2014 Tennessee Code
Title 36 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 5 - Alimony and Child Support
Part-1 26 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act -- Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order [Effective on date designated by the department of human services]
C Registration and Modification of Child Support Order of Another State [Effective on date designated by the department of human services.]
§ 36-5-2612 - Recognition of order modified in another state. [Effective on date designated by the department of human services. See the Compiler's Notes.]

If a child support order issued by a tribunal of this state is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of this state:

(1) May enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification;

(2) May provide appropriate relief for violations of its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and

(3) Shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.