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AL SB268
Bill
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SB268 Summary
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Adopts the 2008 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, establishing standardized procedures for establishing, enforcing, and modifying child and spousal support orders across states and foreign countries.
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Creates comprehensive jurisdictional framework allowing Alabama courts to exercise personal jurisdiction over nonresidents in support proceedings based on factors including residency, consent, sexual intercourse in state, and other constitutional bases.
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Enables registration and enforcement of out-of-state and foreign support orders in Alabama without modification, with procedures for contesting validity and establishing defenses within specified timeframes.
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Provides specific provisions for foreign support orders under the Hague Convention on International Recovery of Child Support, including streamlined registration requirements and limited grounds for refusing recognition.
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Repeals the prior Chapter 3A (Uniform Interstate Family Support Act) and applies new law to all proceedings begun after the act's effective date.
Legislative Description
Child support, Uniform Interstate Family Support Act adopted, registration, enforcement, and modification of foreign child support orders, Secs. 30-3D-101 to 30-3D-105, inclusive, 30-3D-201 to 30-3D-211, inclusive, 30-3D-301 to 30-3D-319, inclusive, 30-3D-401, 30-3D-402, 30-3D-501 to 30-3D-507, inclusive, 30-3D-601 to 30-3D-616, inclusive, 30-3D-701 to 30-3D-713, inclusive, 30-3D-801, 30-3D-802, 30-3D-901, 30-3D-902, added; Secs. 30-3A-101, 30-3A-102, 30-3A-103, 30-3A-201 to 30-3A-209, inclusive, 30-3A-301 to 30-3A-319, inclusive, 30-3A-401, 30-3A-501 to 30-3A-507, inclusive, 30-3A-601 to 30-3A-614, inclusive, 30-3A-701, 30-3A-801, 30-3A-802, 30-3A-901 to 30-3A-906, inclusive, repealed
Child Support
Last Action
Assigned Act No. 2015-284.
5/26/2015