{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-603","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-23.1-603","heading":"Effect of registration for enforcement.","body":"(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 this state.\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 this state.\n(c) Except as otherwise provided in this article, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.","path":["Title 15 Domestic Relations","Chapter 23.1 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Article 6 Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order","Part 1 Registration and Enforcement of Support Order"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE15/15-23.1/15-6/15-1/15-23.1-603.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:40Z","sha256":"de77f6981c2827b2203373df0f9dfcedebeb04113974d8b35063e333e80c1bf1","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-602","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-604"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}