§ 15-23.1-613 - Jurisdiction to modify support order of another state when individual parties reside in this state. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 15-23.1-613

   § 15-23.1-613  Jurisdiction to modifysupport order of another state when individual parties reside in this state.– (a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and thechild does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this state hasjurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state's child support orderin a proceeding to register that order.

   (b) A tribunal of this state exercising jurisdiction underthis section shall apply the provisions of Articles 1 and 2, §§15-23.1-101 – 15-23.1-209, this Article, and the procedural andsubstantive law of this state to the enforcement or modification. Articles 3,4, 5, §§ 15-23.1-301 – 15-23.1-507, 7 and 8, §§15-23.1-701 – 15-23.1-802, do not apply.