UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 310 of 1996

552.1637 Recognition of modification.

Sec. 637.

This state's tribunal shall recognize a modification of its earlier child support order by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction under a law substantially similar to this act and, upon request and except as otherwise provided in this act, shall do all of the following:

(a) Enforce the order that was modified only as to an amount accruing before the modification.

(b) Enforce only nonmodifiable aspects of that order.

(c) Provide other appropriate relief only for a violation of that order that occurred before the modification's effective date.

(d) Recognize the other state's modifying order, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.


History: 1996, Act 310, Eff. June 1, 1997