{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-580-615","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Family Court Act § 580-615","heading":"Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country","body":"§ 580-615. Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign\ncountry. (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 580-711 of this\narticle, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction\nto modify its child support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of\nthis state may assume jurisdiction to modify the child support order and\nbind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the\ntribunal whether the consent to modification of a child support order\notherwise required of the individual pursuant to section 580-611 of this\npart has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a\nresident of this state or of the foreign country.\n  (b) An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign\nchild support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.","path":["Family Court Act","Article 5-B. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Part 6. Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order","Subpart D. Registration and Modification of Foreign Child Support Order"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/FCT/580-615","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"a0e0e5e70c0635482b3fd35e1111607b6301fb5982d9399f442086ef42c78eb0","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-580-614","next":"us-ny/n.y.-family-court-act-580-616"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}