{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-5700.609","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 5700.609","heading":"","body":"A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child-support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in Sections 5700.601 through 5700.608 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.","path":["Family Code - FAM","DIVISION 9. SUPPORT [3500. - 5700.905.]","PART 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act [5700.101. - 5700.905.]","CHAPTER 6. Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order [5700.601. - 5700.616.]","ARTICLE 3. Registration and Modification of Child-Support Order of Another State [5700.609. - 5700.614.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"3f0d7feff6c2875d47251bea47c0e58f930d1158c2cd9caaadbaf8d2cdf8e936","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fam-5700.608","next":"us-ca/fam-5700.610"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}