Ark. Code Ann. § 9-17-613

Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 9–9 (78 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Mathews v. Mathews (2006)

Most recently applied in 98 Ark. App. 30 - Mathews v. Mathews (February 2007)

Acts 1997, No. 1063, § 19; 2015, No. 888, § 1.

(1) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state's child-support order in a proceeding to register that order.

(2) A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of Articles 1 and 2, this article, and the procedural and substantive law of this state to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Articles 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 do not apply.

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.