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23 Pa.C.S. § 7206

Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child support orders

Known as the Domestic Relations Code

The act spans §§ 23–23 (374 sections).

(Dec. 28, 2015, P.L.559, No.94, eff. imd.)

(a) Initiating tribunal.--A tribunal of this State that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:

(1) the order, if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction under a law substantially similar to this part; or

(2) a money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order that accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.

(b) Responding tribunal.--A tribunal of this State having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.

(c) Lack of jurisdiction.--(Deleted by amendment).

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