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Family Code § 5700.616

ARTICLE 4. Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order

Current as of September 28, 2026Fam. Code, § 5700.616Official source ↗Ask about this

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

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.