(1) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state is registered, the registering tribunal shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.

     (2) A notice must inform the nonregistering party:

     (a) That a registered order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this state;

     (b) That a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within twenty days after notice;

     (c) That failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages; and

     (d) Of the amount of any alleged arrearages.

     (3) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice must also:

     (a) Identify the two or more orders and the order alleged by the registering person to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;

     (b) Notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;

     (c) State that the procedures provided in subsection (2) of this section apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and

     (d) State that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.

     (4) Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's employer pursuant to the income-withholding law of this state.

[2002 c 198 § 605.]

NOTES:

     Effective date -- 2002 c 198: See RCW 26.21A.900.