5 GCA § 35615: Jurisdiction to Modify Child-Support Order of Foreign Country.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 5: Government Operations
- Division 3 - Legal and Consumer Affairs
- Chapter 35: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
- ARTICLE 6: REGISTRATION , ENFORCEMENT , AND MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER
- SUBARTICLE 4: REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION OF FOREIGN CHILD -SUPPORT ORDER
(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 35711, 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 § 35611 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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