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R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-23.1-613: Jurisdiction to modify support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 15 Domestic Relations
- Chapter 23.1 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
- Article 6 Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order
- Part 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, §§ 15-23.1-101 — 15-23.1-209, this Article, and the procedural and substantive law of this state to the enforcement or modification. Articles 3, 4, 5, §§ 15-23.1-301 — 15-23.1-507, 7 and 8, §§ 15-23.1-701 — 15-23.1-802, do not apply.
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