Section 30-4-93

(Repealed effective January 1, 2000) Powers and duties of court of state acting as responding state generally.

(a) When the court of this state, acting as a responding state, receives from the court of an initiating state the aforesaid copies, it shall:

(1) Docket the case,

(2) Notify the district attorney,

(3) Set a time and place for a hearing, and

(4) Take such action as is necessary in accordance with the laws of this state to obtain jurisdiction.

(b) Any order of support issued by a court of this state when acting as a responding state shall not supersede any previous order of support issued in a divorce or separate maintenance action, but the amounts for a particular period paid pursuant to either order shall be credited against amounts accruing or accrued for the same period under both.

(c) If a court of this state, acting as a responding state, is unable to obtain jurisdiction of the defendant or his property due to inaccuracies or inadequacies in the petition or otherwise, the court shall communicate this fact to the court in the initiating state, shall on its own initiative use all means at its disposal to trace the defendant or his property and shall hold the case pending the receipt of more accurate information or an amended petition from the court in the initiating state.

(Acts 1951, No. 879, p. 1515, §12; Acts 1953, No. 823, p. 1107, §6; Acts 1997, No. 97-245, p. 398, §1.)