{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-615","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-23.1-615","heading":"Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 15-23.1-711, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child-support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this state may assume jurisdiction to modify the child-support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether the consent to modification of a child-support order otherwise required of the individual pursuant to § 15-23.1-611 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country.\n(b) An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign child-support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.","path":["Title 15 Domestic Relations","Chapter 23.1 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act","Article 6 Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order","Part 4 Registration Enforcement and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE15/15-23.1/15-6/15-4/15-23.1-615.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:40Z","sha256":"ecfc147a893b8dcffd10684ff0265f31a50794b938da7cb9af9680f3c50873c8","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-614","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-616"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}