UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 255 of 2015
PART 4

REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION OF FOREIGN CHILD-SUPPORT ORDER


552.2615 Modification of foreign child-support order.

Sec. 615.

    (1) Except as otherwise provided in section 711, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child-support order according to its laws, a tribunal of this state 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 under section 611 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country.
    (2) An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign child-support order under this section is the controlling order.


History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016





552.2616 Modification of foreign child-support order; registration; petition.

Sec. 616.

    A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child-support order not under the Convention may register that order in this state under sections 601 through 608 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration or at another time. The petition must specify the grounds for modification.


History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016




Rendered 8/15/2025 4:26 PM
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