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KRS 407.5206

Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support order

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 407–407 (126 sections).

Effective: July 15, 2016 History: Amended 2016 Ky

(1) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:

(a) The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act as provided in KRS 407.5101 to 407.5902; or (b) A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.

(2) A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.