As used in this subarticle:

1. (1) "Child" means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or may be owed a duty of support by the child's parent or who is or may be the beneficiary of a support order directed to that parent.
2. (2) "Child support order" means a support order for a child which may include support for a child over the age of majority under the law of the issuing state.
3. (3) "Duty of support" means an obligation imposable by law to provide support for a child, spouse, or former spouse including an unsatisfied obligation to provide support.
4. (4) "Home state" means the state in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as parent for at least six consecutive months immediately preceding the time of filing of a proceeding for support, and if a child is less than six months old, the state 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 six-month or other period.
5. (5) "Income" includes earnings or other periodic entitlements to money from any source and any other funds or assets subject to withholding for support under the law of this State.
6. (6) "Income withholding order" means an order or other legal process directed to withhold support from the obligor's income.
7. (7) "Initiating state" means a state from which a proceeding is forwarded or in which a proceeding is filed for forwarding to a responding state under this subarticle or a law or procedure substantially similar to this subarticle, or under a law or procedure substantially similar to the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act.
8. (8) "Initiating tribunal" means the appropriate tribunal in an initiating state.
9. (9) "Issuing state" means the state in which a tribunal issues a support order or renders a judgment determining parentage.
10. (10) "Issuing tribunal" means the tribunal that issues a support order or renders a judgment determining parentage.
11. (11) "Law" includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations having the force of law.

12. (12) "Obligee" means:

    1. (a) an individual to whom a duty of support is or may be owed or in whose favor a support order has been issued or judgment determining parentage has been rendered;
    2. (b) a state or political subdivision to which the rights under a duty of support or support order have been assigned or which has independent claims based on financial assistance provided to an individual obligee; or
    3. (c) an individual seeking a judgment determining parentage of that individual's child.

13. (13) "Obligor" means an individual or the estate of a decedent:

    1. (a) who owes or may owe a duty of support including an individual who is alleged but has not been adjudicated to be a parent of a child; or
    2. (b) who is liable under a support order.
14. (14) "Register" means to record a support order or judgment determining parentage in the Registry of Foreign Support.
15. (15) "Registering tribunal" means a tribunal in which a support order is registered.
16. (16) "Responding state" means a state in which a proceeding is filed or to which a proceeding is forwarded for filing from an initiating state under this subarticle or a law substantially similar to this subarticle, or under a law or procedure substantially similar to the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act or the Revised Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act.
17. (17) "Responding tribunal" means the appropriate tribunal in a responding state.
18. (18) "Spousal support order" means a support order for a spouse or former spouse of the obligor.
19. (19) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The term "state" includes an Indian tribe and includes a foreign jurisdiction that has enacted a law or established procedures for issuance and enforcement of support orders which are substantially similar to the procedures under this subarticle or the procedures under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act.
20. (20) "Substantially similar law" means a law similar to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act.
21. (21) "Support enforcement agency" means a public official or the public official's designees or the agency or the agency's designees authorized to enforce laws relating to the duty of support or an existing support order, to determine parentage, to establish, modify, and enforce child support, or to locate obligors and their assets.
22. (22) "Support order" means a judgment, decree, or order for the benefit of a child, a spouse, or a former spouse, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, for monetary support, health care, any arrearage, reimbursement, and may include related costs and fees, interest, income withholding, attorney's fees, or other appropriate relief.
23. (23) "Tribunal" means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, and modify support orders or to determine parentage.