2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 26.21.127: Enforcement and modification of support order by tribunal having continuing jurisdiction. (Effective until January 1, 2007.)

(1) 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.

     (2) 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 RCW 26.21.355 to receive evidence from another state and RCW 26.21.375 to obtain discovery through a tribunal of another state.

     (3) A tribunal of this state that 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.

[1993 c 318 § 206.]

Effective date -- 2002 c 198: See RCW 26.21A.900.