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 4. Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order 5700.615-5700.616
§ 5700.615
California Family Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 5700.711, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child-support order pursuant 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 pursuant to Section 5700.611 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country.
(b) An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign child-support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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