Chapter 769

769.307   Duties of support enforcement agency.

769.308   Duty of attorney general.

769.309   Private counsel.

769.31   Duties of state information agency.

769.311   Pleadings and accompanying documents.

769.312   Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances.

769.313   Costs and fees.

769.314   Limited immunity of petitioner.

769.315   Nonparentage as defense.

769.316   Special rules of evidence and procedure.

769.317   Communications between tribunals.

769.318   Assistance with discovery.

769.319   Receipt and disbursement of payments.

SUBCHAPTER IV

ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER
OR DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE

769.401   Petition to establish support order.

769.402   Proceeding to determine parentage.

SUBCHAPTER V

ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER
WITHOUT REGISTRATION

769.501   Employer’s receipt of income-withholding order of another state.

769.502   Employer’s compliance with income-withholding order of another state.

769.503   Compliance with multiple income-withholding orders.

769.504   Immunity from civil liability.

769.505   Penalties for noncompliance.

769.506   Contest by obligor.

769.507   Administrative enforcement of orders.

SUBCHAPTER VI

REGISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER

769.601   Registration of order for enforcement.

769.602   Procedure to register order for enforcement.

769.603   Effect of registration for enforcement.

769.604   Choice of law.

769.605   Notice of registration of order.

769.606   Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order.

769.607   Contest of registration or enforcement.

769.608   Confirmed order.

769.609   Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification.

769.61   Effect of registration for modification.

769.611   Modification of child support order of another state.

769.612   Recognition of order modified in another state.

769.613   Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state.

769.614   Notice to issuing tribunal of modification.

769.615   Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country.

769.616   Procedure to register child support order of foreign country for modification.

SUBCHAPTER VII

SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION

769.701   Definitions.

769.702   Applicability.

769.703   Relationship of governmental entity to United States central authority.

769.704   Initiation by department of support proceeding under convention.

769.705   Direct request.

769.706   Registration of convention support order.

769.707   Contest of registered convention support order.

769.708   Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order.

769.709   Partial enforcement.

769.710   Foreign support agreement.

769.711   Modification of convention child support order.

769.712   Personal information; limit on use.

769.713   Record in original language; English translation.

SUBCHAPTER VIII

INTERSTATE RENDITION

769.801   Grounds for rendition.

769.802   Conditions of rendition.

SUBCHAPTER IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

769.901   Uniformity of application and construction.

769.903   Severability.

subch. I of ch. 769 SUBCHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

769.101 769.101 Definitions. In this chapter:

769.101(1) (1) “Child” means 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.

769.101(2) (2) “Child support order” means a support order for a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state or foreign country.

769.101(2c) (2c) “Convention” means the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, concluded at The Hague on November 23, 2007.

769.101(3) (3) “Duty of support” means an obligation imposed or imposable by law to provide support for a child, spouse or former spouse, including an unsatisfied obligation to provide support.

769.101(3c) (3c) “Foreign country” means a country, including a political subdivision of the country, other than the United States, that authorizes the issuance of support orders and to which any of the following applies:

769.101(3c)(a) (a) The country or political subdivision has been declared under the law of the United States to be a foreign reciprocating country.

769.101(3c)(b) (b) The country or political subdivision has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this state under s. 769.308 (2).

769.101(3c)(c) (c) The country or political subdivision has enacted a law or established procedures for the issuance and enforcement of support orders that are substantially similar to the procedures under this chapter.

769.101(3c)(d) (d) The country or political subdivision is one in which the convention is in force with respect to the United States.

769.101(3g) (3g) “Foreign support order” means a support order of a foreign tribunal.

769.101(3m) (3m) “Foreign tribunal” means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity of a foreign country that is authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. “Foreign tribunal” includes a competent authority under the convention.

769.101(4) (4) “Home state” means the state or foreign country in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as parent for at least 6 consecutive months immediately preceding the time of the filing of a petition or comparable pleading for support or, if a child is less than 6 months old, the state or foreign country 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 6-month or other period.

769.101(5) (5) “Income” 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.

769.101(6) (6) “Income-withholding order” means an order, notice, or other legal process directed to an obligor’s employer or other debtor, as specified in s. 767.75 (1f), to withhold support from the income of, or other money owed to, the obligor.

769.101(8) (8) “Initiating tribunal” means the tribunal of a state or foreign country from which a petition or comparable pleading is forwarded or in which a petition or comparable pleading is filed for forwarding to another state or foreign country.

769.101(8m) (8m) “Issuing foreign country” means the foreign country in which a tribunal issues a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child.

769.101(9) (9) “Issuing state” means the state in which a tribunal issues a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child.

769.101(10) (10) “Issuing tribunal” means the tribunal of a state or foreign country that issues a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child.