{"data":{"id":"us-me/19-a-m.r.s.-2966","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"19-A M.R.S. §2966","heading":"Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order","body":"1.  Initiating tribunal to enforce.  A tribunal of this State that has issued a child support order consistent with the laws of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:\nA.  The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or\nB.  A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.\n2.  Responding tribunal to enforce.  A tribunal of this State having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.","path":["TITLE 19-A: DOMESTIC RELATIONS","PART 3: PARENTS AND CHILDREN","CHAPTER 67: UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT","SUBCHAPTER 2-A: JURISDICTION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/19-A/title19-Asec2966.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:29Z","sha256":"ea05f4d1ffc7340173e88c95946e1f00e0d5703a497ccb3f9355867da6834b0a","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/19-a-m.r.s.-2965","next":"us-me/19-a-m.r.s.-2967"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}