A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child-support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in Sections 5700.601 through 5700.608 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.
Cal. Fam. Code § 5700.609
Registration and Modification of Child-Support Order of Another State
Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
The act spans §§ 5700.101 to 5700.905 (79 sections).
Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.