Rule 5.2. Foreign Orders and Judgments

(a) Notice of Registration of Support and Child

Custody Orders.

(1) When the court is required by the Uniform

Interstate Family Support Act (AS 25.25.101 – .903) or the

Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

(AS 25.30.300 – .910) to give notice of registration of a

support order, income withholding order, or child custody

determination of another state, the court must give the

required notice by first class mail, certified mail, or by any

means of personal service authorized by Civil Rule 4. If the

registering party does not request a method of service, the

court will use first class mail.

(2) If the registering party requests that the court use a

method of notice that provides proof of service, the party

shall file proof of service with the court.

(3) The time period within which the non-registering

party may request a hearing begins on the date the notice is

mailed or personally served.

(b) Notice of Filing Foreign Judgments. When the

court is required by the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign

Judgments Act (AS 09.30.200 – .270) to give notice of the

filing of a foreign judgment, the court must promptly give

that notice by first class mail. As provided in AS

09.30.210(b), a judgment creditor may mail an additional

notice by first class or certified mail.

(c) Confidentiality of Social Security Numbers. Social

security numbers shall not become part of the public record.

(1) When a judgment or order to be registered contains

social security numbers, the filing party shall submit an un-

redacted certified copy of the judgment or order and a

duplicate with the social security numbers redacted. The filing

party must omit or redact social security numbers from all

other documents filed in the case unless otherwise ordered by

the court.

art of the public record.

(1) When a judgment or order to be registered contains

social security numbers, the filing party shall submit an un-

redacted certified copy of the judgment or order and a

duplicate with the social security numbers redacted. The filing

party must omit or redact social security numbers from all

other documents filed in the case unless otherwise ordered by

the court.

(2) If the filing party is required by law to provide the

obligor’s social security number to the court, the filing party

shall provide the information, if known, on a confidential

information sheet. The clerk of court shall provide a copy of

the confidential information sheet to the Child Support

Services Division upon request or whenever the court provides

a child support order to a child support agency as required by

state law. Further disclosure shall be authorized by court order

only upon a showing of good cause.

(d) Service of Motions, Petitions, and Complaints to

Enforce or Modify Registered Support and Child Custody

Orders.

(1) Support Orders. A party may serve a motion or

complaint to enforce or modify a registered out-of-state

support order by first class mail under Civil Rule 5.

(2) Child Custody Determinations.

(A) Enforcement. A party may serve a motion or petition

to enforce a registered out-of-state custody determination by

first class mail under Civil Rule 5. A petition for expedited

enforcement under AS 25.30.460 must be served to provide

timely notice. If the motion to enforce the registered out-of-

state child custody determination includes an application for a

warrant to take physical custody of a child, the documents may

be served before, but must be served no later than immediately

after the child is taken into physical custody according to AS

25.30.490.

(B) Modification. A party may serve a motion or petition

to modify a registered out-of-state child custody determination

by any means of service authorized by Civil Rule 4

an application for a

warrant to take physical custody of a child, the documents may

be served before, but must be served no later than immediately

after the child is taken into physical custody according to AS

25.30.490.

(B) Modification. A party may serve a motion or petition

to modify a registered out-of-state child custody determination

by any means of service authorized by Civil Rule 4.

Note:

The statutes requiring the clerk to give notice are

AS 25.25.605 and .609 (support orders), AS 25.30.430

(custody determinations) and AS 09.30.210 (foreign

judgments).