation,  business  trust,  estate,
 22    trust,  partnership,  limited  liability  company, association, joint venture,
 23    government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, public  cor-
 24    poration, or any other legal or commercial entity.
 25        (15) "Record"  means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or
 26    that is stored in  an  electronic  or  other  medium  and  is  retrievable  in
 27    perceivable form.
 28        (16) "Register"  means  to  record a support order or judgment determining
 29    parentage in the district court.
 30        (157) "Registering tribunal" means a tribunal in which a support order  is
 31    registered.
 32        (168) "Responding  state"  means a state in which a proceeding is filed or
 33    to which a proceeding is forwarded for filing from an initiating  state  under
 34    this  chapter  or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter, or
 35    under a law or procedure  substantially  similar  to  the  uniform  reciprocal
 36    enforcement  of  support act, or the revised uniform reciprocal enforcement of
 37    support act.
 38        (179) "Responding tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in a  responding
 39    state.
 40        (1820) "Spousal-support  order"  means  a  support  order  for a spouse or
 41    former spouse of the obligor.
 42        (219) "State" means a state of the United States, the District  of  Colum-
 43    bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any
 44    territory  or  insular  possession  subject  to the jurisdiction of the United
 45    States. The term "state" includes:
 46        (a)  An Indian tribe; and
 47        (b)  A foreign jurisdiction country or political subdivision that:
 48             (i)   Has been declared to be  a  foreign  reciprocating  country  or
 49             political subdivision under federal law;
 50             (ii)  Has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with
 51             this state as provided in section 7-1023, Idaho Code; or
 52             (iii) Hhas  enacted  a law or established procedures for the issuance
 53             and enforcement of support orders which are substantially similar  to
 54             the  procedures  under this chapter. or the procedures under the uni-
 55             form reciprocal enforcement of support act  or  the  revised  uniform
                                                                        
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  1             enforcement of support act.
  2        (202) "Support  enforcement  agency"  means  a  public  official or agency
  3    authorized to seek:
  4        (a)  Enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the  duty  of  sup-
  5        port;
  6        (b)  Establishment or modification of child support;
  7        (c)  Determination of parentage; or
  8        (d)  To locate Location of obligors or their assets; or
  9        (e)  Determination of the controlling child support order.
 10        (213) "Support  order"  means  a judgment, decree, or order, or directive,
 11    whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued by a tribunal for
 12    the benefit of a child, a spouse, or a former spouse, which provides for mone-
 13    tary support, health care,  arrearages,  or  reimbursement,  and  may  include
 14    related  costs  and  fees,  interest, income withholding, attorney's fees, and
 15    other relief.
 16        (224) "Tribunal" means a court, administrative agency,  or  quasi-judicial
 17    entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to deter-
 18    mine parentage.
                                                                        
 19        SECTION  3.  That  Section  7-1002, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 20    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 21        7-10023.  TRIBUNALS OF THIS STATE. The district courts are  the  tribunals
 22    of this state.
                                                                        
 23        SECTION  4.  That  Section  7-1003, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 24    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 25        7-10034.  REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. (1) Remedies provided by this  chapter  are
 26    cumulative  and  do  not  affect the availability of remedies under other law,
 27    including the recognition of a support order of a foreign country or political
 28    subdivision on the basis of comity.
 29        (2)  This chapter does not:
 30        (a)  Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing  a  support
 31        order under the law of this state; or
 32        (b)  Grant  a  tribunal  of  this state jurisdiction to render judgment or
 33        issue an order relating to child custody or  visitation  in  a  proceeding
 34        under this chapter.
                                                                        
 35        SECTION  5.  That  Section  7-1004, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 36    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 37        7-10045.  BASIS BASES FOR JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENT. (1) In a proceed-
 38    ing to establish, or enforce, or modify a support order or to  determine  par-
 39    entage,  a  tribunal  of  this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a
 40    nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if:
 41        (1a)  The individual is personally served with notice within this state;
 42        (2b)  The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by  consent
 43        in  a  record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive
 44        document having the effect of waiving any contest  to  personal  jurisdic-
 45        tion;
 46        (3c)  The individual resided with the child in this state;
 47        (4d)  The  individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses
 48        or support for the child;
 49        (5e)  The child resides in this state as a result of the  acts  or  direc-
                                                                        
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  1        tives of the individual;
  2        (6f)  The  individual  engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the
  3        child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;
  4        (7g)  The individual asserted parentage in the registry maintained in this
  5        state by the vital statistics unit of the department of health and welfare
  6        provided in section 16-1513, Idaho Code; or
  7        (8h)  There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions  of  this
  8        state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
  9        (2)  The  bases  of  personal  jurisdiction set forth in subsection (1) of
 10    this section or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire per-
 11    sonal jurisdiction for a tribunal of the state to modify a child support order
 12    of another state unless the requirements of section 7-1053  or  7-1057,  Idaho
 13    Code, are met.
                                                                        
 14        SECTION  6.  That  Section  7-1005, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 15    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 16        7-10056.  PROCEDURE WHEN EXERCISING  DURATION  OF  PERSONAL  JURISDICTION.
 17    OVER  NONRESIDENT.  A  tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction
 18    over a nonresident under section 7-1004, Idaho Code, may apply section 7-1028,
 19    Idaho Code, to receive evidence from  another  state,  section  7-1030,  Idaho
 20    Code,  to  obtain  discovery through a tribunal of another state. In all other
 21    respects, sections 7-1013 through 7-1054, Idaho Code, do  not  apply  and  the
 22    tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state, includ-
 23    ing  the   rules on choice of law other than those established by this chapter
 24    Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this  state  in  a  proceeding
 25    under this chapter or other law of this state relating to a support order con-
 26    tinues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdic-
 27    tion  to  modify  its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as
 28    provided in sections 7-1009, 7-1010 and 7-1015, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
 29        SECTION 7.  That Section 7-1006, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 30    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 31        7-10067.  INITIATING  AND  RESPONDING  TRIBUNAL  OF THIS STATE. Under this
 32    chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to  for-
 33    ward proceedings to another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings
 34    initiated in another state.
                                                                        
 35        SECTION  8.  That  Section  7-1007, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 36    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 37        7-10078.  SIMULTANEOUS PROCEEDINGS. IN ANOTHER STATE. (1)  A  tribunal  of
 38    this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the peti-
 39    tion  or  comparable pleading is filed after a petition or comparable pleading
 40    is filed in another state only if:
 41        (a)  The petition or comparable pleading in this state is filed before the
 42        expiration of the time allowed in the other state for filing a  responsive
 43        pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state;
 44        (b)  The  contesting  party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction
 45        in the other state; and
 46        (c)  If relevant, this state is the home state of the child.
 47        (2)  A tribunal of this state may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a
 48    support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before  a  peti-
 49    tion or comparable pleading is filed in another state if:
                                                                        
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  1        (a)  The  petition  or  comparable  pleading  in  the other state is filed
  2        before the expiration of the time allowed  in  this  state  for  filing  a
  3        responsive  pleading  challenging  the  exercise  of  jurisdiction by this
  4        state;
  5        (b)  The contesting party timely challenges the exercise  of  jurisdiction
  6        in this state; and
  7        (c)  If relevant, the other state is the home state of the child.
                                                                        
  8        SECTION  9.  That  Section  7-1008, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        7-10089.  CONTINUING,  EXCLUSIVE  JURISDICTION  TO  MODIFY  CHILD  SUPPORT
 11    ORDER. (1) A tribunal of this state issuing that has issued  a  child  support
 12    order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing,
 13    exclusive  jurisdiction over a  to modify its child support order if the order
 14    is the controlling order and:
 15        (a)  As long as At the time of the filing of a  request  for  modification
 16        this  state  remains is the residence of the obligor, the individual obli-
 17        gee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or
 18        (b)  Until each individual party has filed written consent with the tribu-
 19        nal of this state for a tribunal of another state to modify the order  and
 20        assume  continuing,  exclusive  jurisdiction Even if this state is not the
 21        residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child  for  whose
 22        benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in
 23        open court that the tribunal of this state may continue to exercise juris-
 24        diction to modify its order.
 25        (2)  A  tribunal  of  this  state  issuing that has issued a child support
 26    order consistent with the law of this state may not exercise  its  continuing,
 27    exclusive  jurisdiction to modify the order if: the order has been modified by
 28    a tribunal of another state pursuant to this chapter or  a  law  substantially
 29    similar to this chapter
 30        (a)  All  of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with
 31        the tribunal of this state that a  tribunal  of  another  state  that  has
 32        jurisdiction  over at least one (1) of the parties who is an individual or
 33        that is located in the state of residence of  the  child  may  modify  the
 34        order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or
 35        (b)  Its order is not the controlling order.
 36        (3)  If  a  child support order of this state is modified by a tribunal of
 37    another state pursuant to this chapter or a law substantially similar to  this
 38    chapter, a tribunal of this state loses its continuing, exclusive jurisdiction
 39    with  regard to prospective enforcement of the order issued in this state, and
 40    may only:
 41        (a)  Enforce the order that was modified as to amounts accruing before the
 42        modification;
 43        (b)  Enforce nonmodified aspects of that order; and
 44        (c)  Provide other appropriate relief for violations of that  order  which
 45        occurred before the effective date of the modification.
 46        (4)  A  tribunal  of  this state shall recognize the continuing, exclusive
 47    jurisdiction of a tribunal of another state which has issued a  child  support
 48    order  pursuant to this chapter or a law substantially similar to this chapter
 49    that modifies a child support order of a tribunal of this state, tribunals  of
 50    this  state shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tri-
 51    bunal of the other state.
 52        (4)  A tribunal of this state that lacks continuing,  exclusive  jurisdic-
 53    tion  to  modify  a child support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to
                                                                        
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  1    request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued  in  that
  2    state.
  3        (5)  A  temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a
  4    jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction  in
  5    the issuing tribunal.
  6        (6)  A  tribunal of this state issuing a support order consistent with the
  7    law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a  spousal  sup-
  8    port  order  throughout the existence of the support obligation. A tribunal of
  9    this state may not modify a spousal support order  issued  by  a  tribunal  of
 10    another  state having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under
 11    the law of that state.
                                                                        
 12        SECTION 10.  That Section 7-1009, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 13    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 14        7-100910.  ENFORCEMENT  AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER BY TRIBUNAL HAV-
 15    ING CONTINUING JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE CHILD SUPPORT ORDER. (1) A tribunal  of
 16    this  state  that  has issued a child support order consistent with the law of
 17    this state may serve as an  initiating  tribunal  to  request  a  tribunal  of
 18    another state to enforce: or modify a support order issued in that state
 19        (a)  The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been mod-
 20        ified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to
 21        this chapter; or
 22        (b)  A  money  judgment  for  arrears of support and interest on the order
 23        accrued before a determination that an order of another state is the  con-
 24        trolling order.
 25        (2)  A  tribunal  of  this state having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction
 26    over a support order may act as a responding tribunal  to  enforce  or  modify
 27    that  the  order. If a party subject to the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction
 28    of the tribunal no longer resides in the issuing state, in subsequent proceed-
 29    ings the tribunal may apply section 7-1028, Idaho Code,  to  receive  evidence
 30    from another state and section 7-1030, Idaho Code, to obtain discovery through
 31    a tribunal of another state.
 32        (3)  A  tribunal of this state which lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdic-
 33    tion over a spousal support order may not serve as a  responding  tribunal  to
 34    modify a spousal support order of another state.
                                                                        
 35        SECTION  11.  That  Section 7-1010, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 36    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 37        7-10101.  RECOGNITION DETERMINATION OF CONTROLLING CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDERS.
 38    (1)  If  a  proceeding is brought under this chapter and only one (1) tribunal
 39    has issued a child support order, the order of that  tribunal  is  controlling
 40    controls and must be so recognized.
 41        (2)  If  a  proceeding  is brought under this chapter, and two (2) or more
 42    child support orders have been issued by tribunals of this  state  or  another
 43    state with regard to the same obligor and same child, a tribunal of this state
 44    having  personal  jurisdiction  over  both  the obligor and individual obligee
 45    shall apply the following rules in determining and by  order  shall  determine
 46    which  order  to  recognize for purposes of continuing, exclusive jurisdiction
 47    controls:
 48        (a)  If only one (1) of the tribunals  would  have  continuing,  exclusive
 49        jurisdiction under this chapter, the order of that tribunal is controlling
 50        controls  and must be so recognized;
 51        (b)  If  more  than one (1) of the tribunals would have continuing, exclu-
                                                                        
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  1        sive jurisdiction under this chapter,:
  2             (i)   Aan order issued by a tribunal in the current home  state    of
  3             the child must be recognized controls, but
  4             (ii)  Iif  an  order has not been issued in the current home state of
  5             the child, the order more most recently  issued  is  controlling  and
  6             must be recognized controls;
  7        (c)  If  none  of the tribunals would have continuing, exclusive jurisdic-
  8        tion under this chapter, the tribunal of this  state  having  jurisdiction
  9        over the parties must shall issue a child support order, which is control-
 10        ling and must be recognized controls.
 11        (3)  If two (2) or more child support orders have been issued for the same
 12    obligor  and  same child, and if the obligor or the individual obligee resides
 13    in this state, upon request of a party may request who is an individual  or  a
 14    support enforcement agency, a tribunal of this state to having personal juris-
 15    diction  over  both  the  obligor  and  the obligee who is an individual shall
 16    determine which order controls and must be recognized under subsection (2)  of
 17    this  section.  The  request  must be accompanied by a certified copy of every
 18    support order in effect. Every party whose rights may be affected by a  deter-
 19    mination of the controlling order must be given notice of the request for that
 20    determination  The request may be filed with a registration for enforcement or
 21    registration for modification pursuant  to  sections  7-1043  through  7-1057,
 22    Idaho Code, or may be filed as a separate proceeding.
 23        (4)  A  request to determine which is the controlling order must be accom-
 24    panied by a copy of every child support order in  effect  and  the  applicable
 25    record  of  payments. The requesting party shall give notice of the request to
 26    each party whose rights may be affected by the determination.
 27        (5)  The tribunal that issued the controlling order that  must  be  recog-
 28    nized  as  controlling under subsection (1), (2) or (3) of this section is the
 29    tribunal that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in accordance with to the
 30    extent provided in section 7-10089 or 7-1010, Idaho Code.
 31        (56)  A tribunal of this state which that determines by order the identity
 32    of which is the controlling child support order under  subsections  (2)(a)  or
 33    (2)(b)  or  (3)  of  this section or which that issues a new controlling child
 34    support order under subsection (2)(c) of this section, shall include state  in
 35    that order:
 36        (a)  Tthe basis upon which the tribunal made its determination;
 37        (b)  The amount of prospective support, if any; and
 38        (c)  The  total  amount  of  consolidated arrears and accrued interest, if
 39        any, under all of the orders after all payments made are credited as  pro-
 40        vided in section 7-1013, Idaho Code.
 41        (67)  Within  thirty  (30) days after issuance of the an order determining
 42    the identity of which is the controlling order, the party obtaining  that  the
 43    order  shall file a certified copy of it with in each tribunal that had issued
 44    or registered an earlier order of child support. Failure of  the  A  party  or
 45    support  enforcement agency obtaining the order that fails to file a certified
 46    copy as required subjects that party is subject to appropriate sanctions by  a
 47    tribunal  in  which the issue of failure to file arises., but that The failure
 48    has no effect on  to file does not affect the validity  or  enforceability  of
 49    the controlling order.
 50        (8)  An  order  that has been determined to be the controlling order, or a
 51    judgment for consolidated arrears of support and interest, if any, made pursu-
 52    ant to this section must be recognized in proceedings under this chapter.
                                                                        
 53        SECTION 12.  That Section 7-1011, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 54    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
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  1        7-10112.  MULTIPLE  CHILD  SUPPORT  ORDERS  FOR  TWO  OR MORE OBLIGEES. In
  2    responding to multiple registrations or petitions for enforcement of  two  (2)
  3    or  more  child  support  orders in effect at the same time with regard to the
  4    same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one (1) of which  was
  5    issued  by a tribunal of another state, a tribunal of this state shall enforce
  6    those orders in the same manner as if the multiple orders had been issued by a
  7    tribunal of this state.
                                                                        
  8        SECTION 13.  That Section 7-1012, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        7-10123.  CREDIT  FOR  PAYMENTS.  A  tribunal  of  this state shall credit
 11    aAmounts collected and credited for a particular  period  pursuant  to  a  any
 12    child  support  order  against  the amounts owed for the same period under any
 13    other child support order for support of the same child issued by  a  tribunal
 14    of  this  or  another  state. must be credited against the amounts accruing or
 15    accrued for the same period under a support order issued by  the  tribunal  of
 16    this state.
                                                                        
 17        SECTION  14.  That  Chapter  10,  Title 7, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
 18    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
 19    ignated as Section 7-1014, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 20        7-1014.  APPLICATION  OF CHAPTER TO NONRESIDENT SUBJECT TO PERSONAL JURIS-
 21    DICTION. A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a non-
 22    resident in a proceeding under this chapter, under other  law  of  this  state
 23    relating to a support order, or recognizing a support order of a foreign coun-
 24    try  or political subdivision on the basis of comity may receive evidence from
 25    another state pursuant to section 7-1031, Idaho Code, communicate with a  tri-
 26    bunal of another state pursuant to section 7-1032, Idaho Code, and obtain dis-
 27    covery  through  a tribunal of another state pursuant to section 7-1033, Idaho
 28    Code. In all other respects, sections 7-1016 through 7-1058,  Idaho  Code,  do
 29    not  apply  and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of
 30    this state.
                                                                        
 31        SECTION 15.  That Chapter 10, Title 7, Idaho Code, be,  and  the  same  is
 32    hereby  amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
 33    ignated as Section 7-1015, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 34        7-1015.  CONTINUING, EXCLUSIVE  JURISDICTION  TO  MODIFY  SPOUSAL  SUPPORT
 35    ORDER. (1) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal support order consistent
 36    with  the  law  of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify
 37    the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.
 38        (2)  A tribunal of this state may  not  modify  a  spousal  support  order
 39    issued  by  a tribunal of another state having continuing, exclusive jurisdic-
 40    tion over that order under the law of that state.
 41        (3)  A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive  jurisdiction
 42    over a spousal support order may serve as:
 43        (a)  An  initiating  tribunal  to  request  a tribunal of another state to
 44        enforce the spousal support order issued in this state; or
 45        (b)  A responding tribunal to enforce or modify its  own  spousal  support
 46        order.
                                                                        
 47        SECTION  16.  That  Section 7-1013, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 48    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
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  1        7-10136.  PROCEEDINGS UNDER THIS CHAPTER. (1) Except as otherwise provided
  2    in this chapter, sections 7-10136 through 7-10314, Idaho Code,  apply  to  all
  3    proceedings under the provisions of this chapter.
  4        (2)  This chapter provides for the following proceedings:
  5        (a)  Establishment of an order for spousal support or child support pursu-
  6        ant to section 7-1032, Idaho Code;
  7        (b)  Enforcement  of  a  support  order  and  income-withholding  order of
  8        another state without registration pursuant  to  sections  7-1033  through
  9        7-1039, Idaho Code;
 10        (c)  Registration  of  an  order  for  spousal support or child support of
 11        another state for enforcement pursuant to sections 7-1040 through  7-1053,
 12        Idaho Code;
 13        (d)  Modification  of an order for child support or spousal support issued
 14        by a tribunal of this state pursuant to sections  7-1006  through  7-1009,
 15        Idaho Code;
 16        (e)  Registration of an order for child support of another state for modi-
 17        fication pursuant to sections 7-1040 through 7-1053, Idaho Code;
 18        (f)  Determination  of  parentage  pursuant to section 7-1054, Idaho Code;
 19        and
 20        (g)  Assertion of jurisdiction  over  nonresidents  pursuant  to  sections
 21        7-1004 and 7-1005, Idaho Code.
 22        (3)  An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may commence
 23    initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an
 24    initiating  tribunal  for  forwarding  to a responding tribunal or by filing a
 25    petition or a comparable pleading directly in  a  tribunal  of  another  state
 26    which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
                                                                        
 27        SECTION  17.  That  Section 7-1014, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 28    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 29        7-10147.  ACTION PROCEEDING BY MINOR PARENT. A minor parent, or a guardian
 30    or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding  on
 31    behalf of or for the benefit of the minor's child.
                                                                        
 32        SECTION  18.  That  Section 7-1015, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 33    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 34        7-10158.  APPLICATION OF LAW OF THIS STATE. Except as  otherwise  provided
 35    in this chapter, a responding tribunal of this state shall:
 36        (1)  Shall  aApply  the procedural and substantive law, including the rule
 37    on choice of law, generally applicable to similar proceedings  originating  in
 38    this  state  and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in
 39    those proceedings; and
 40        (2)  Shall dDetermine the duty of support and the amount payable in accor-
 41    dance with the law and support guidelines of this state.
                                                                        
 42        SECTION 19.  That Section 7-1016, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 43    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 44        7-10169.  DUTIES OF INITIATING TRIBUNAL. (1) Upon the filing of a petition
 45    authorized in by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of this state shall for-
 46    ward three (3) copies of the petition and its accompanying documents:
 47        (a)  To  the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency
 48        in the responding state; or
 49        (b)  If the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to  the  state
                                                                        
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  1        information  agency  of  the  responding state with a request that they be
  2        forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.
  3        (2)  If a responding state has not enacted this chapter or a law or proce-
  4    dure substantially similar to this chapter requested by the responding  tribu-
  5    nal,  a    tribunal  of  this  state  may  shall  issue a certificate or other
  6    documents and make findings required by the law of the  responding  state.  If
  7    the  responding  state is a foreign jurisdiction country or political subdivi-
  8    sion, upon request the tribunal  may  shall  specify  the  amount  of  support
  9    sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency
 10    under  applicable  official  or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and
 11    provide any other documents necessary  to  satisfy  the  requirements  of  the
 12    responding state.
                                                                        
 13        SECTION  20.  That  Section 7-1017, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 14    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 15        7-101720.  DUTIES AND POWERS OF RESPONDING TRIBUNAL. (1) When a responding
 16    tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an ini-
 17    tiating tribunal or directly pursuant to section 7-10136(32), Idaho  Code,  it
 18    shall  cause  the  petition  or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner
 19    where and when it was filed.
 20        (2)  A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent  otherwise  autho-
 21    rized not prohibited by other law, may do one (1) or more of the following:
 22        (a)  Issue  or  enforce  a  support  order,  modify a child support order,
 23        determine the controlling child support order, or  render  a  judgment  to
 24        determine parentage;
 25        (b)  Order  an  obligor  to  comply  with  a support order, specifying the
 26        amount and the manner of compliance;
 27        (c)  Order income withholding;
 28        (d)  Determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of  pay-
 29        ment;
 30        (e)  Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;
 31        (f)  Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;
 32        (g)  Place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;
 33        (h)  Order  an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's cur-
 34        rent residential address, telephone number, employer, address  of  employ-
 35        ment, and telephone number at the place of employment;
 36        (i)  Issue  a  bench  warrant  for  an obligor who has failed after proper
 37        notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the  bench
 38        warrant in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants;
 39        (j)  Order  the  obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified meth-
 40        ods;
 41        (k)  Award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs; and
 42        (l)  Grant any other available remedy.
 43        (3)  A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a support order
 44    issued under this chapter, or in the documents  accompanying  the  order,  the
 45    calculations on which the support order is based.
 46        (4)  A  responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment of
 47    a support order issued under this chapter upon compliance by a party with pro-
 48    visions for visitation.
 49        (5)  If a responding tribunal of this state issues  an  order  under  this
 50    chapter,  the  tribunal  shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner  and
 51    the respondent and to the initiating  tribunal, if any.
 52        (6)  If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or mod-
 53    ify a support order stated in a foreign currency,  a  responding  tribunal  of
                                                                        
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  1    this  state  shall  convert  the  amount stated in the foreign currency to the
  2    equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market  exchange
  3    rate as publicly reported.
                                                                        
  4        SECTION  21.  That  Section 7-1018, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  5    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  6        7-10218.  INAPPROPRIATE TRIBUNAL. If a petition or comparable pleading  is
  7    received  by  an  inappropriate  tribunal of this state, it the tribunal shall
  8    forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal  in
  9    this  state  or  another  state  and  notify the petitioner where and when the
 10    pleading was sent.
                                                                        
 11        SECTION 22.  That Section 7-1019, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 12    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 13        7-101922.  DUTIES OF SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. (1) A support enforcement
 14    agency  of this state, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in
 15    a proceeding under the provisions of this chapter.
 16        (2)  A support enforcement agency of this state that is providing services
 17    to the petitioner as appropriate shall:
 18        (a)  Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate  tribunal  in  this
 19        state or another state to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;
 20        (b)  Request  an  appropriate tribunal to set a date, time and place for a
 21        hearing;
 22        (c)  Make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information,  includ-
 23        ing information as to income and property of the parties;
 24        (d)  Within two (2) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holi-
 25        days,  after  receipt  of a written notice in a record from an initiating,
 26        responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy  of  the  notice  to  the
 27        petitioner;
 28        (e)  Within two (2) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holi-
 29        days,  after  receipt  of  a  written  communication  in a record from the
 30        respondent or the respondent's attorney, send a copy of the  communication
 31        to the petitioner; and
 32        (f)  Notify  the  petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be
 33        obtained.
 34        (3)  A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration
 35    of a child support order in this state for  enforcement  or  for  modification
 36    shall make reasonable efforts:
 37        (a)  To  ensure  that the order to be registered is the controlling order;
 38        or
 39        (b)  If two (2) or more child support orders exist and the identity of the
 40        controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that  a  request  for
 41        such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.
 42        (4)  A support enforcement agency of this state that requests registration
 43    and  enforcement  of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign
 44    currency shall convert the amounts stated in the  foreign  currency  into  the
 45    equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange
 46    rate as publicly reported.
 47        (5)  A  support  enforcement agency of this state shall issue or request a
 48    tribunal of this  state  to  issue  a  child  support  order  and  an  income-
 49    withholding  order  that  redirect  payment  of  current support, arrears, and
 50    interest if requested to do so by a  support  enforcement  agency  of  another
 51    state pursuant to section 7-1034, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
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  1        (6)  This chapter does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and
  2    client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or
  3    the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.
                                                                        
  4        SECTION  23.  That  Section 7-1020, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  5    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  6        7-10203.  DUTY OF ATTORNEY GENERAL. (1) If the attorney general determines
  7    that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide  ser-
  8    vices  to  an individual, the attorney general may order the agency to perform
  9    its duties under this chapter or may provide those services  directly  to  the
 10    individual.
 11        (2)  The  attorney general may determine that a foreign country or politi-
 12    cal subdivision has established a reciprocal  arrangement  for  child  support
 13    with this state and take appropriate action for notification of the determina-
 14    tion.
                                                                        
 15        SECTION  24.  That  Section 7-1021, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 16    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 17        7-10214.  PRIVATE COUNSEL. An individual may  employ  private  counsel  to
 18    represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this chapter.
                                                                        
 19        SECTION  25.  That  Section 7-1022, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 20    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 21        7-10225.  DUTIES OF STATE INFORMATION AGENCY. (1) The central registry  in
 22    the  bureau  of  child  support of the department of health and welfare is the
 23    state information agency under this chapter.
 24        (2)  The state information agency shall:
 25        (a)  Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tri-
 26        bunals in this state which have jurisdiction under this  chapter  and  any
 27        other  support  enforcement  agencies in this state and transmit a copy to
 28        the state information agency of every other state;
 29        (b)  Maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals  and  support
 30        enforcement agencies received from other states;
 31        (c)  Forward to the appropriate tribunal in the place county in this state
 32        in  which  the  individual  obligee  who  is  an individual or the obligor
 33        resides, or in which the obligor's property is believed to be located, all
 34        documents concerning a proceeding under  this  chapter  received  from  an
 35        initiating  tribunal  or  the  state  information agency of the initiating
 36        state; and
 37        (d)  Obtain information concerning the location of  the  obligor  and  the
 38        obligor's  property  within  this state not exempt from execution, by such
 39        means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, exami-
 40        nation of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's  address  from
 41        employers,  and  examination  of  governmental  records, including, to the
 42        extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital
 43        statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's  licenses,
 44        and social security.
                                                                        
 45        SECTION  26.  That  Section 7-1023, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 46    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 47        7-10236.  PLEADINGS AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS.  (1)  A  In  a  proceeding
                                                                        
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  1    under  this  chapter,  a  petitioner  seeking to establish or modify a support
  2    order, or to determine parentage, in a proceeding under  this  chapter  or  to
  3    register  and  modify  a support order of another state must verify the file a
  4    petition. Unless otherwise ordered under  section  7-10247,  Idaho  Code,  the
  5    petition  or  accompanying  documents must provide, so far as known, the name,
  6    and residential address, and social security numbers of the  obligor  and  the
  7    obligee  or  the  parent  and  alleged  parent, and the name, sex, residential
  8    address, social security number, and date of birth  of  each  child  for  whom
  9    whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined. Unless
 10    filed at the time of registration, tThe petition must be accompanied by a cer-
 11    tified  copy  of  any  support  order  in  effect known to have been issued by
 12    another tribunal. The petition may include  any  other  information  that  may
 13    assist in locating or identifying the respondent.
 14        (2)  The  petition must specify the relief sought. The petition and accom-
 15    panying documents must conform substantially with the requirements imposed  by
 16    the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforce-
 17    ment agency.
                                                                        
 18        SECTION  27.  That  Section 7-1024, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 19    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 20        7-10247.  NONDISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.  Upon
 21    a  finding, which may be made ex parte, that the health, safety, or liberty of
 22    a party or child would be unreasonably put at risk by the disclosure of  iden-
 23    tifying  information,  or  if  an existing order so provides, a tribunal shall
 24    order that the address of the child or party or other identifying  information
 25    not  be  disclosed in a pleading or other document filed in a proceeding under
 26    this chapter If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath  that
 27    the  health,  safety,  or  liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by
 28    disclosure of specific  identifying  information,  that  information  must  be
 29    sealed  and  may  not  be  disclosed to the other party or the public. After a
 30    hearing in which a tribunal takes into consideration the  health,  safety,  or
 31    liberty  of  the party or child, the tribunal may order disclosure of informa-
 32    tion that the tribunal determines to be in the interest of justice.
                                                                        
 33        SECTION 28.  That Section 7-1025, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 34    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 35        7-10258.  COSTS  AND FEES. (1) The petitioner may not be required to pay a
 36    filing fee or other costs.
 37        (2)  If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal may assess  against  an
 38    obligor  filing  fees,  reasonable attorney's fees, other costs, and necessary
 39    travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and the obligee's
 40    witnesses. The  tribunal may not assess fees, costs, or expenses  against  the
 41    obligee  or  the  support  enforcement  agency of either the initiating or the
 42    responding state, except as provided by other  law.  Attorney's  fees  may  be
 43    taxed  as  costs,  and  may  be ordered paid directly to the attorney, who may
 44    enforce the order in the attorney's own name. Payment of support owed  to  the
 45    obligee has priority over fees, costs and expenses.
 46        (3)  The  tribunal  shall order the payment of costs and reasonable attor-
 47    ney's fees if it determines that a hearing was requested primarily for  delay.
 48    In  a proceeding under sections 7-10403 through 7-10537, Idaho Code, a hearing
 49    is presumed to have been requested primarily for delay if a registered support
 50    order is confirmed or enforced without change.
                                                                        
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  1        SECTION 29.  That Section 7-1026, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  2    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  3        7-10269.  LIMITED  IMMUNITY  OF  PETITIONER.  (1) Participation by a peti-
  4    tioner in a proceeding  under  this  chapter  before  a  responding  tribunal,
  5    whether  in  person,  by private attorney, or through services provided by the
  6    support enforcement agency, does not confer  personal  jurisdiction  over  the
  7    petitioner in another proceeding.
  8        (2)  A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil process while physi-
  9    cally present in this state to participate in a proceeding under this chapter.
 10        (3)  The immunity granted by this section does not extend to civil litiga-
 11    tion based on acts unrelated to a proceeding under this chapter committed by a
 12    party while physically present in this state to participate in the proceeding.
                                                                        
 13        SECTION  30.  That  Section 7-1027, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 14    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 15        7-102730.  NONPARENTAGE AS DEFENSE. A party whose parentage of a child has
 16    been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as
 17    a defense to a proceeding under this chapter.
                                                                        
 18        SECTION 31.  That Section 7-1028, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 19    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 20        7-102831.  SPECIAL RULES OF EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE. (1) The physical pres-
 21    ence  of the petitioner a nonresident party who is an individual in a respond-
 22    ing tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement,
 23    or modification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment  determining
 24    parentage.
 25        (2)  A verified petition, An affidavit, a document substantially complying
 26    with  federally mandated forms, and or a document incorporated by reference in
 27    any of them, which would not be excluded under the hearsay rule  if  given  in
 28    person,  is admissible in evidence if given under oath penalty of perjury by a
 29    party or witness residing in another state.
 30        (3)  A copy of the record of child support payments certified  as  a  true
 31    copy  of  the  original  by  the custodian of the record may be forwarded to a
 32    responding tribunal. The copy is evidence of facts  asserted  in  it,  and  is
 33    admissible to show whether payments were made.
 34        (4)  Copies  of  bills  for  testing  for  parentage, and for prenatal and
 35    postnatal health care of the mother and child, furnished to the adverse  party
 36    at  least  ten (10) days before trial, are admissible in evidence to prove the
 37    amount of the charges billed and that the charges were reasonable,  necessary,
 38    and customary.
 39        (5)  Documentary  evidence transmitted from another state to a tribunal of
 40    this state by telephone, telecopier, or other means that  do  not  provide  an
 41    original  writing  record  may  not  be excluded from evidence on an objection
 42    based on the means of transmission.
 43        (6)  In a proceeding under this chapter, a  tribunal  of  this  state  may
 44    shall  permit a party or witness residing in another state to be deposed or to
 45    testify under penalty of perjury by telephone,  audiovisual  means,  or  other
 46    electronic  means  at a designated tribunal or other location in that state. A
 47    tribunal of this state shall cooperate with tribunals of other states in  des-
 48    ignating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.
 49        (7)  If  a party called to testify at a civil hearing refuses to answer on
 50    the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the trier of fact may
                                                                        
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  1    draw an adverse inference from the refusal.
  2        (8)  A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses does
  3    not apply in a proceeding under this chapter.
  4        (9)  The defense of immunity based upon the relationship  of  husband  and
  5    wife or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under this chapter.
  6        (10) A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, certified as a true copy, is
  7    admissible to establish parentage of the child.
                                                                        
  8        SECTION  32.  That  Section 7-1029, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        7-10329.  COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN TRIBUNALS. A tribunal of this  state  may
 11    communicate  with  a tribunal of another state or foreign country or political
 12    subdivision in writing a record, or by telephone or  other  means,  to  obtain
 13    information  concerning  the  laws, of that state, the legal effect of a judg-
 14    ment, decree, or order of that tribunal, and the status of a proceeding in the
 15    other state or foreign country or political subdivision. A  tribunal  of  this
 16    state  may  furnish  similar  information  by  similar  means to a tribunal of
 17    another state or foreign country or political subdivision.
                                                                        
 18        SECTION 33.  That Section 7-1030, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 19    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 20        7-10303.  ASSISTANCE WITH DISCOVERY. A tribunal of this state may:
 21        (1)  Request a tribunal of another state to assist in obtaining discovery;
 22    and
 23        (2)  Upon  request,  compel  a  person  over  whom  it has jurisdiction to
 24    respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal of another state.
                                                                        
 25        SECTION 34.  That Section 7-1031, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 26    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 27        7-10314.  RECEIPT  AND DISBURSEMENT OF PAYMENTS. (1) A support enforcement
 28    agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts  received
 29    pursuant  to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal
 30    shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state  a  certified
 31    statement  by the custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all pay-
 32    ments received.
 33        (2)  If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the
 34    child resides in this state, upon request from the support enforcement  agency
 35    of  this  state or another state, the support enforcement agency of this state
 36    or a tribunal of this state shall:
 37        (a)  Direct that the support payment be made to  the  support  enforcement
 38        agency in the state in which the obligee is receiving services; and
 39        (b)  Issue  and  send  to  the  obligor's  employer  a  conforming income-
 40        withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee, reflect-
 41        ing the redirected payments.
 42        (3)  The support enforcement agency of  this  state  receiving  redirected
 43    payments  from  another  state  pursuant to a law similar to subsection (2) of
 44    this section shall furnish to a requesting party  or  tribunal  of  the  other
 45    state  a  certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amount and
 46    dates of all payments received.
                                                                        
 47        SECTION 35.  That Section 7-1032, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 48    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
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  1        7-10325.  PETITION  TO  ESTABLISH  SUPPORT  ORDER.  (1) If a support order
  2    entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued,  a  responding
  3    tribunal of this state may issue a support order if:
  4        (a)  The individual seeking the order resides in another state; or
  5        (b)  The  support  enforcement  agency  seeking  the  order  is located in
  6        another state.
  7        (2)  The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the  tribu-
  8    nal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to
  9    pay is:
 10        (a)  The  respondent has signed a verified statement acknowledging parent-
 11        age A presumed father of the child;
 12        (b)  The respondent has been determined by or pursuant to law  to  be  the
 13        parent Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated; or
 14        (c)  There  is  other clear and convincing evidence that the respondent is
 15        the child's parent Identified as the father of the child  through  genetic
 16        testing;
 17        (d)  An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;
 18        (e)  Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;
 19        (f)  An acknowledged father as provided by applicable state law;
 20        (g)  The mother of the child; or
 21        (h)  An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous
 22        proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.
 23        (3)  Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obli-
 24    gor  owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed
 25    to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to section 7-101720,  Idaho
 26    Code.
                                                                        
 27        SECTION  36.  That  Section 7-1033, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 28    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 29        7-10336.  EMPLOYER'S RECEIPT OF INCOME-WITHHOLDING ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE.
 30    An income-withholding order issued in another state  may  be  sent  by  or  on
 31    behalf  of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person or
 32    entity defined as the obligor's employer under the provisions of  chapter  12,
 33    title  732, Idaho Code, without first filing a petition or comparable pleading
 34    or registering the order with a tribunal of this state.
                                                                        
 35        SECTION 37.  That Section 7-1034, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 36    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 37        7-10347.  EMPLOYER'S  COMPLIANCE  WITH INCOME-WITHHOLDING ORDER OF ANOTHER
 38    STATE. (1) Upon the receipt of the an income-withholding order, the  obligor's
 39    employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.
 40        (2)  The  employer  shall  treat  an  income-withholding  order  issued in
 41    another state which appears regular on its face as if it has had  been  issued
 42    by a tribunal of this state.
 43        (3)  Except as otherwise provided by in subsection (4) of this section and
 44    section  7-10358,  Idaho  Code, the employer shall withhold and distribute the
 45    funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with the terms of  the
 46    order, as applicable, that which specify:
 47        (a)  The  duration  and  the  amount of periodic payments of current child
 48        support, stated as a sum certain;
 49        (b)  The person or agency designated to receive payments and  the  address
 50        to which the payments are to be forwarded;
 51        (c)  Medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment, stated
                                                                        
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  1        as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance cov-
  2        erage for the child under a policy available through the obligor's employ-
  3        ment;
  4        (d)  The  amount  of  periodic  payments  of  fees and costs for a support
  5        enforcement agency, the issuing  tribunal,  and  the  obligee's  attorney,
  6        stated as sums certain; and
  7        (e)  The amount of periodic payments of arrears arrearages and interest on
  8        arrears arrearages, stated as sums certain.
  9        (4)  The  An  employer  shall  comply  with  the  law  of the state of the
 10    obligor's principal place of  employment  for  withholding  from  income  with
 11    respect to:
 12        (a)  The employer's fee for processing an income-withholding order;
 13        (b)  The  maximum  amount  permitted  to  be  withheld  from the obligor's
 14        income; and
 15        (c)  The time periods within which the employer must implement  the  with-
 16        holding order and forward the child support payment.
                                                                        
 17        SECTION  38.  That  Section 7-1035, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 18    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 19        7-10358.  EMPLOYER'S  COMPLIANCE  WITH  MULTIPLE  TWO  OR   MORE   INCOME-
 20    WITHHOLDING  ORDERS. If the an obligor's employer receives multiple two (2) or
 21    more income-withholding orders to withhold support from with  respect  to  the
 22    earnings  of  the same obligor, the employer shall be deemed to have satisfied
 23    satisfies the terms of the multiple orders if the employer complies  with  the
 24    law  of  the state of the obligor's principal place of employment to establish
 25    the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld for multiple two
 26    (2) or more child support obligees. is complied with.
                                                                        
 27        SECTION 39.  That Section 7-1036, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 28    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 29        7-10369.  IMMUNITY  FROM CIVIL LIABILITY. An employer who complies with an
 30    income-withholding order issued by in another state in  accordance  with  this
 31    article  sections  7-1036  through 7-1042, Idaho Code, is not subject to civil
 32    liability to any an individual or agency with regard to the  employer's  with-
 33    holding of child support from the obligor's income.
                                                                        
 34        SECTION  40.  That  Section 7-1037, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 35    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 36        7-103740.  PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. An employer who willfully fails to
 37    comply with an income-withholding order issued by another state  and  received
 38    for  enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for non-
 39    compliance with an order issued by a tribunal of this state.
                                                                        
 40        SECTION 41.  That Section 7-1038, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 41    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 42        7-103841.  CONTEST  BY OBLIGOR. (1) An obligor may contest the validity or
 43    enforcement of  an  income-withholding  order  issued  in  another  state  and
 44    received  directly  by an employer in this state by registering the order in a
 45    tribunal of this state and filing a contest to that order as provided in  sec-
 46    tions  7-1043 through 7-1057, Idaho Code, or otherwise contesting the order in
 47    the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of  this  state.
                                                                        
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  1    Section 7-1043, Idaho Code, applies to the contest.
  2        (2)  The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:
  3        (a)  A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee;
  4        (b)  Each  employer which that has directly received an income-withholding
  5        order relating to the obligor; and
  6        (c)  The person or agency designated to receive payments  in  the  income-
  7        withholding order, or, if no person is designated, to the obligee.
                                                                        
  8        SECTION  42.  That  Section 7-1039, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        7-103942.  ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT OF ORDERS. (1) A  party  or  support
 11    enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding
 12    order,  or  both, issued by a tribunal of another state may send the documents
 13    required for registering the order to a support  enforcement  agency  of  this
 14    state.
 15        (2)  Upon  receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, with-
 16    out initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if  appropri-
 17    ate,  use any  administrative procedure authorized by the law of this state to
 18    enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both. If the  obli-
 19    gor  does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be regis-
 20    tered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative  enforcement  of
 21    the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to
 22    this chapter.
                                                                        
 23        SECTION  43.  That  Section 7-1040, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 24    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 25        7-10403.  REGISTRATION OF ORDER FOR ENFORCEMENT. A  support  order  or  an
 26    income-withholding  order  issued by a tribunal of another state may be regis-
 27    tered in this state for enforcement.
                                                                        
 28        SECTION 44.  That Section 7-1041, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 29    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 30        7-10414.  PROCEDURE TO REGISTER ORDER FOR ENFORCEMENT. (1) A support order
 31    or  income-withholding  order of another state may be registered in this state
 32    by sending the following documents records and  information  to  the  district
 33    court in this state:
 34        (a)  A  letter  of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration and
 35        enforcement;
 36        (b)  Two (2) copies, including one (1) certified copy, of all  the  orders
 37        to be registered, including any modification of an the order;
 38        (c)  A sworn statement by the party seeking person requesting registration
 39        or  a  certified  statement  by  the  custodian of the records showing the
 40        amount of any arrearage;
 41        (d)  The name of the obligor and, if known:
 42             (i)   The obligor's address and social security number;
 43             (ii)  The name and address of the obligor's employer  and  any  other
 44             source of income of the obligor; and
 45             (iii) A  description  and  the location of property of the obligor in
 46             this state not exempt from execution; and
 47        (e)  Except as otherwise provided in section 7-1027, Idaho Code, tThe name
 48        and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the  agency  or  person  to
 49        whom support payments are to be remitted.
                                                                        
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  1        (2)  On  receipt  of  a request for registration, the registering tribunal
  2    shall cause the order to be filed as a foreign judgment, together with one (1)
  3    copy of the documents and information, regardless of their form.
  4        (3)  A petition or comparable pleading  seeking  a  remedy  that  must  be
  5    affirmatively  sought  under  other law of this state may be filed at the same
  6    time as the request for registration or later. The pleading must  specify  the
  7    grounds for the remedy sought.
  8        (4)  If two (2) or more orders are in effect, the person requesting regis-
  9    tration shall:
 10        (a)  Furnish  to the tribunal a copy of every support order asserted to be
 11        in effect in addition to the documents specified in this section;
 12        (b)  Specify the order alleged to be the controlling order, if any; and
 13        (c)  Specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if any.
 14        (5)  A request for determination of which is the controlling order may  be
 15    filed  separately  or  with  a request for registration and enforcement or for
 16    registration and modification. The person requesting registration  shall  give
 17    notice of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by the deter-
 18    mination.
                                                                        
 19        SECTION  45.  That  Section 7-1042, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 20    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 21        7-10425.  EFFECT OF REGISTRATION FOR ENFORCEMENT. (1) A support  order  or
 22    income-withholding  order issued in another state is registered when the order
 23    is filed in the registering tribunal of this state.
 24        (2)  A registered order issued in another state is enforceable in the same
 25    manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a  tribunal
 26    of this state.
 27        (3)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in sections 7-10403 through 7-10537,
 28    Idaho Code, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may  not
 29    modify, a registered order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.
                                                                        
 30        SECTION  46.  That  Section 7-1043, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 31    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 32        7-10436.  CHOICE OF LAW. (1) Except as otherwise  provided  in  subsection
 33    (4) of this section, tThe law of the issuing state governs:
 34        (a)  Tthe  nature,  extent,  amount,  and duration of current payments and
 35        other obligations of support and the under a registered support order;
 36        (b)  The computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest  on
 37        the arrearages under the support order; and
 38        (c)  The existence and satisfaction of other obligations under the support
 39        order.
 40        (2)  In  a  proceeding  for  arrearages arrears under a registered support
 41    order, the statute of limitation under the laws of this state or of the  issu-
 42    ing state, whichever is longer, applies.
 43        (3)  A  responding  tribunal  of this state shall apply the procedures and
 44    remedies of this state to enforce current  support  and  collect  arrears  and
 45    interest due on a support order of another state registered in this state.
 46        (4)  After  a  tribunal  of  this or another state determines which is the
 47    controlling order and issues an order consolidating arrears, if any, a  tribu-
 48    nal  of  this state shall prospectively apply the law of the state issuing the
 49    controlling order, including its law on interest on arrears,  on  current  and
 50    future support, and on consolidated arrears.
                                                                        
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  1        SECTION  47.  That  Section 7-1044, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  2    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  3        7-10447.  NOTICE OF REGISTRATION OF ORDER. (1) When  a  support  order  or
  4    income-withholding  order issued in another state is registered, the register-
  5    ing tribunal shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be  accom-
  6    panied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant infor-
  7    mation accompanying the order.
  8        (2)  The A notice must inform the nonregistering party:
  9        (a)  That a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registration
 10        in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state;
 11        (b)  That  a  hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the regis-
 12        tered order must be requested within twenty (20) days after  the  date  of
 13        mailing or personal service of the notice;
 14        (c)  That failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered
 15        order  in  a  timely  manner  will result in confirmation of the order and
 16        enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages; and precludes further
 17        contest of that order  with respect to any matter  that  could  have  been
 18        asserted; and
 19        (d)  Of the amount of any alleged arrearages.
 20        (3)  If  the  registering party asserts that two (2) or more orders are in
 21    effect, a notice must also:
 22        (a)  Identify the two (2) or more orders and the order alleged by the reg-
 23        istering person to be the controlling order and the consolidated  arrears,
 24        if any;
 25        (b)  Notify  the  nonregistering  party of the right to a determination of
 26        which is the controlling order;
 27        (c)  State that the procedures provided in subsection (2) of this  section
 28        apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and
 29        (d)  State  that  failure  to  contest  the validity or enforcement of the
 30        order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in
 31        confirmation that the order is the controlling order.
 32        (4)  Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the
 33    registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's employer pursuant to the  pro-
 34    visions of chapter 12, title 732, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
 35        SECTION  48.  That  Section 7-1045, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 36    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 37        7-10458.  PROCEDURE TO  CONTEST  VALIDITY  OR  ENFORCEMENT  OF  REGISTERED
 38    ORDER. (1) A nonregistering party seeking  to contest the validity or enforce-
 39    ment of a registered order in this state shall request a hearing within twenty
 40    (20)  days after the date of mailing or personal service of notice of the reg-
 41    istration. The nonregistering party may seek to vacate  the  registration,  to
 42    assert  any  defense  to  an  allegation  of noncompliance with the registered
 43    order, or to contest the remedies being sought or the amount  of  any  alleged
 44    arrearages pursuant to section 7-10469, Idaho Code.
 45        (2)  If the nonregistering party fails to contest the validity or enforce-
 46    ment  of  the  registered  order in a timely manner, the order is confirmed by
 47    operation of law.
 48        (3)  If a nonregistering party requests a hearing to contest the  validity
 49    or  enforcement  of  a  the  registered  order, the registering tribunal shall
 50    schedule the matter for hearing and give notice to the parties  of  the  date,
 51    time, and place of the hearing.
                                                                        
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  1        SECTION  49.  That  Section 7-1046, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  2    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  3        7-10469.  CONTEST OF REGISTRATION OR ENFORCEMENT. (1) A  party  contesting
  4    the  validity  or  enforcement  of a registered order or seeking to vacate the
  5    registration has the burden of proving  one  (1)  or  more  of  the  following
  6    defenses:
  7        (a)  The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting
  8        party;
  9        (b)  The order was obtained by fraud;
 10        (c)  The order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later order;
 11        (d)  The issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal;
 12        (e)  There is a defense under the law of this state to the remedy sought;
 13        (f)  Full or partial payment has been made; or
 14        (g)  The  statute  of  limitation  under section 7-10436, Idaho Code, pre-
 15        cludes enforcement of some or all of the alleged arrearages; or
 16        (h)  The alleged controlling order is not the controlling order.
 17        (2)  If a party presents evidence establishing a full or  partial  defense
 18    under  subsection  (1) of this section, a tribunal may stay enforcement of the
 19    registered order, continue the proceeding to permit production  of  additional
 20    relevant  evidence, and issue other appropriate orders. An uncontested portion
 21    of the registered order may be enforced by all remedies  available  under  the
 22    law of this state.
 23        (3)  If the contesting party does not establish a defense under subsection
 24    (1) of this section to the validity or enforcement of the order, the register-
 25    ing tribunal shall issue an order confirming the order.
                                                                        
 26        SECTION  50.  That  Section 7-1047, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 27    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 28        7-104750.  CONFIRMED ORDER. Confirmation of a registered order, whether by
 29    operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the
 30    order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time  of
 31    registration.
                                                                        
 32        SECTION  51.  That  Section 7-1048, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 33    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 34        7-104851.  PROCEDURE TO REGISTER CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE  FOR
 35    MODIFICATION.  A  party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to
 36    modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall regis-
 37    ter the that order in this state in  the  same  manner  provided  in  sections
 38    7-10403  through 7-105346, Idaho Code, if the order has not been registered. A
 39    petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for  reg-
 40    istration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.
                                                                        
 41        SECTION  52.  That  Section 7-1049, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 42    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 43        7-104952.  EFFECT OF REGISTRATION FOR MODIFICATION.  A  tribunal  of  this
 44    state  may  enforce a child support order of another state registered for pur-
 45    poses of modification, in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a
 46    tribunal of this state, but the registered order may be modified only  if  the
 47    requirements of section 7-10503, 7-1055 or 7-1057, Idaho Code, have been met.
                                                                        
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  1        SECTION  53.  That  Section 7-1050, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  2    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  3        7-10503.  MODIFICATION OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE. (1)  After
  4    If section 7-1055, Idaho Code, does not apply, except as otherwise provided in
  5    section  7-1057, Idaho Code, upon petition a tribunal of this state may modify
  6    a child support order issued in another state has been which is registered  in
  7    this  state,  unless  the provisions of section 7-1052, Idaho Code, apply, the
  8    responding tribunal of this state may modify that order only if, after  notice
  9    and hearing, it the tribunal finds that:
 10        (a)  The following requirements are met:
 11             (i)   Neither  tThe child, nor the individual obligee who is an indi-
 12             vidual, and nor the obligor do not resides in the issuing state;
 13             (ii)  A petitioner who is a nonresident of the this state seeks modi-
 14             fication; and
 15             (iii) The respondent is subject to the personal jurisdiction  of  the
 16             tribunal of this state; or
 17        (b)  An  individual  party  or This state is the state of residence of the
 18        child, or a party who is an individual is subject to the  personal  juris-
 19        diction  of  the tribunal of this state, and all of the individual parties
 20        who are individuals have filed a written consents in a record in the issu-
 21        ing tribunal providing that for a tribunal of this state may to modify the
 22        support order and assume  continuing,  exclusive  jurisdiction.  over  the
 23        order.  However,  if the issuing state is a foreign jurisdiction which has
 24        not enacted this chapter, the written  consent  of  the  individual  party
 25        residing  in  this state is not required for the tribunal to assume juris-
 26        diction to modify the child support order.
 27        (2)  Modification of a registered child support order is  subject  to  the
 28    same  requirements, procedures, and defenses that apply to the modification of
 29    an order issued by a tribunal of this state and the order may be enforced  and
 30    satisfied in the same manner.
 31        (3)  A  Except as otherwise provided in section 7-1057, Idaho Code, a tri-
 32    bunal of this state may not modify any aspect of a child  support  order  that
 33    may not be modified under the law of the issuing state, including the duration
 34    of  the  obligation to support. If two (2) or more tribunals have issued child
 35    support orders for the same obligor and same child, the order that is control-
 36    ling controls and must be  so  recognized  under  the  provisions  of  section
 37    7-10101,  Idaho  Code,  establishes  the  nonmodifiable aspects of the support
 38    order which are nonmodifiable.
 39        (4)  In a proceeding to modify a child support order, the law of the state
 40    that is determined to have issued the initial controlling  order  governs  the
 41    duration  of  the obligation of support. The obligor's fulfillment of the duty
 42    of support established by that order precludes imposition of a further obliga-
 43    tion of support by a tribunal of this state.
 44        (5)  On the issuance of an order by a tribunal of this state  modifying  a
 45    child  support  order  issued  in  another state, a the tribunal of this state
 46    becomes the tribunal of having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.
                                                                        
 47        SECTION 54.  That Section 7-1051, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 48    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 49        7-10514.  RECOGNITION  OF  ORDER  MODIFIED  IN ANOTHER STATE. A If a child
 50    support order issued by a tribunal of this state shall recognize  a  modifica-
 51    tion  of  its earlier child support order is modified by a tribunal of another
 52    state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to this chapter the  uniform  inter-
                                                                        
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  1    state  family support act, or a law substantially similar to this chapter and,
  2    upon request, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall  a  tribunal
  3    of this state:
  4        (1)  May  eEnforce  the  its  order  that was modified  only as to amounts
  5    arrears and interest accruing before the modification;
  6        (2)  Enforce only nonmodifiable aspects of that order;
  7        (3)  May pProvide other appropriate relief only  for  violations  of  that
  8    its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and
  9        (43)  Shall rRecognize the modifying order of the other state, upon regis-
 10    tration, for the purpose of enforcement.
                                                                        
 11        SECTION  55.  That  Section 7-1052, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 12    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 13        7-10525.  JURISDICTION TO MODIFY SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE WHEN INDI-
 14    VIDUAL PARTIES RESIDE IN THIS STATE. (1) If all of the individual parties  who
 15    are  individuals  reside  in  this  state and the child does not reside in the
 16    issuing state, a tribunal of this state has jurisdiction  to  enforce  and  to
 17    modify  the  issuing  state's child support order in a  proceeding to register
 18    that order.
 19        (2)  A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction as provided in under
 20    this section shall apply the provisions of sections 7-1001 through 7-10125 and
 21    sections 7-1043 through 7-1057, Idaho Code, and this section  and  the  proce-
 22    dural  and  substantive law of this state to the proceeding for enforcement or
 23    modification. proceeding. Sections 7-10136 through 7-103942, Idaho  Code,  and
 24    sections  7-10548  through 7-10560, Idaho Code, do not apply. and the tribunal
 25    shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state.
                                                                        
 26        SECTION 56.  That Section 7-1053, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 27    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 28        7-10536.  NOTICE  TO  ISSUING TRIBUNAL OF MODIFICATION. Within thirty (30)
 29    days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the
 30    modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing  tribu-
 31    nal  which  that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order
 32    and in each tribunal in which the party knows that the earlier order has  been
 33    registered.  Failure  of the A party obtaining who obtains the order and fails
 34    to file a certified copy as required subjects that party is subject to  appro-
 35    priate  sanctions by a tribunal in which the issue of failure to file arises.,
 36    but that The failure has no effect on to file does not affect the validity  or
 37    enforceability of the modified order of the new tribunal of having continuing,
 38    exclusive jurisdiction.
                                                                        
 39        SECTION  57.  That  Chapter  10,  Title 7, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
 40    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
 41    ignated as Section 7-1057, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 42        7-1057.  JURISDICTION  TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF FOREIGN COUNTRY OR
 43    POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. (1) If a foreign country or political subdivision  that
 44    is a state will not or may not modify its order pursuant to its laws, a tribu-
 45    nal  of  this  state may assume jurisdiction to modify the child support order
 46    and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the  tribunal
 47    whether  or not the consent to modification of a child support order otherwise
 48    required of the individual pursuant to section 7-1053, Idaho  Code,  has  been
 49    given  or  whether  the  individual seeking modification is a resident of this
                                                                        
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  1    state or of the foreign country or political subdivision.
  2        (2)  An order issued pursuant to this section is the controlling order.
                                                                        
  3        SECTION 58.  That Section 7-1054, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  4    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  5        7-10548.  PROCEEDING  TO DETERMINE PARENTAGE. (1) A tribunal court of this
  6    state authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as an  initiating
  7    or  a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage brought under
  8    this chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter.,  or
  9    under  a  law  or  procedure  substantially  similar to the uniform reciprocal
 10    enforcement of support act, or the revised uniform reciprocal  enforcement  of
 11    support act to determine that the petitioner is a parent of a particular child
 12    or to determine that a respondent is a parent of that child.
 13        (2)  In a proceeding to determine parentage, a responding tribunal of this
 14    state  shall  apply the provisions of chapter 11, title 7, Idaho Code, and the
 15    rules of this state on choice of law.
                                                                        
 16        SECTION 59.  That Section 7-1055, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 17    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 18        7-10559.  GROUNDS  FOR RENDITION. (1) For purposes of sections 7-10559 and
 19    7-10560, Idaho Code, "governor" includes an individual  performing  the  func-
 20    tions  of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this chap-
 21    ter.
 22        (2)  The governor of this state may:
 23        (a)  Demand that the governor of another  state  surrender  an  individual
 24        found in the other state who is charged criminally in this state with hav-
 25        ing failed to provide for the support of an obligee; or
 26        (b)  On the demand by of the governor of another state, surrender an indi-
 27        vidual  found  in  this state who is charged criminally in the other state
 28        with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee.
 29        (3)  A provision for extradition of individuals not inconsistent with this
 30    chapter applies to the demand  even  if  the  individual  whose  surrender  is
 31    demanded was not in the demanding state when the crime was allegedly committed
 32    and has not fled therefrom.
                                                                        
 33        SECTION  60.  That  Section 7-1056, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 34    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 35        7-10560.  CONDITIONS OF RENDITION. (1) Before making  a  demand  that  the
 36    governor  of  another state surrender an individual charged criminally in this
 37    state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the  gover-
 38    nor  of this state  may require a prosecutor of this state to demonstrate that
 39    at least sixty (60) days previously the obligee had initiated proceedings  for
 40    support pursuant to this chapter or that the proceeding would be of no avail.
 41        (2)  If,  under  this chapter or a law substantially similar to this chap-
 42    ter, the uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act, or the revised uniform
 43    reciprocal enforcement of support act, the governor of another state  makes  a
 44    demand  that the governor of this state surrender an individual charged crimi-
 45    nally in that state with having failed to provide for the support of  a  child
 46    or  other  individual  to  whom  a  duty  of support is owed, the governor may
 47    require  a prosecutor to investigate the demand and report whether a  proceed-
 48    ing for support has been initiated or would be effective. If it appears that a
 49    proceeding  would  be  effective  but has not been initiated, the governor may
                                                                        
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  1    delay honoring the demand for a reasonable time to permit the initiation of  a
  2    proceeding.
  3        (3)  If  a  proceeding  for  support has been initiated and the individual
  4    whose rendition is demanded prevails, the governor may decline  to  honor  the
  5    demand.  If  the  petitioner  prevails  and  the individual whose rendition is
  6    demanded is subject to a support order, the governor may decline to honor  the
  7    demand if the individual is complying with the support order.
                                                                        
  8        SECTION  61.  That  Section 7-1057, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  9    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        7-105761.  UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.  This  In  applying
 11    and  construing  this chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its
 12    general purpose to make uniform consideration must be given  to  the  need  to
 13    promote  uniformity of the law with respect to the its subject of this chapter
 14    matter among the states enacting that enact it.
                                                                        
 15        SECTION 62.  That Section 7-1059, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 16    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 17        7-105962.  SEVERABILITY.  If any provision of this chapter or its applica-
 18    tion to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the  invalidity  does  not
 19    affect  other  provisions  or  applications of this chapter which can be given
 20    effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the  pro-
 21    visions of this chapter are severable.
                                                                        
 22        SECTION  63.  This act shall be in full force and effect on and after July
 23    1, 2007.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                
                            RS 15717
                                
The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act limits child and family
support orders to a single state, eliminating interstate jurisdictional
disputes. Amendments were added in 2001 by the National Conference of
Commissioners on Uniform State Laws to clarify many of the provisions
of the Act, increasing its usefulness.




                           FISCAL NOTE
                                
There will be no impact on the state s general fund.





Contact
Name:    Senator Bart M. Davis
Phone:   208.332.1305
         Dale G. Higer, Uniform Law Commissioner
         208.345.1432


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