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Idaho Code § 7-1057

Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country

I.C., § 7-1057, as added by 2006, ch. 252, § 57, p. 764; am. 2015 (1st E.S.), ch. 1, § 44, p. 5.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 7-1069, Idaho Code, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child-support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this state may assume jurisdiction to modify the child-support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether the consent to modification of a child-support order otherwise required of the individual pursuant to section 7-1053, Idaho Code, has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country.

(2) An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign child-support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.

Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.