2017 Massachusetts General Laws
PART II REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
TITLE III DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 209D UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
Article 8 INTERSTATE RENDITION.
Section 8-802 Conditions of rendition
[ Text of section effective until March 31, 2016. For text effective March 31, 2016, see below.]
Section 8-802. Conditions of rendition.
(a) Before making demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in the commonwealth with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the governor of the commonwealth may require a prosecutor of the commonwealth to demonstrate that at least sixty days previously the obligee had initiated proceedings for support pursuant to this chapter or that the proceeding would be of no avail.
(b) If, under this chapter or a law substantially similar to this chapter, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the governor of another state makes a demand that the governor of the commonwealth surrender an individual charged criminally in that state with having failed to provide for the support of a child or other individual to whom a duty of support is owed, the governor may require a prosecutor to investigate the demand and report whether a proceeding for support has been initiated or would be effective. If it appears that a proceeding would be effective but has not been initiated, the governor may delay honoring the demand for a reasonable time to permit the initiation of a proceeding.
(c) If a proceeding for support has been initiated and the individual whose rendition is demanded prevails, the governor may decline to honor the demand. If the petitioner prevails and the person whose rendition is demanded is subject to a support order, the governor may decline to honor the demand if the individual is complying with the support order.
Chapter 209D: Section 8-802. Conditions of rendition
[ Text of section as recodified by 2016, 53, Sec. 1 effective March 31, 2016 applicable as provided by 2016, 53, Sec. 2. See 2016, 53, Sec. 3. For text effective until March 31, 2016, see above.]
Section 8-802. Conditions of rendition.
(a) Before making a demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in the commonwealth with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the governor of the commonwealth may require a prosecutor of the commonwealth to demonstrate that at least 60 days previously the obligee had initiated proceedings for support pursuant to this chapter or that the proceeding would be of no avail.
(b) If, under this chapter or a law substantially similar to this chapter, the governor of another state makes a demand that the governor of the commonwealth surrender an individual charged criminally in that state with having failed to provide for the support of a child or other individual to whom a duty of support is owed, the governor may require a prosecutor to investigate the demand and report whether a proceeding for support has been initiated or would be effective. If it appears that a proceeding would be effective but has not been initiated, the governor may delay honoring the demand for a reasonable time to permit the initiation of a proceeding.
(c) If a proceeding for support has been initiated and the individual whose rendition is demanded prevails, the governor may decline to honor the demand. If the petitioner prevails and the individual whose rendition is demanded is subject to a support order, the governor may decline to honor the demand if the individual is complying with the support order.
