§ 580-305 — Duties and powers of responding tribunal

§ 580-305. Duties and powers of responding tribunal. (a) When a\nresponding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable\npleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to subdivision\n(b) of section 580-301 of this part, it shall cause the petition or\npleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was\nfiled.\n (b) A responding tribunal of this state, to the extent not prohibited\nby other law, may do one or more of the following:\n (1) establish or enforce a support order, modify a child support\norder, determine the controlling child support order or determine\nparentage of a child;\n (2) order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the\namount and the manner of compliance;\n (3) order income withholding;\n (4) determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of\npayment;\n (5) enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;\n (6) set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;\n (7) place liens and order execution on the obligor's property;\n (8) order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor's\ncurrent residential address, electronic-mail address, telephone number,\nemployer, address of employment and telephone number at the place of\nemployment;\n (9) issue a warrant for an obligor who has failed after proper notice\nto appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the warrant in\nany local and state computer systems for criminal warrants;\n (10) order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified\nmethods;\n (11) award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees and costs; and\n (12) grant any other available remedy.\n (c) A responding tribunal of this state shall include in a support\norder issued under this article, or in the documents accompanying the\norder, the calculations on which the support order is based.\n (d) A responding tribunal of this state may not condition the payment\nof a support order issued under this article upon compliance by a party\nwith provisions for visitation.\n (e) If a responding tribunal of this state issues an order under this\narticle, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner\nand the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.\n (f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or\nmodify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding\ntribunal of this state shall convert the amount stated in the foreign\ncurrency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable\nofficial or market exchange rate as publicly reported.\n