(a) A tribunal of the District that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of the District 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 pursuant to a law substantially similar to this chapter; or
(2) A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of another state is the controlling order.
(b) A tribunal of the District having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.
CREDIT(S)
(Feb. 9, 1996, D.C. Law 11-81, § 206, 42 DCR 6748; June 22, 2006, D.C. Law 16-137, § 2(b)(2)(D), 53 DCR 3634.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 30-342.6.
Effect of Amendments
D.C. Law 16-137 rewrote section, which had read as follows:
Ҥ 46-302.06. Enforcement and modification of support order by tribunal having continuing jurisdiction.
“(a) A tribunal of the District may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce or modify a support order issued in that state.
“(b) A tribunal of the District having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce or modify the order. If a party subject to the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal no longer resides in the issuing state, in subsequent proceedings the tribunal may apply § 46-303.15 (special rules of evidence and procedure) to receive evidence from another state and § 46-303.17 (assistance with discovery) to obtain discovery through a tribunal of another state.
“(c) A tribunal of the District which lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal support order may not serve as a responding tribunal to modify a spousal support order of another state.”
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 11-81, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 46-301.01.
For Law 16-137, see notes following § 46-301.01.
Effective Dates
Applicability: Section 3 of D.C. Law 16-137 provides: “This act shall apply as of April 1, 2007.”
Uniform Law
This section is based upon § 206 of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (2001 Act). See Volume 9, Part IB Uniform Laws Annotated, Master Edition, or ULA Database on Westlaw.