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Mont. Code Ann. § 40-5-1067

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

Known as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

The act spans §§ 40–40 (84 sections).

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

(2) A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of 40-5-1001 through 40-5-1005, 40-5-1008 through 40-5-1018, 40-5-1055 through 40-5-1070, and the procedural and substantive law of this state to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Sections 40-5-1021 through 40-5-1039, 40-5-1042, 40-5-1043, 40-5-1046 through 40-5-1052, 40-5-1073 through 40-5-1085, 40-5-1088, and 40-5-1089 do not apply.

Official source: Montana Code Annotated (Montana Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Montana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.