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Arkansas · Snapshot Arkansas Code Release 78 (2020-11), retrieved 2026-09-17

Ark. Code Ann. § 9-17-612: Recognition of order modified in another state.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 9 Family Law
  2. Subtitle 2. Domestic Relations
  3. Chapter 17 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
  4. Article 6 Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order
  5. 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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