Section 209D:6-612 - Recognition of order modified in another stateIf a child support order issued by a tribunal of the commonwealth is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of the commonwealth:
(1) may enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification;(2) may provide appropriate relief for violations of its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and(3) shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209D, § 6-612
Amended by Acts 2016, c. 53,§ 1, eff. 3/31/2016.