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determination of the controlling order in multiple order | | situations. |
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| | | In 1992 Subsection (24) introduced a completely new term, | | "tribunal," which replaced the term "court" used in RURESA. | | With the advent of federally-funded IV-D programs, a number of | | states have delegated various aspects of child support | | establishment and enforcement to quasi-judicial bodies and | | administrative agencies. The term "tribunal" accounts for the | | breadth of state variations in dealing with support orders. By | | 2001 the usage has become the standard in the child support | | enforcement community, although private practitioners who only | | rarely are involved in such cases may still find the term | | unfamiliar. |
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| | | Sec. 8. 19-A MRSA §2803, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 | | and affected by Pt. E, §2, is repealed and the following | | enacted in its place: |
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| | | §2803.__Remedies cumulative |
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| | | 1.__Remedies cumulative.__Remedies provided by this chapter | | are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies | | under other law, including the recognition of a support order | | of a foreign country or political subdivision on the basis of | | comity. |
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| | | 2.__Not exclusive method; jurisdiction.__This chapter does | | not: |
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| | | A.__Provide the exclusive method of establishing or | | enforcing a support order under the laws of this State; or |
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| | | B.__Grant a tribunal of this State jurisdiction to render | | judgment or issue an order relating to parental rights and | | responsibilities other than child support in a proceeding | | under this chapter. |
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| | | (This is Section 104 of the Uniform Act.) |
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| | | The existence of procedures for interstate establishment, | | enforcement, or modification of support or a determination of | | parentage in UIFSA does not preclude the application of the | | general law of the forum. Even if the parents live in | | different states, for example, a petitioner may decide to file | | an original proceeding for child support (and most likely for | | other relief as well) directly in the State of residence of | | the respondent and proceed under that forum's generally | | applicable support law. In so doing, the petitioner thereby | | submits to the personal jurisdiction of the forum and foregoes | | reliance on UIFSA. Once a |
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