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us-gu · Through P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)

5 GCA § 35613: Jurisdiction to Modify Child-Support Order of Another State When Individual Parties Reside in this State.

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  1. Title 5: Government Operations
  2. Division 3 - Legal and Consumer Affairs
  3. Chapter 35: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
  4. ARTICLE 6: REGISTRATION , ENFORCEMENT , AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER
  5. SUBARTICLE 3: REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION OF CHILD -SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER STATE

(a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state’s child-support order in a proceeding to register that order.

(b) A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction under this Section shall apply the provisions of Articles 1 and 2, this Article, and the procedural and substantive law of this state to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Articles 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 do not apply.

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