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30.

Participation in any proceedings under this Article shall not
confer upon any court jurisdiction of any of the parties thereto in
any other proceeding.

Registration of Foreign Support Orders
31.

If the duty of support is based on a foreign support order, the
obligee has the additional remedies provided in the following sections.

32.

The obligee may register the foreign support order in a court
of this state in the manner, with the effect and for the purposes
herein provided.

The clerk of the court shall maintain a Registry of Foreign Sup-
port Orders in which he shall record foreign support orders.

The petition for registration shall be verified and shall set forth
the amount remaining unpaid and a list of any other states in which
the support order is registered and shall have attached to it a
certified copy of the support order with all modifications thereof.
The foreign support order is registered upon the filing of the
petition subject only to subsequent order of confirmation.

35.

The procedure to obtain jurisdiction of the person or property
of the obligor shall be as provided in civil cases. The obligor may
assert any defense available to a defendent in an action on a
foreign judgment. If the obligor defaults, the court shall enter
an order confirming the registered support order and determining
the amounts remaining unpaid,. If the obligor appears and a hearing
is held, the court shall adjudicate the issues including the amounts
remaining unpaid.

36.

The support order as confirmed shall have the same effect and may
be enforced as if originally entered in the court of this state. The
procedures for the enforcement thereof shall be as in civil cases,
including the power to punish the obligor for contempt as in the
case of other orders for payment of alimony, maintenance or support
entered in this state.

[22.] 37.

If any provision hereof or the application thereof to any person
or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect
other provisions or applications of the Article which can be given
effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end
the provisions of this Article are declared to be severable.

32.