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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209D, § 2-211

Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 209–209 (77 sections).

Section 2–211. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal support order.

(a) A tribunal of the commonwealth issuing a spousal support order consistent with the law of the commonwealth has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.

(b) A tribunal of the commonwealth may not modify a spousal support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.

(c) A tribunal of the commonwealth that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may serve as:

(1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal support order issued in the commonwealth; or

(2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal support order.

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