2021 Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Title III - Domestic Relations
Chapter 209d - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Article 6 - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order.
Section 6-615 - Jurisdiction to Modify Child Support Order of Foreign Country
Section 6–615. Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in section 7–711, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of the commonwealth may assume jurisdiction to modify the child support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether the consent to modification of a child support order otherwise required of the individual pursuant to section 6–611 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of the commonwealth or of the foreign country.
(b) An order issued by a tribunal of the commonwealth modifying a foreign child support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.
