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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part II REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
  3. Title III DOMESTIC RELATIONS
  4. Chapter 209D UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
  5. Article 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
  6. Section 6-613 Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in the commonwealth

Section 6-613

Section 6-613: Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in the commonwealth

Section 6–613. Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in the commonwealth.

(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 has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state's child support order in a proceeding to register that order.

(b) A tribunal of the commonwealth exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply Articles 1 and 2, this Article and the procedural and substantive law of the commonwealth to the proceeding for enforcement or modification.

Articles 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 do not apply.