Recognition of order modified in another state

  1. Law
  2. Arkansas Code
  3. Family Law
  4. Domestic Relations
  5. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
  6. Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order
  7. Registration and Modification of Child-Support Order of Another State
  8. Recognition of order modified in another state

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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. (1) may enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification;

  2. (2) may provide appropriate relief for violations of its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and

  3. (3) shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.


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