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SECTION 580-206
Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order
Family Court Act (FCT) CHAPTER 686, ARTICLE 5-B, PART 2
§ 580-206. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order. (a)
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.

(b) A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a
support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.