Bell v. Heflin

¶1 The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) (ch. 26.21A RCW) governs how Washington courts are to enforce child support orders issued by courts in other states. In this case, we must clarify under which of UIFSA’s choice-of-law rules our state’s nonclaim statutes fall. Relying on the comments to UIFSA and other states’ interpretations of UIFSA, we hold that under UIFSA’s choice of law provision, a statute authorizing wage withholding is a “remedy,” whereas a nonclaim statute is a “statute of limitation.” After comparing the two statutes of limitations applicable in this case, the…