Art. 1306.1 Registration of order for enforcement

If someone has a child support order or income-withholding order from another state, or even from another country, that order can be officially registered in Louisiana. Once it's registered here, Louisiana courts can enforce it just like they would enforce a support order that started in this state.

This matters if a parent moves to Louisiana but the child support order was set up somewhere else. Instead of starting over with a new case, the parent who is owed support can register the existing order in Louisiana. This makes it possible to use Louisiana's legal tools, like wage garnishment, to collect the payments that are owed.