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D.C. Code § 46-356.03: Effect of registration for enforcement.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 46. Domestic Relations.
- Chapter 3A. Uniform Interstate Family Support.
- Subchapter VI. Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order.
- Part A. Registration for Enforcement of Support Order.
(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 the District.
(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 the District.
(c)
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a tribunal of the District shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.
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