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DIVISION 9. SUPPORT 3500-5700.905›PART 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act 5700.101-5700.905›CHAPTER 2. Jurisdiction 5700.201-5700.211

§ 5700.206

California Family Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:

(1) the order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or

(2) a money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.

(b) A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.

(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)

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