2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 15 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 15-23.1 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
Section 15-23.1-613 - Jurisdiction to modify support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state.
§ 15-23.1-613. Jurisdiction to modify support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state.
(a) If all of the parties who are individuals 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 under this section shall apply the provisions of Articles 1 and 2, §§ 15-23.1-101 - 15-23.1-209, this Article, and the procedural and substantive law of this state to the enforcement or modification. Articles 3, 4, 5, §§ 15-23.1-301 - 15-23.1-507, 7 and 8, §§ 15-23.1-701 - 15-23.1-802, do not apply.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1997, ch. 170, § 15.)
