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750 ILCS 22/607

(750 ILCS 22/607)

Sec. 607. Contest of registration or enforcement.

(a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order
or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more
of the following defenses:

(1) the issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction

over the contesting party;

(2) the order was obtained by fraud;

(3) the order has been vacated, suspended, or

modified by a later order;

(4) the issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending

appeal;

(5) there is a defense under the law of this State to

the remedy sought;

(6) full or partial payment has been made;

(7) the statute of limitation under Section 604

precludes enforcement of some or all of the alleged arrearages; or

(8) the alleged controlling order is not the

controlling order.

(b) If a party presents evidence establishing a full or
partial defense under subsection (a), a tribunal may stay enforcement
of a registered support order, continue the proceeding to permit production
of additional relevant evidence, and issue other appropriate
orders.  An uncontested portion of the registered support order may be enforced by
all remedies available under the law of this State.

(c) If the contesting party does not establish a defense
under subsection (a) to the validity or enforcement of a registered support order, the
registering tribunal shall issue an order confirming  the order.

(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)