Section 6-613 Child support order; child resides out of state; jurisdiction - Massachusetts Statutes

Section 6-613. (a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in the commonwealth and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of the commonwealth shall have jurisdiction to enforce and modify the issuing state’s child support order in a proceeding to register such order.

(b) A tribunal of the commonwealth exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of this article and articles 1 and 2, and the procedural and substantive law of the commonwealth to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. The provisions of articles 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 shall not apply.