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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209D, § 6-613

Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in the commonwealth

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 209D-1-101 to 209D-9-902 (77 sections).

Section 6–613. Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in the commonwealth.

(a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in the commonwealth and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of the commonwealth has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state's child support order in a proceeding to register that order.

(b) A tribunal of the commonwealth exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply Articles 1 and 2, this Article and the procedural and substantive law of the commonwealth to the proceeding for enforcement or modification.

Articles 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 do not apply.

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