{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-580-211","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Family Court Act § 580-211","heading":"Continuing exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order","body":"§ 580-211. Continuing exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support\norder. (a) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal-support order\nconsistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive\njurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout the\nexistence of the support obligation.\n  (b) A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal-support order\nissued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having\ncontinuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that\nstate or foreign country.\n  (c) A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive\njurisdiction over a spousal-support order may serve as:\n  (1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to\nenforce the spousal-support order issued in this state; or\n  (2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal-support\norder.","path":["Family Court Act","Article 5-B. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Part 2. Jurisdiction"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/FCT/580-211","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"820dde2dda05ae5fe2292ee74858697a7099d5388a3a812f937db1e44627da7e","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-580-210","next":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-580-301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}