(a)        Except as otherwise provided in this Article, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52C-6-605 through N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52C-6-608 apply to a contest of a registered Convention support order.

(b)        A party contesting a registered Convention support order shall file a contest not later than 30 days after notice of the registration, but if the contesting party does not reside in the United States, the contest must be filed not later than 60 days after notice of the registration.

(c)        If the nonregistering party fails to contest the registered Convention support order by the time specified in subsection (b) of this section, the order is enforceable.

(d)       A contest of a registered Convention support order may be based only on grounds set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52C-7-708. The contesting party bears the burden of proof.

(e)        In a contest of a registered Convention support order, a tribunal of this State:

(1)        Is bound by the findings of fact on which the foreign tribunal based its jurisdiction; and

(2)        May not review the merits of the order.

(f)        A tribunal of this State deciding a contest of a registered Convention support order shall promptly notify the parties of its decision.

(g)        A challenge or appeal, if any, does not stay the enforcement of a Convention support order unless there are exceptional circumstances. ?(2015-117, s. 1.)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 52C-7-707

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Convention: means the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, concluded at The Hague on November 23, 2007. See North Carolina General Statutes 52C-1-101
  • Convention support order: means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 52C-7-701
  • Foreign tribunal: means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity of a foreign country which is authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. See North Carolina General Statutes 52C-1-101
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession under the jurisdiction of the United States. See North Carolina General Statutes 52C-1-101
  • Support order: means a judgment, decree, order, decision, or directive, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued in a state or a foreign country for the benefit of a child, a spouse, or a former spouse, which provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, retroactive support, or reimbursement for financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support. See North Carolina General Statutes 52C-1-101
  • Tribunal: means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. See North Carolina General Statutes 52C-1-101
  • United States: shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
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