2008 Amendments to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act ...

time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for
modification.
Comment
Sections 609 through 614 deal with situations in which it is permissible for a registering state
to modify the existing child-support order of another state. The first step for modification of
another state’s child-support order is registration in the responding tribunal under Sections 601 to
604. In some situations, this may also involve identification of the controlling order. A petitioner
wishing to register a support order of another state for purposes of modification must conform to
the general requirements for pleadings in Section 311, and follow the procedure for registration
set forth in Section 602. If the tribunal has the requisite personal jurisdiction over the parties and
may assume subject matter jurisdiction as provided in Sections 611 or 613, modification may be
sought independently, in conjunction with registration and enforcement, or at a later date after
the order has been registered and enforced if circumstances have changed.
SECTION 610. EFFECT OF REGISTRATION FOR MODIFICATION. A tribunal
of this State state may enforce a child-support order of another State state registered for purposes
of modification, in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this State
state, but the registered support order may be modified only if the requirements of Section 611
or, 613 or 615 have been met.
Comment
An order issued in another state registered for purposes of modification may be enforced in
the same manner as an order registered for purposes of enforcement. But, the power of the forum
tribunal to modify a child-support order of another tribunal is limited by the specific factual
preconditions set forth in Sections 611 and 613.
SECTION 611. MODIFICATION OF CHILD-SUPPORT ORDER OF ANOTHER
STATE.
(a) If Section 613 does not apply, except as otherwise provided in Section 615, upon
[petition] a tribunal of this State state may modify a child-support order issued in another State
state which is registered in this State state if, after notice and hearing, the tribunal finds that:
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