GroundRules
Ark. Code Ann. § 9-17-211: Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 9 Family Law
- Subtitle 2. Domestic Relations
- Chapter 17 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
- Article 2 Jurisdiction
- Part 3 — Reconciliation with Orders of Other States
(a) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal-support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.
(b) A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal-support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.
(c) A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal-support order may serve as:
(1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal-support order issued in this state; or
(2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal-support order.
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