Modification of an order issued in a foreign tribunal permitted,when.
454.973. (a) After a child support order issued in another state hasbeen registered in this state, unless the provisions of section 454.978apply, the responding tribunal of this state may modify that order only if,after notice and hearing, it finds that:
(1) the following requirements are met:
(i) the child, the individual obligee, and the obligor do not residein the issuing state;
(ii) a petitioner who is a nonresident of this state seeksmodification; and
(iii) the respondent is subject to the personal jurisdiction of thetribunal of this state; or
(2) an individual party or the child is subject to the personaljurisdiction of the tribunal and all of the individual parties have filed awritten consent in the issuing tribunal providing that a tribunal of thisstate may modify the support order and assume continuing, exclusivejurisdiction over the order. However, if the issuing state is a foreignjurisdiction which has not enacted the Uniform Interstate Family SupportAct, as amended, the written consent of the individual party residing inthis state is not required for the tribunal to assume jurisdiction tomodify the child support order.
(b) Modification of a registered child support order is subject tothe same requirements, procedures, and defenses that apply to themodification of an order issued by a tribunal of this state and the ordermay be enforced and satisfied in the same manner.
(c) A tribunal of this state may not modify any aspect of a childsupport order that may not be modified under the law of the issuing state.If two or more tribunals have issued child support orders for the sameobligor and child, the order that is controlling and must be recognizedunder the provisions of section 454.871 establishes the nonmodifiableaspects of the support order.
(d) On issuance of an order modifying a child support order issued inanother state, a tribunal of this state becomes the tribunal of continuing,exclusive jurisdiction.
Modification of an order issued in a foreign tribunal permitted,when.
454.973. (a) After a child support order issued in another state hasbeen registered in this state, unless the provisions of section 454.978apply, the responding tribunal of this state may modify that order only if,after notice and hearing, it finds that:
(1) the following requirements are met:
(i) the child, the individual obligee, and the obligor do not residein the issuing state;
(ii) a petitioner who is a nonresident of this state seeksmodification; and
(iii) the respondent is subject to the personal jurisdiction of thetribunal of this state; or
(2) an individual party or the child is subject to the personaljurisdiction of the tribunal and all of the individual parties have filed awritten consent in the issuing tribunal providing that a tribunal of thisstate may modify the support order and assume continuing, exclusivejurisdiction over the order. However, if the issuing state is a foreignjurisdiction which has not enacted the Uniform Interstate Family SupportAct, as amended, the written consent of the individual party residing inthis state is not required for the tribunal to assume jurisdiction tomodify the child support order.
(b) Modification of a registered child support order is subject tothe same requirements, procedures, and defenses that apply to themodification of an order issued by a tribunal of this state and the ordermay be enforced and satisfied in the same manner.
(c) A tribunal of this state may not modify any aspect of a childsupport order that may not be modified under the law of the issuing state.If two or more tribunals have issued child support orders for the sameobligor and child, the order that is controlling and must be recognizedunder the provisions of section 454.871 establishes the nonmodifiableaspects of the support order.
(d) On issuance of an order modifying a child support order issued inanother state, a tribunal of this state becomes the tribunal of continuing,exclusive jurisdiction.
Modification of an order issued in a foreign tribunal permitted,when.
454.973. (a) After a child support order issued in another state hasbeen registered in this state, unless the provisions of section 454.978apply, the responding tribunal of this state may modify that order only if,after notice and hearing, it finds that:
(1) the following requirements are met:
(i) the child, the individual obligee, and the obligor do not residein the issuing state;
(ii) a petitioner who is a nonresident of this state seeksmodification; and
(iii) the respondent is subject to the personal jurisdiction of thetribunal of this state; or
(2) an individual party or the child is subject to the personaljurisdiction of the tribunal and all of the individual parties have filed awritten consent in the issuing tribunal providing that a tribunal of thisstate may modify the support order and assume continuing, exclusivejurisdiction over the order. However, if the issuing state is a foreignjurisdiction which has not enacted the Uniform Interstate Family SupportAct, as amended, the written consent of the individual party residing inthis state is not required for the tribunal to assume jurisdiction tomodify the child support order.
(b) Modification of a registered child support order is subject tothe same requirements, procedures, and defenses that apply to themodification of an order issued by a tribunal of this state and the ordermay be enforced and satisfied in the same manner.
(c) A tribunal of this state may not modify any aspect of a childsupport order that may not be modified under the law of the issuing state.If two or more tribunals have issued child support orders for the sameobligor and child, the order that is controlling and must be recognizedunder the provisions of section 454.871 establishes the nonmodifiableaspects of the support order.
(d) On issuance of an order modifying a child support order issued inanother state, a tribunal of this state becomes the tribunal of continuing,exclusive jurisdiction.
