Ark. Code Ann. § 9-17-612: Recognition of order modified in another state.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 9 Family Law
- Subtitle 2. Domestic Relations
- Chapter 17 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
- Article 6 Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order
- Part 3 — Registration and Modification of Child-Support Order of Another State
If a child-support order issued by a tribunal of this state is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of this state:
(1) may enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification;
(2) may provide appropriate relief for violations of its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and
(3) shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.
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