2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 23 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 71 - General Provisions
7101 - Short title of part and definitions.

                                PART VIII
                    UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT

     Chapter
       71.  General Provisions
       72.  Jurisdiction
       73.  Civil Provisions of General Application
       74.  Establishment of Support Order
       75.  Direct Enforcement of Order of Another State Without
            Registration
       76.  Enforcement and Modification of Support Order After
            Registration
       77.  Determination of Parentage
       78.  Interstate Rendition
       79.  Miscellaneous Provisions

        Enactment.  Part VIII was added April 4, 1996, P.L.58, No.20,
     effective immediately.
        Applicability.  Section 7 of Act 20 of 1996 provided that Act
     20 shall apply to actions initiated on or after the effective
     date of Act 20.

                                CHAPTER 71
                            GENERAL PROVISIONS

     Sec.
     7101.  Short title of part and definitions.
     7102.  Remedies cumulative.

        Enactment.  Chapter 71 was added April 4, 1996, P.L.58,
     No.20, effective immediately.
        Cross References.  Chapter 71 is referred to in section 7613
     of this title.
     § 7101.  Short title of part and definitions.
        (a)  Short title of part.--This part shall be known and may
     be cited as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
        (b)  Definitions.--Subject to additional definitions
     contained in subsequent provisions of this part which are
     applicable to specific provisions of this part, the following
     words and phrases when used in this part shall have the meanings
     given to them in this section unless the context clearly
     indicates otherwise:
        "Child."  An individual, whether over or under the age of
     majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by
     the individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the
     beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent.
        "Child support order."  A support order for a child,
     including a child who has attained the age of majority under the
     law of the issuing state.
        "Department."  The Department of Public Welfare of the
     Commonwealth.
        "Duty of support."  An obligation imposed or imposable by law
     to provide support for a child, spouse or former spouse. The
     term includes an unsatisfied obligation to provide support.
        "Home state."  The state in which a child lived with a parent
     or a person acting as parent for at least six consecutive months
     immediately preceding the time of filing of a petition or
     comparable pleading for support and, if a child is less than six
     months old, the state in which the child lived from birth with
     any of them. A period of temporary absence of any of them is
     counted as part of the six-month or other period.
        "Income."  The term includes earnings or other periodic
     entitlements to money from any source and any other property
     subject to withholding for support under the law of this State.
        "Income-withholding order."  An order or other legal process
     directed to an obligor's employer or other debtor, in accordance
     with section 4348 (relating to attachment of income), to
     withhold support from the income of the obligor.
        "Initiating state."  A state from which a proceeding is
     forwarded or in which a proceeding is filed for forwarding to a
     responding state under this part or a law or procedure
     substantially similar to this part, the Uniform Reciprocal
     Enforcement of Support Act or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal
     Enforcement of Support Act.
        "Initiating tribunal."  The authorized tribunal in an
     initiating state.
        "Issuing state."  The state in which a tribunal issues a
     support order or renders a judgment determining parentage.
        "Issuing tribunal."  The tribunal that issues a support order
     or renders a judgment determining parentage.
        "Law."  The term includes decisional and statutory law and
     rules and regulations having the force of law.
        "Obligee."  Any of the following:
            (1)  An individual to whom a duty of support is or is
        alleged to be owed or in whose favor a support order has been
        issued or a judgment determining parentage has been rendered.
            (2)  A state or political subdivision to which the rights
        under a duty of support or support order have been assigned
        or which has independent claims based on financial assistance
        provided to an individual obligee.
            (3)  An individual seeking a judgment determining
        parentage of the individual's child.
            (4)  The Department of Public Welfare.
        "Obligor."  An individual, or the estate of a decedent:
            (1)  that owes or is alleged to owe a duty of support;
            (2)  that is alleged but has not been adjudicated to be a
        parent of a child; or
            (3)  that is liable under a support order.
        "Register."  To record a support order or judgment
     determining parentage in the office designated by a court of
     common pleas.
        "Registering tribunal."  A tribunal in which a support order
     is registered.
        "Responding state."  A state in which a proceeding is filed
     or to which a proceeding is forwarded for filing from an
     initiating state under this part or a law or procedure
     substantially similar to this part, the Uniform Reciprocal
     Enforcement of Support Act or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal
     Enforcement of Support Act.
        "Responding tribunal."  The authorized tribunal in a
     responding state.
        "Secretary."  The Secretary of Public Welfare of the
     Commonwealth.
        "Spousal support order."  A support order for a spouse or
     former spouse of the obligor.
        "State."  A state of the United States, the District of
     Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any
     territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of
     the United States. The term includes an Indian tribe and a
     foreign jurisdiction that has enacted a law or established
     procedures for issuance and enforcement of support orders which
     are substantially similar to the procedures under this part or
     Part VIII-A (relating to intrastate family support).
        "Support enforcement agency."  A public official or agency
     authorized to seek:
            (1)  enforcement of support orders or laws relating to
        the duty of support;
            (2)  establishment or modification of child support;
            (3)  determination of parentage; or
            (4)  location of obligors or their assets.
        "Support order."  A judgment, decree or order, whether
     temporary, final or subject to modification, for the benefit of
     a child, a spouse or a former spouse, which provides for
     monetary support, health care, arrearages or reimbursement. The
     term includes related costs and fees, interest, income
     withholding, attorney fees and other relief.
        "Tribunal."  A court, administrative agency or quasi-judicial
     entity authorized to establish, enforce or modify support orders
     or to determine parentage.
        "Tribunal of this State."  A court of common pleas.
     (Dec. 16, 1997, P.L.549, No.58, eff. Jan. 1, 1998)

        1997 Amendment.  Act 58 amended the defs. of "income-
     withholding order," "initiating state," "responding state" and
     "state" in subsec. (b).
        Cross References.  Section 7101 is referred to in sections
     4302, 4308.1 of this title.