78B-14-607 - Contest of registration or enforcement. - Utah Statutes

78B-14-607. Contest of registration or enforcement.
(1) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered order or seeking tovacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses:
(a) the issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party;
(b) the order was obtained by fraud;
(c) the order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later order;
(d) the issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal;
(e) there is a defense under the law of this state to the remedy sought;
(f) full or partial payment has been made;
(g) the statute of limitation under Section 78B-14-604 precludes enforcement of some orall of the alleged arrearages; or
(h) the alleged controlling order is not the controlling order.
(2) If a party presents evidence establishing a full or partial defense under Subsection (1),a tribunal may stay enforcement of the registered order, continue the proceeding to permitproduction of additional relevant evidence, and issue other appropriate orders. An uncontestedportion of the registered order may be enforced by all remedies available under the law of thisstate.
(3) If the contesting party does not establish a defense under Subsection (1) to thevalidity or enforcement of the order, the registering tribunal shall issue an order confirming theorder.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session