DIVISION 9. SUPPORT 3500-5700.905›PART 6. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act 5700.101-5700.905›CHAPTER 6. Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order 5700.601-5700.616›ARTICLE 3. Registration and Modification of Child-Support Order of Another State 5700.609-5700.614
§ 5700.609
California Family Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child-support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in Sections 5700.601 through 5700.608 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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