Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 40. FAMILY LAW

CHAPTER 5. ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT

Part 10. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

Administrative Enforcement Of Orders

40-5-1052. Administrative enforcement of orders. (1) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this state.

(2) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of this state to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to this part.

History: En. Sec. 34, Ch. 328, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 51, Ch. 174, L. 2015; Sec. 40-5-180, MCA 2013; redes. 40-5-1052 by Sec. 71, Ch. 174, L. 2015.