GroundRules
FAM § 5700.615
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 4. Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order [5700.615. - 5700.616.]
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 5700.711, 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 5700.611 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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