{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-612","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-23.1-612","heading":"Recognition of order modified in another state.","body":"If a child support order issued by a tribunal of this state is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of this state:\n(1) May enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification;\n(2) May provide other appropriate relief for violations of its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and\n(3) Shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.","path":["Title 15 Domestic Relations","Chapter 23.1 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Article 6 Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order","Part 3 Registration and Modification of Child-Support Order of Another State"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE15/15-23.1/15-6/15-3/15-23.1-612.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:40Z","sha256":"bc6c919856907d94dabf23f61c29493b3863a304654b7f38bd6da9cb6a79406b","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-611","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-613"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}