{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-5700.615","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 5700.615","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 5700.711, 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 Section 5700.611 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":["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 4. Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order [5700.615. - 5700.616.]"],"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":"bac4af7814a1c530a76e95cd5681043bc51af22a076d39639513f460f8c22fc9","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fam-5700.614","next":"us-ca/fam-5700.616"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}