S.C. Code Ann. § 20-7-1140 – Notification of nonregistering party and employer of registration; contents of notice; existence of two or more orders | Midpage
§ 20-7-1140
S.C. Code Ann. § 20-7-1140
Notification of nonregistering party and employer of registration; contents of notice; existence of two or more orders
(A) 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.
(B) A notice must inform the nonregistering party:
(1) 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;
(2) that a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within twenty days after notice;
(3) 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
(4) of the amount of any alleged arrearages.
(C) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in effect, a notice also must:
(1) 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;
(2) notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;
(3) state that the procedures provided in subsection (B) apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and
(4) 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.
(D) Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's employer pursuant to Subarticle 6.