GroundRules
Ala. Code § 30-3D-615: Jurisdiction to Modify Child-Support Order of Foreign Country.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 30 Marital and Domestic Relations.
- Chapter 3D Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
- Article 6 Registration, Enforcement, and Modication of Support Order.
- Part 4 Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 30-3D-711, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child-support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this state may assume jurisdiction to modify the child-support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether the consent to modification of a child-support order otherwise required of the individual pursuant to Section 30-3D-611 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country.
(b) An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign child-support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.
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