Section 209D:6-603 - Effect of registration for enforcement(a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of the commonwealth.(b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of the commonwealth.(c) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a tribunal of the commonwealth shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209D, § 6-603
Amended by Acts 2016, c. 53,§ 1, eff. 3/31/2016.