P.R. Laws tit. 8, § 1306

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§ 1306. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child-support order

(a) A tribunal of Puerto Rico that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of Puerto Rico may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:

(1) The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to UIFSA; or

(2) a money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.

(b) A tribunal of Puerto Rico having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.

History —July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 206.