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2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 15 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 15-23.1 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Section 15-23.1-603 - Effect of registration for enforcement.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 15-23.1-603 (2017)
§ 15-23.1-603. Effect of registration for enforcement.
(a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state.
(b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this state.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this article, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1997, ch. 170, § 15; P.L. 2011, ch. 243, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 263, § 1.)
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