2015 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]
A Registration for Enforcement of Support Order [Effective on date designated by the department of human services.]
§ 36-5-2603 - Effect of registration for enforcement. [Effective on date designated by the department of human services. See the Compiler's Notes.]
(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 parts 20-29 of this chapter, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.
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