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Family Code § 5700.612

ARTICLE 3. Registration and Modification of Child-Support Order of Another State

Current as of September 28, 2026Fam. Code, § 5700.612Official source ↗Ask about this

Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.

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.