78B-14-604 - Choice of law. - Utah Statutes

78B-14-604. Choice of law.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (4), the law of the issuing state governs:
(a) the nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments under a registeredsupport order;
(b) the computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest on the arrearagesunder the support order; and
(c) the existence and satisfaction of other obligations under the support order.
(2) In a proceeding for arrears under a registered support order, the statute of limitationof this state or of the issuing state, whichever is longer, applies.
(3) A responding tribunal of this state shall apply the procedures and remedies of thisstate to enforce current support and collect arrears and interest due on a support order of anotherstate registered in this state.
(4) After a tribunal of this or another state determines which is the controlling order andissues an order consolidating arrears, if any, a tribunal of this state shall prospectively apply thelaw of the state issuing the controlling order, including its law on interest on arrears, on currentand future support, and on consolidated arrears.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session