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Cal. Fam. Code § 5700.603

Registration for Enforcement of Support Order

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 5700–5700 (79 sections).

Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5

(a) 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.

(b) 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.

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

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.