N.C. Gen. Stat. § 52C-6-603

Effect of registration for enforcement

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 127 N.C. App. 521 - Welsher v. Rager (1997)

Most recently applied in 208 N.C. App. 165 - STATE EX REL. BENFORD v. Bryant (November 2010)

1995, c. 538, s. 7(c); 2015-117, s. 1.

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(a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this State.

(b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of this State.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.

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