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

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(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.

(b) A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of Articles 1 and 2, §§ 15-23.1-101 — 15-23.1-209, this Article, and the procedural and substantive law of this state to the enforcement or modification. Articles 3, 4, 5, §§ 15-23.1-301 — 15-23.1-507, 7 and 8, §§ 15-23.1-701 — 15-23.1-802, do not apply.

History of Section.
P.L. 1997, ch. 170, § 15.


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