{"code":"FAM","codeName":"Family Code","section":"5700.616","citation":"Fam. Code, § 5700.616","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 4. Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order [5700.615. - 5700.616.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-9/part-6/chapter-6/article-4"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5.   (SB 646)   Effective January 1, 2016.","effective":"2016-01-01","html":"<p>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 Sections <a href=\"/fam/5700.601\">5700.601</a> through <a href=\"/fam/5700.608\">5700.608</a> 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.</p>","text":"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 Sections 5700.601 through 5700.608 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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/registration-and-modification-of-foreign-child-support-order-5700-616","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}