California Family Code

§ 5700.711

FAM § 5700.711 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 9 · Part 6 · Ch. 7

Statute text

(a)A tribunal of this state may not modify a Convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless:

(1)the obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of this state, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or

(2)the foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 493, Sec. 5. (SB 646) Effective January 1, 2016.