In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of 2 or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state, a tribunal of the District shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of the District.
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(Feb. 9, 1996, D.C. Law 11-81, § 208, 42 DCR 6748; June 22, 2006, D.C. Law 16-137, § 2(b)(3)(C), 53 DCR 3634.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 30-342.8.
Effect of Amendments
D.C. Law 16-137, in the section heading, deleted “Multiple” preceding “child”; and deleted “multiple” preceding “registrations” and “orders”.
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 § 208 of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (2001 Act). See Volume 9, Part IB Uniform Laws Annotated, Master Edition, or ULA Database on Westlaw.