{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-17-615","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 9-17-615","heading":"Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 9-17-711, 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 § 9-17-611 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country.\n(b) An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign child-support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.","path":["Title 9 Family Law","Subtitle 2. Domestic Relations","Chapter 17 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Article 6 Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order","Part 4 — Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ar.code/release78.2020.11.06/gov.ar.code.title.09.odt","current_through":"2020-11-06","vintage":"Arkansas Code Release 78 (2020-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:07:28Z","sha256":"c14b3ba1209e70a689276a7732b5a427521a927f467df5cb2cec022c2e6cbb1a","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-17-614","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-17-616"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}