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N.Y. Fam. Ct. Act § 580-615

Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign country

2016-01-08

§ 580-615. Jurisdiction to modify child support order of foreign\ncountry. (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 580-711 of this\narticle, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction\nto modify its child support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of\nthis state may assume jurisdiction to modify the child support order and\nbind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the\ntribunal whether the consent to modification of a child support order\notherwise required of the individual pursuant to section 580-611 of this\npart has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a\nresident of this state or of the foreign country.\n (b) An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign\nchild support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.\n

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