Minn. Stat. § 518C.615

Current through 2023, c. 127
Section 518C.615 - JURISDICTION TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT ORDER OF FOREIGN COUNTRY
(a) Except as otherwise provided in section 518C.711, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this state may assume jurisdiction to modify the child support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether the consent to modification of a child support order otherwise required of the individual pursuant to section 518C.611 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of this state or of the foreign country.
(b) An order issued by a tribunal of this state modifying a foreign child support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.

Minn. Stat. § 518C.615

2014 c 189 s 53, 73; 2015 c 71 art 1 s 119

Added by 2014 Minn. Laws, ch. 189,s 53, eff. on the date that the United States deposits the instrument of ratification for the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance.