Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of another state when individual parties reside in this 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. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state

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  1. (a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state's child-support order in a proceeding to register that order.

  2. (b) A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of Articles 1 and 2, this article, and the procedural and substantive law of this state to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Articles 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 do not apply.


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