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Section 15-23.1-711 Modification of convention child-support order. [Contingent effective date; see note.]

RI Gen L § 15-23.1-711 (2019) (N/A)
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§ 15-23.1-711. Modification of convention child-support order. [Contingent effective date; see note.] (a) A tribunal of this state may not modify a convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless:

(1) The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this state, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or

(2) The foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.

(b) If a tribunal of this state does not modify a convention child-support order because the order is not recognized in this state, subsection 15-23.1-708(c) applies.

History of Section. (P.L. 2011, ch. 243, § 3; P.L. 2011, ch. 263, § 3.)

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