Tenn. Code § 36-5-2603

Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 966
Section 36-5-2603 - 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 this state.
(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 this state.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in parts 20-29 of this chapter, a tribunal of this state shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.

T.C.A. § 36-5-2603

Acts 2010, ch. 901, § 1.