{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-616","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 15-23.1-616","heading":"Procedure to register child-support order of foreign country for modification.","body":"A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child-support order not under the convention may register that order in this state under §§ 15-23.1-601 — 15-23.1-608 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or at another time. The petition must specify the grounds for modification.","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/TITLE15/15-23.1/15-6/15-4/15-23.1-616.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:40Z","sha256":"6c4ff3a4ca01c2e91626255b6222990b45f49fd0aaf912f70ce3fdfaf7164c13","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-615","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-15-23.1-701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}