{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209d-6-603","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209D, § 6-603","heading":"Effect of registration for enforcement","body":"Section 6–603. Effect of registration for enforcement.\n(a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of the commonwealth.\n(b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of the commonwealth.\n(c) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a tribunal of the commonwealth shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.","path":["Part II","Title III","Chapter 209D"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleIII/Chapter209D/Section6-603","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:40Z","sha256":"6c5d8b179d2c6280a041f4dbcb3260f86c15426bb56ac61a241ba2ab2f7b2ae9","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209d-6-602","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209d-6-604"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}