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Ark. Code Ann. § 9-17-206

Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child-support order

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 9–9 (78 sections).

Acts 1993, No. 468, § 1; 2015, No. 888, § 1.

(1) 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: 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.

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

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.