{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-5700.616","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 5700.616","heading":"","body":"A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child-support order not under the Convention may register that order in this state under 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 at another time. The petition 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 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":"e96204d1a6873ba2cba628ba8fb8bfbe73055b4aa437692469aa5808fa46f284","source_id":"us-ca","stale":true,"prev":"us-ca/fam-5700.615","next":"us-ca/fam-5700.701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}