2011 Connecticut Code
Title 46b Family Law
Chapter 816 Support
Sec. 46b-213h. Procedure to register order for enforcement.

      Sec. 46b-213h. Procedure to register order for enforcement. (a) A support order or income withholding order of another state may be registered in this state by sending the following records and information to Support Enforcement Services for filing in the registry of support orders of the Family Support Magistrate Division: (1) A letter of transmittal to Support Enforcement Services requesting registration and enforcement; (2) two copies, including one certified copy, of the order to be registered, including any modification of the order; (3) a sworn statement by the person requesting registration or a certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount of any arrearage; (4) the name of the obligor and, if known: (A) The obligor's address and Social Security number; (B) the name and address of the obligor's employer and any other source of income of the obligor; and (C) a description and the location of property of the obligor in this state not exempt from execution; (5) except as otherwise provided in section 46b-212x, the name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the person to whom support payments are to be remitted; and (6) a statement disclosing whether or not any other action or proceeding is currently pending concerning the support of the child who is the subject of such support order.

      (b) On receipt of a request for registration, Support Enforcement Services shall cause the order to be filed as a foreign judgment in the registry of support orders of the Family Support Magistrate Division, together with one copy of the documents and information, regardless of their form.

      (c) A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that is required to be affirmatively sought under other law of this state may be filed at the same time as the request for registration or later. The pleading shall specify the grounds for the remedy sought.

      (d) If two or more orders are in effect, the person requesting registration shall: (1) Furnish to Support Enforcement Services a copy of every support order asserted to be in effect in addition to the documents specified in this section; (2) specify the order alleged to be the controlling order, if any; and (3) specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if any.

      (e) A request for a determination of which is the controlling order may be filed separately or with a request for registration and enforcement or for registration and modification. The person requesting registration shall give notice of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by the determination.

      (June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 36, 75; P.A. 01-91, S. 14; P.A. 07-247, S. 44.)

      History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 effective January 1, 1998; P.A. 01-91 changed "the Support Enforcement Division" to "Support Enforcement Services" in Subsecs. (a) and (b); P.A. 07-247 amended Subsec. (a) by changing "documents" to "records" and, in Subdiv. (2), changing "all orders" to "the order" and making a technical change, by changing "party seeking" to "person requesting" in Subdiv. (3) and by adding "except as otherwise provided in section 46b-212x" and deleting "agency or" in Subdiv. (5), added Subsec. (d) re registration of support orders when two or more orders are in effect and added Subsec. (e) re determination of controlling support order, effective January 1, 2008.