Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification
§ 580-609. Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce a child support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in sections 580-601 through 580-608 of this part if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.
To modify another state's child support order, a party/agency registers it (per §§ 580-601 to 608) if not already registered; a modification petition may be filed with the registration or later, and must specify the grounds.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 5 — The JG-22 Family Court Act and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.