{"code":"FAM","codeName":"Family Code","section":"5700.612","citation":"Fam. Code, § 5700.612","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 9. SUPPORT [3500. - 5700.905.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-9"},{"name":"PART 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act [5700.101. - 5700.905.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-9/part-6"},{"name":"CHAPTER 6. Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order [5700.601. - 5700.616.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-9/part-6/chapter-6"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Registration and Modification of Child-Support Order of Another State [5700.609. - 5700.614.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-9/part-6/chapter-6/article-3"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5.   (SB 646)   Effective January 1, 2016.","effective":"2016-01-01","html":"<p>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:</p><p>(1) may enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification;</p><p>(2) may provide appropriate relief for violations of its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and</p><p>(3) shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.</p>","text":"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: (1) may enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification; (2) may provide appropriate relief for violations of its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and (3) shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/registration-and-modification-of-child-support-order-of-5700-612","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}