Continuing Jurisdiction to Enforce Child Support Order

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Domestic Relations
4. Alimony and Child Support
5. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act — Jurisdiction
6. Continuing Jurisdiction to Enforce Child Support Order

1. A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:
   1. The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or
   2. A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.
2. A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.

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