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Art. 1306.9 Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification

Title XIII, Chapter 1: Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, Section 6: Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order Subsection A. Registration for Enforcement of Support Order

A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register that order in this state in the same manner provided in Articles 1306.1 through 1306.8 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.

Amendment history: Acts 1995, No. 251, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 2015, No. 80, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.