2A:4-30.116 Jurisdiction to enforce, modify issuing state's order; law applicable.


2A:4-30.116  Jurisdiction to enforce, modify issuing state's order; law applicable.

      52.  a.  If all of the individual parties reside in this State and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this State has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state's child support order in a proceeding to register that order.

      b.      A tribunal of this State exercising jurisdiction as provided in this section shall apply the provisions of sections 1 through 12 of this act and this section to the enforcement or modification proceeding.  Sections 13 through 39 and sections 54 through 56 of this act do not apply and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this State. 

      L.1998,c.2,s.52.
 
2A:4-30.117  Issuance, filing of modified child support order.

      53.      Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the obligation with the issuing tribunal which had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order, and in each tribunal in which the party knows the earlier order has been registered.  A party who obtains the order and fails to file a certified copy, is subject to appropriate sanctions by a tribunal in which the issue of failure to file arises. Failure does not affect the validity or enforceability of the modified order of the new tribunal of having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.

      L.1998,c.2,s.53.
 
2A:4-30.118  Proceeding to determine parentage.

      54.  a.  A tribunal of this State may serve as an initiating or responding tribunal in a proceeding brought under this act or a law or procedure substantially similar to this act, or under a law or procedure substantially similar to the "Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act," or the "Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act" to determine that the petitioner is a parent of a particular child or to determine that a respondent is a parent of that child.

      b.      In a proceeding to determine parentage, a responding tribunal of this State shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this State, and the rules of this State on choice of law.

      L.1998,c.2,s.54.