Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

In this chapter:
(1) "Child" means an individual, whether over or under the age of
majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the
individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support
order directed to the parent.
(2) "Child support order" means a support order for a child, including a
child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state.
(3) "Duty of support" means an obligation imposed or imposable by law to
provide support for a child, spouse, or former spouse, including an
unsatisfied obligation to provide support.
(4) "Home state" means the state in which a child lived with a parent or
a person acting as parent for at least six (6) consecutive months immediately
preceding the time of filing of a petition or comparable pleading for support
and, if a child is less than six (6) 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 (6) month or other period.
(5) "Income" includes earnings or other periodic entitlements to money
from any source and any other property subject to withholding for support
under the law of this state.
(6) "Income-withholding order" means an order or other legal process
directed to an obligor's employer or other debtor, as defined by chapter 12,
title 7, Idaho Code, to withhold support from the income of the obligor.
(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 chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter, 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) "Initiating tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in an initiating
state.
(9) "Issuing state" means the state in which a tribunal issues a support
order or renders a judgment determining parentage.
(10) "Initiating tribunal" means the tribunal that issues a support order
or renders a judgment determining parentage.
(11) "Law" includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations
having the force of law.
(12) "Obligee" means:
(a) An individual to whom a duty of support is or is alleged to be owed
or in whose favor a support order has been issued or a judgment
determining parentage has been rendered;
(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
(c) An individual seeking a judgment determining parentage of the
individual's child.
(13) "Obligor" means an individual, or the estate of a decedent:
(a) Who owes or is alleged to owe a duty of support;
(b) Who is alleged but has not been adjudicated to be a parent of a
child; or
(c) Who is liable under a support order.
(14) "Register" means to record a support order or judgment determining
parentage in the district court.
(15) "Registering tribunal" means a tribunal in which a support order is
registered.
(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
chapter or a law substantially similar to this chapter, 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.
(17) "Responding tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in a responding
state.
(18) "Spousal-support order" means a support order for a spouse or former
spouse of the obligor.
(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:
(a) An Indian tribe; and
(b) 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 chapter or the
procedures under the uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act or the
revised uniform enforcement of support act.
(20) "Support enforcement agency" means a public official or agency
authorized to seek:
(a) Enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of
support;
(b) Establishment or modification of child support;
(c) Determination of parentage; or
(d) To locate obligors or their assets.
(21) "Support order" means a judgment, decree, or order, whether
temporary, final, or subject to modification, for the benefit of a child, a
spouse, or a former spouse, which provides for monetary support, health care,
arrearages, or reimbursement, and may include related costs and fees,
interest, income withholding, attorney's fees, and other relief.
(22) "Tribunal" means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial
entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to
determine parentage.

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