Ark. Code Ann. § 9-17-603

Effect of registration for enforcement

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 9–9 (78 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Medeiros v. Medeiros (2017)

Most recently applied in Medeiros v. Medeiros (March 2017)

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

(1) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this state.

(2) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this state.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.

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.