2009 Louisiana Children's Code :: CHC 1302.6 - Enforcement and modification of support order by tribunal having continuing jurisdiction

Art. 1302.6. Enforcement and modification of support order by tribunal having continuing jurisdiction

A. A tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce or modify a support order issued in that state.

B. A tribunal of this state having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce or modify the order. If a party subject to the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal no longer resides in the issuing state, in subsequent proceedings the tribunal may apply Article 1303.16 (Special rules of evidence and procedure) to receive evidence from another state and Article 1303.18 (Assistance with discovery) to obtain discovery through a tribunal of another state.

C. A tribunal of this state which lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may not serve as a responding tribunal to modify a spousal support order of another state.

Acts 1995, No. 251, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 1241, §1, eff. July 15, 1997.