GroundRules
FAM § 5700.603
Where this section sits in the code
- Family Code - FAM
- DIVISION 9. SUPPORT [3500. - 5700.905.]
- PART 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act [5700.101. - 5700.905.]
- CHAPTER 6. Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order [5700.601. - 5700.616.]
- ARTICLE 1. Registration for Enforcement of Support Order [5700.601. - 5700.604.]
(a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state.
(b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this state.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this part, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.
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